“I have put in a lot of hours on finding a job. It just didn’t fall in my lap. I applied to hundreds of jobs.”
-Laurie Melonja-Seall
How do you land a job in supply chain management without any supply chain experience? In today’s episode of Supply Chain is Boring, Chris sits down with non-traditional student and recent graduate Laurie Melonja-Seall, and listen as she outlines her approach.
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