Warehouse and Operations as a Career

Warehouse and Operations as a Career, I’m Marty, and I hope you’ve had a Productive, Prosperous and of course Safe week so far. Last week we spoke about some of the way’s we’re looking for work these days. Here at WAOC we’ve mentioned Social Media a couple of times and I believe it very well may be one of the most convenient and easiest way to hear about openings, especially with temp agencies or...

Hey Hey, Marty here with you again on Warehouse and Operations as a Career. This week let’s talk about how we’re looking for work, some of the avenues used today and how we’re using those available platforms. We’ve discussed a lot of the advantages with Social Media a couple of times but I’m not sure we’ve talked about what all is out there and how companies may be using them. One of our first go...

Warehouse and Operations as a Career, and I guess we’re on Episode 72 here today. I’m Marty, and I’m back home in Texas this week. I’ve been traveling the last couple of weeks, been up north, in the snow for a while. Each quarter I try and visit several facilities, I stop in on a couple of Production Facilities and several Distribution Centers and perform some observations and visit with Associate...

Welcome back, Marty here with Warehouse and Operations as a Career! Last week we visited with Phillip and were discussing a couple of the challenges a new Lead or Supervisor can encounter when being brought up from within the crew. It was really interesting seeing the feedback and the messages that were sent into us, I guess we have several listeners that have recently stepped into those roles or...

WAOC is on the road this week in Illinois, I’m Marty, and we’re recording this week’s Episode of Warehouse and Operations as a Career in Chicago. I’m in town visiting a couple of facilities and of course couldn’t come through The Windy City without reaching out to our WAOC Tech & Facilities guy Phillip. Thanks for stopping by the Hotel Phillip, we got to get these episodes in as we can, how have y...

Hi all, Marty here with Warehouse and Operations as a Career! I spent quite a bit of time on Social Media this week, if you follow us on Facebook you may have noticed I’m a member or have joined quite a few Job’s Groups in the 5 states I work with and try and post when I know of someone hiring or participating wherever I can. Since the New Year I’ve seen a real influx with the number of postings f...

Warehouse and Operations as a Career back with you again, it’s been a great week, I’m certain we’ve all been productive and made great headways with our careers this week! I’m Marty and I have to say I’m excited about a few of the episodes we’re working on and planning for the next few weeks. I won’t spoil the surprises, but we have some great topics and guests lined up. Keep those topics coming i...

So Week 1 of the New Year has arrived! I hope everyone enjoyed the Holidays and is ready for 2018! I look forward to the change, the new challenges and all the Opportunities that a new year can bring with it. I use the word can here because we as Employees or Associates have to capitalize on those opportunities, maybe I can say we have the responsibility, to ourselves, to make things happen for us...

Well the 4th quarter of 2017 is coming to a close. Marty here with you at Warehouse and Operations as a Career. Your Company’s probably been busy this month with a lot going on. Many facilities may be not only closing the books on the month but have the quarterly reporting going on as well as the end of the year. For us on the floor, if our Fiscal year, or financial year is ending we are probably...

Welcome back everyone, Marty here with Warehouse and Operations as a Career and I’m back in Dallas Texas this week, it’s nice getting caught back up with regular business and visiting with some local accounts. I was up North, well I guess I need to call it North Western area last week and found it quite cold for my taste, yes I’m a warmer weather soul without a doubt. I had a question presented a...

Hello all, Marty and the Warehouse and Operations as a Career Podcast back with you this week! I’m sure it’s been a busy week for all of us & we appreciate your visit today! I was out on the road last week, attending a few meetings and hitting up a couple of industrial parks, I enjoy seeing the different warehouse configurations, the history of the buildings and how you can see the different build...

Well here we are in week 49 of the year & Welcome back to Warehouse and Operations as a Career where we talk about the many different opportunities in the Operations Industry each week! The Warehouse, Logistics, Transportation or Operations whatever you want to call it can provide us great jobs to support ourselves and our families, and everyone of those jobs can be a fantastic career for us to re...

Thanks for checking in with us again this week, Marty here with you at Warehouse and Operations as a Career and I’m a bit excited about today’s Episode. We have our go to WAOC Safety man in the house, we’ll on the line actually, Joe how have you been my friend? I know what you mean, for all our listeners out there last Thursday was Thanksgiving here in the States, I’m still eating on all the desse...

Hello all, Marty with you again from Warehouse and Operations as a Career. It always makes us feel good to wrap up another week doesn’t it. And I guess for many of us it’s a Holiday week as its Thanksgiving here in the States. In any event the weeks coming to a close, and I hope we’ve all had a Safe and Productive one! Last week, on two separate occasions the topic of general labor came up and I’d...

Welcome back to Warehouse and Operations as a Career, Marty here with you again and I’m excited about todays show. We’ll have a couple of Ladies on the phone with us today from Belmar Integrated Logistics that can maybe help direct us to finding the position we want, get that Job and set ourselves up in the most financially responsible way possible! Oh, I saw a caption on Facebook this week that r...

Hello all, I’m Marty with you here at warehouse and operations as a career and today I’d like to talk about our Start up meetings for a bit. Last week we’d ask for some thoughts about those daily shift get together and I loved a lot of the things that were sent in to us. We also talked about the Clamp and Slip Sheet attachments and I was lucky enough to hear from Lavoil, he’s called into the show...

Hello all and welcome to Warehouse and Operations as a Career. I’m Marty and today let’s talk about some of the equipment we’re all using each day. First, I’d like to thank everyone for the questions and suggestions sent in last week. We mentioned a Slip-Sheet attachment and I think it got us all thinking about those pieces of equipment we see or hear about but haven’t been exposed to just yet. Be...

Here we are at Episode 57 of Warehouse and Operations as a Career, I’m Marty and I of course want to thank you for listening in again this week. I hope we’ve all had a productive and prosperous one so far and it wraps up the way we’d like it too and in our favor! We’ve talked a few times about looking for work, how to build our Resumes and how to handle the phone interview and that all so importan...

Hello everyone, Marty with you here at Warehouse and Operations as a Career. Today I’d like to get caught up on a few questions we’ve received over the last couple of weeks, I love all the interest in our episodes and the thoughts generated here the last couple of months. I know I’m learning a lot from each of you and like the opportunity to look at things from several different perspectives. Befo...

And another great week is upon us here at Warehouse and Operations as a Career! Marty with you again and WAOC is on the road this week, a bit farther north than you’ll typically find me but what great weather up here in Pennsylvania. I’m quite the warm weather soul but I have to admit these 50 and 60 degree days are really nice and this is some beautiful country, being the fall season with the lea...

• Professionalism - the competence or skill expected of a professional: “the key to quality and efficiency is professionalism" • ▪the practicing of an activity, especially a sport, by professional rather than amateur players: “the trend toward professionalism" Oxford Dictionaries Welcome to today’s episode of Warehouse and Operations as a Career, I’m Marty and I’d like to share a question I posed...

Hello all and Welcome to our next Episode of Warehouse and Operations as a Career, I’m Marty and I’m pretty excited about today’s show as we’re going to have our 3rd Quarter Roundtable Discussion with several of our favorite go to people in the field. We have John with us today, you’ll remember him as our Sourcing Company guru, he’s another one that started on the floor with a large foodservice co...

Well Welcome to Episode 52 of Warehouse and Operations as a Career! I can’t believe it’s been a year now, and that we’ve dropped an episode every Thursday. I’d like to thank you if you’ve been with us from the beginning and welcome you if you’ve just recently joined us. We’ve had way too much fun these past 52 weeks and are really looking forward to the next 52. All the email’s, questions, suggest...

Hey everyone! Marty here with Warehouse and Operations as a Career. I hope we’re all having a prosperous and productive week! I made a quick trip out to Lubbock Texas this week to visit with a young Supervisor. He’s doing a great job and is really interested in all his new duties, it’s so exciting to see that kind of enthusiasm and all his questions bubble to the surface. His facility is about 180...

Warehouse and Operations as a Career with you here today, I’m Marty and I’d like to thank each of you for taking a few minutes with us again. I’ve had a great time out on the road the last couple of weeks, very productive trips but it’s nice to be back home and getting caught up. With our last two episodes we talked about getting noticed and how to best utilize our knowledge, which we gain at ever...