Warehouse and Operations as a Career

Welcome back, we appreciate you checking in with us here at Warehouse and Operations as a Career, I’m Marty, sharing a few thoughts and opinions as well as my own experiences about Warehousing and Operations each week. If you’ve checked out a couple of our shows you’ve probably picked up on the idea that I really enjoy the Industry, I love discussing its opportunities, its many tasks & turning tho...

Welcome back to Warehouse and Operations as a Career, we had a question from a young man interested in becoming a driver but he wasn’t excited about working his way up through the warehouse. He’d spoken with a friend that was a Driver Helper with a Foodservice Distribution Center, thought he’d like that work and was wondering could that be a pathway to becoming a successful delivery driver. My ans...

Hi there, Marty here, Thanks for joining us today at Warehouse and Operations as a Career. We’ve mentioned Transportation several times in other Episodes and I’ve had a few questions about the opportunities to move from warehousing into a Driver position so I thought today we’d visit on a few of those positions. I’m really excited about today’s show, here in a bit we’ll be visiting with an Over Th...

Marty here with Warehouse and Operations as a Career, I hope you’ve had a great & prosperous week so far. This week let’s look at the Building Maintenance side of warehousing, we’ve mentioned it a couple of times in previous episodes and it’s definitely a strong and stable department and an excellent career path. In our Production, Distribution and Fleet arenas it takes a strong maintenance depart...

Today’s show is our 1st Quarterly Roundtable discussion, we’ll be answering a few questions from our audience and sharing some thoughts and opinions from our guests! Today’s topics include a little on the great strides made regarding Technology in our field, learn a bit about Safety and its importance and talk about advancement in the Production and Distribution segments of Operations! Please leav...

Today we talked about a couple of different approaches to warehouse Training, the different methods and how in the end the expectations are the same. We discuss the Employee or Peer Trainer & the Full-time position of Trainer and how our questions, our input and communication is key to our success. We really enjoyed our guest Anthony, a full-time Trainer in all Warehouse Positions, Unloading, Lump...

Hello all, Last week seemed like a long week right, I hope all was prosperous and productive for you! Welcome to Warehouse and Operations as a Career where we discuss the Positions and Opportunities within the Warehouse, Transportation & Operations Worlds. I’m Marty and our sole objective is to help today’s young men & women maybe break into the field, even if it’s through a general labor task and...

Thanks for reaching out and catching Todays Show! I’m Marty with Warehouse and Operations as a Career. One of the most utilized and versatile pieces of equipment in operations is the Pallet Jack. Wither it’s a Manual Jack, which by the way helped revolutionize the movement of freight, the first models, around 1918, were operated with mechanical linkage only. Today’s manual jacks use hydraulics for...

Hello all and Welcome to today’s episode of Warehouse and Operations as a Career. I’m Marty and I’ve gotten a number of questions about Temporary Staffing and are they a good place to get started in warehousing. That’s actually a very good question and I do have a few thoughts, probably more like opinions on the subject! I also reached out to a very good friend for his thoughts and expertise in th...

Thanks for listening in with us today! Since we were talking about one of the Warehousing positions utilizing Powered Industrial Equipment we of course had to start off with a few comments about 29CFR1910.178 again, I know your probably tired of hearing about it if you've listened to all our shows but it's a rule, and as you know I'm a strong believer in practicing every Safety thought and every r...

Happy New Year! Marty here, Welcome to Warehouse and Operations as a Career, to a New Quarter & a New Year and all the new Opportunities I know there will brought with them! I thought we’d do a quick recap of last quarter’s shows and talk about a subject that’s came up two or three times recently which is Human Nature in the workplace. I hope you had a great 2016 & I’m sure you’re ready to tackle...

Today WAOC spends a few minutes with Rodrigo, a Regional Facilities Manager with a National Sourcing Company and enjoyed his Career story. He shares his first thoughts regarding Warehousing, coming from a Financial/Auditing position and getting started with a Distribution Center. We’ll hear about his first day, a long day, and hear how he handled it, struggling with our human nature side, stuck it...

Welcome back to Warehouse and Operations as a Career! Today I’d like to talk a bit about Order Selection, its came up a couple of times and being one of the positions that can help set our course on a career I’d like to broach the subject and at least look at what it is. Depending on what Industry you’re in it could be referred to as Picking, Order Filling, Selection, Piece Pick or Bulk Pick, I’ve...

Welcome to Warehouse and Operations as a Career, I'm really excited about this week's Episode! We'll be speaking with the gentleman that actually trained me on the High Rise Machine way back in the day. Mike will be sharing his Job to Career story with us, from the how and why he reached out to Warehousing and the several positions he held during his 26 year Career. Please leave us a comment on to...

Welcome to Warehouse and Operations as a Career as we Interview with Joe, he’ll share a few thoughts from a Safety Managers point of view with us today. Joe has moved through the ranks of warehousing in both production & distribution and developed quite a passion in Safety. Remember to like us on Facebook or give us a Follow on Twitter if you enjoy our shows and as always please participate in our...

Today we'll discuss our Orientation, seeking our New Job was stressful enough, lets review the Orientation process and talk about a few things to maybe prepare for and breeze right through it! Insurance and Benefits can be confusing, we'll share a few ideas and opinions on thinking through this process as well. I hope today's discussions eases the First Day and offers some helpful tips on what to...

Today we'll be discussing Production, a segment of Warehousing that is sometimes over looked yet a really good place to gain some warehouse experience and hear words and phrases we can use to our advantage. I think several Production positions can make great and rewarding jobs, and can provide us with an education we can utilize as we grow in the Industry! We'll discuss Safety and review a few of...

Last week we discussed two great breakthrough positions in Warehousing, Sanitation & Unloading, and today we'll get a few tips and direction from an individual that started as General Labor and set his goals quite high. Abraham helps walk us through his accomplishments, how he got started, a bit about what unloading or lumping is & the Importance of Safety and Teamwork!

We're on Episode 6 of Warehouse and Operations as a Career and this week we discuss 2 great positions to break into warehousing. We'll be talking to the positions of Sanitation, how to use it to reach our goals and Unloading, using these two tasks to gain experiences that will carry us to those next steps! We touch on Safety and a few PPE's we can utilize along with some ideas on sharing our thoug...

Welcome back! Last week we put our Resume together and hit the street with them so lets get ready for those calls and Interviews! A quick thought, lets talk for a moment about Social Media, we've just asked a lot of people to look and listen to us, we don't know what all may be looked at. Lets just keep those pic's, posts and things thats been shared with us in mind. Lets discuss the Phone Intervi...

Last week we visited with a Recruiter and discovered how important The Resume is so this week lets talk about one way to produce a Resume. We'll talk about formats and content, and discuss how to build it as well as review how our friend Jeff from Episode 1 put his together! Please share what you've done with yours or what you think of this format as well as any suggestions you'd like to add. Next...

Today we visited with a Recruiter in the field of Warehousing.  We took Warehouse and Operations as a Career on the road for our first Interview!  Now don’t be harsh about the sound quality just yet, remember we’re just Op’s men lol! John explains to us what your typical Recruiter may be looking for and kinda prep’ed us on how to get their attention and the Phone or Face to...

This week we’ll review a few more thoughts on What a Career is and discuss the importance of GMP’s or General Maintenance Practices, SOP’s and Standard Operational Procedures.  We’ll speak to the advantages of Experience vs Get It Quick situations and why.  A brief discussion on Regulatory Agencies and the help thats available to you.  Please leave any comments, suggestions...

Welcome to Warehouse and Operations as a Career! Today we will talk about what WAOC is and what we're not, how we may be able to help you and what we wont be able to do for you. I'll be introducing myself and discuss what I hope will be an interesting Podcast to be enjoyed and possibly found informational. Through interviews with experienced Men and Women in the Operations arena & discussions thro...