Warehouse And Operations As A Career

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Last week we visited with a Recruiter and discovered how important The Resume can be so this week we’ll talk about one way to produce one.  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...

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...

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....

Welcome to Warehouse and Operations as a Career! Through our weekly Podcast I’ll work hard to share experiences and opinions from those in many of the actual positions of the Industry. We’ll discuss how to get hired on, how to excel at the tasks, goal setting and how to turn the Job into a Career....