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Job Market Survival Advice for Graduates and for Those YOU Love

May 20, 2022 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

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Your life is a work in progress. You spend it gathering different skills like a Swiss Army knife. When I was at Babson College, one of the courses we all took was Operations Management. In it, we studied the manufacturing process of how stuff’s made. We looked at raw materials, for example, and the factory floor. It was like Breaking Bad but legal.

At the time, a tectonic shift was underway. Globalization was picking up steam. Our manufacturing base was being offshored to China. (Turns out, that wasn’t the best practice in terms of U.S. survival. Now look at where we are with our supply chain.)

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The summer before my senior year, I had an internship at a startup working on how to deliver groceries to your door without you being home. This was before the internet browser, iPhones, etc. Orders were to be placed by phone or fax. As customers were onboarded, they received a refrigerated lockbox which kept the food safe and secure if they weren’t home.

It was a tough business to master operationally, but it had huge potential. The point of this piece isn’t to discuss the growing pains but to point out the timelessness of Operations Management. It can seem boring in a classroom setting, but it’s crucial to any business.

My advice to recent grads, which you may want to give to your grandkids, is to work in operations. Understand the guts of your business. Learn how a product gets from A to Z and become an expert.

We’re seeing once-in-a-lifetime changes play out before our eyes. How long can we depend on China for our manufacturing? Will the future be onshoring production and cutting the length of the supply chain? Understanding how it works can be a profession, you can have expertise as an analyst, or you can simply keep it in your back pocket for your own business.

Action Line: Everything we eat, buy, sell, invest in, consume, or deliver to customers is part of Operations Management. Bring your expertise wherever you go, and you will be a valued professional, not just a commodity. If you know someone who is about to graduate from college or did so recently, click here to give them a copy of my free Special Report: How To Invest After Graduating College. It’ll get them started off on the right foot.

Originally posted on Your Survival Guy. 

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E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy
E.J. Smith is Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. His focus at all times is on preparing clients and readers for “Times Like These.” E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998.

E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH, NH, where he completed course-work in Practical and Defensive Handgun, Conceal Carry Pistol, Shotguns, Precision Scope Rifle and Kidnapping Prevention.

E.J. plays a Yamaha Recording Custom drum set with Zilldjian cymbals. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zilldjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart (RIP) of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West and Paris.

Please get in touch with E.J. at ejsmith@yoursurvivalguy.com
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