Warehouse and Operations as a Career

Jan 02 2025 320 ep. 12 mins 86

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A Podcast discussing the many Opportunities and Positions in the Warehouse and Operations industry. We will talk about getting started in warehousing and the many different tasks that are performed. Safety in the workplace and the use of powered industrial equipment such as pallet jacks & forklifts will be discussed. We'll discuss GMP's and SOP's and there importance in the world of operations and logistics. A fun and learning experience, we'll all pick up something from each other!

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Earning More In The Aisles

Jan 02 2025 10 mins

We all work to pay our bills and provide a better living for our families. Some of us, I hope most of us, are fortunate enough to enjoy our jobs so much that it isn’t work at all. I’m Marty with Warehouse and Operations as a Career and today I’d like to start off with a question from a gentleman here locally. You know, we’re often taught and trained how to do our jobs, we�

Revisit The EPJ – vs – Shrink Wrap

Dec 26 2024 9 mins

Hello everyone, Marty T Hawkins here with Warehouse and Operations as a Career. I want to sincerely thank you for checking in with us each week and I hope we mention something that will affect your career in some kind of positive way here today! I want to share something real quick. I went to the grocery store today, a national chain, it’s close, convenient and frankly just eas

Quit or Termed

Dec 19 2024 13 mins

Marty T Hawkins back with you and another episode of Warehouse and Operations as a Career. Is everyone having a fabulous week so far? Today let’s talk about a few of the things that we as employees sometimes must deal with, many times things we possibly bring on ourselves. Throughout my travels each week I hear about lost jobs, NCNS, layoffs, and a lot of reasons why individuals

Ask Me Anything: Distribution

Dec 12 2024 14 mins

Hey hey all, you found Marty and Warehouse and Operations as a Career here again. Here we are in week 50 of 2024. I just realized we haven’t talked about our 2025 goals or plans yet. Maybe we can get that in over the next few weeks. I’m big on goals and planning, and I’m pretty much right on target for the year. Anyway, before I get started running down that path, I’ll

Errors And Expense

Dec 05 2024 11 mins

It’s been another great week hasn’t it! I’m Marty and I’d like to thank you for joining us again here at Warehouse and Operations as a Career. This week let’s spend a few minutes on controlling expenses. I had a conversation last week with a V.P. of Op’s about a facility that had had over 1000 short on truck cases the previous week. That’s a huge error ratio and creat

Giving Thanks

Nov 28 2024 9 mins

Hi all, it’s Thanksgiving here in the states, a time to spend with family and friends, a time to slow down a bit and reflect on what is really important in our lives and be thankful for what ever that is. We’re working on a few great episodes with some long-time listener’s I consider subject matter experts in the coming weeks that I’m super excited about. But for today,

The Job Hunt, It’s Work in Itself

Nov 21 2024 15 mins

Welcome back to Warehouse and Operations as a Career, I’m Marty and I thought we’d talk about finding work today, something that’s not always easy. Over the last month or so I’ve received so many questions from job seekers, a lot of frustration with the system and hiring processes, being interviewed, and feeling ghosted, being told your overqualified or under qualified

The Truth

Nov 14 2024 14 mins

Hi again to all from WAOC, I’m your host, Marty T Hawkins, and I’m glad you decided to spend a few minutes with us talking about our light industrial careers. I was going to speak to logistics today, but, well, I’ve had a few conversations this week that pushed me to rethink that. Oh, and for all the WAOC subscribers out there, I have to apologize for the technical opportunit

Paying Attention

Nov 11 2024 13 mins

Marty here with Warehouse and Operations as a Career! I hope you enjoy our show each week and we’re offering up something you can take away from it and it helps you in your career some how or way. We have a lot of fun sharing our experiences and really enjoy getting to throw in an opinion or two every once and a while! Don’t forget about our Facebook & Twitter page’s wher

Welcoming and Impressions

Oct 31 2024 12 mins

Have you ever heard that you only get one chance to make a first impression? I’m Marty T Hawkins and I’d like to thank you for checking in with us here at Warehouse and Operations as a Career! Whither you are a Supervisor or a lead, an Employee, Recruiter or an HR Generalist, maybe you’re in Benefits, we’re all some of the first people our new and existing associates see. W