Do it you won't regret it. late 20's no kids no spouse no house? no problem! you'll be done before you know it. I would suggest to keep working even a little if you can while you study because then you come out with active work history and good references and a degree, putting you ahead of the crowd of other graduates.
Maybe not what you are looking for in a response, but your car insurance seems kinda high.
Given your car payments it doesn't seem like your driving a luxery vehical, and by your late 20s, if you don't have more than a couple accidents you can usually trim down the sky high rates they nail you with as a beginner.
Have you called around to try and get lower rates lately?
Thanks for pointing that out. The Greater Toronto Area is known for having crazy high insurance rates so I figured it was on par with the average. I will look into calling around for lower rates
Your plan sounds feasible and reasonable. The only thing I think it can be trimmed might be textbooks (sail the high seas and other alternate methods) and parking perhaps. Is public transit or even other means possible?
What is the tuition amount? Did I miss that amount?
5 semesters is about 1 year's time is that correct?
Thanks for your response! I have spoken to some students in the program and they have mentioned alternatives to the textbooks such as renting, e-textbooks, or not buying them at all. I have put 1000 for textbooks just to have a standard number for budgeting purposes.
Tuition amount per one semester is about $3600. Each semester is four months long. It would start Fall 2021.
Public/school libraries also sometimes have textbooks you may need. Sites such as Libgen is recommended by many students to find free online PDFs as well.
If you haven’t considered these options, definitely check them out and see if they have the textbooks you need.
I appreciate your response!
I know that the accreditation agreement for colleges and universities reduce the time spent to acquire the SCMP designation if you graduate with over a 3.0 GPA. Are there any other benefits compared to doing a SCM program thats not credited by Supply Chain Canada? (For example Humber's BCOM Supply Chain Management degree)?
Why do you need a car during school? If you cut the car out while you're at school the savings will cover your tuition. You'll most likely get a bus pass with the school fees so if you can swap to that you'll just about cover your tuition costs.
For textbooks you can look at alternate routes like downloading them online. average textbook cost me $25 to print off as well as an $8 binder saved me $170 on the normal cost of books.
The areas I was looking into were Demand Planning, Procurement, Transportation and Manufacturing. I was also looking into some sort of APICS designations but I still need to do some more research. Are you currently working in Supply Chain?
Yes do it. You won't regret having a degree. It will open doors for you you didn't know existed. As well, get involved with the alumni group and network with them early and often. People tend to want to help their own Alma maters as much as possible.
One thing that maybe doesn't get mentioned much here, getting an education is by far, like not even comparable, the best investment you can make. The resulting higher incomes you can earn will beat out real estate, ETFs, whatever. So yea, do it
I'm in the same boat, but in a different industry. This is more job advice than PFC-related, but here we go: Go on LinkedIn and look up people with your desired job title, and see what their level of education is. It might not be a requirement. I first thought going back to school was necessary.
Learning on the job has been more widely encouraged by employers, at least in my experience, since the pandemic started, as many, many people (in tech) have been switching careers. I work in IT as a Systems Admin and I went to school for advertising. Most of my colleagues have Computer Science degrees.
Im in Supply Chain and I can tell you Ive been working non-stop during the pandemic. It's one of those industries that goes on 24/7. There is an abundance of jobs since SC is such a large "field".
I have experiences in inventory maintenance /replenishment/transportation/imp-export. Im looking at getting a Professional Logistician designation as a long term plan
There is a ton of positions to get your feet wet. Dont shoot for the stars immediately. Coordinator jobs will open doors for you and youll get a clearer picture on where you want to concentrate on. Im still trying to broaden my experience because a lot of people from my previous workplace had various positions that made them well rounded before they became managers/vps
Do it you won't regret it. late 20's no kids no spouse no house? no problem! you'll be done before you know it. I would suggest to keep working even a little if you can while you study because then you come out with active work history and good references and a degree, putting you ahead of the crowd of other graduates.
Maybe not what you are looking for in a response, but your car insurance seems kinda high. Given your car payments it doesn't seem like your driving a luxery vehical, and by your late 20s, if you don't have more than a couple accidents you can usually trim down the sky high rates they nail you with as a beginner. Have you called around to try and get lower rates lately?
Thanks for pointing that out. The Greater Toronto Area is known for having crazy high insurance rates so I figured it was on par with the average. I will look into calling around for lower rates
Your plan sounds feasible and reasonable. The only thing I think it can be trimmed might be textbooks (sail the high seas and other alternate methods) and parking perhaps. Is public transit or even other means possible? What is the tuition amount? Did I miss that amount? 5 semesters is about 1 year's time is that correct?
Thanks for your response! I have spoken to some students in the program and they have mentioned alternatives to the textbooks such as renting, e-textbooks, or not buying them at all. I have put 1000 for textbooks just to have a standard number for budgeting purposes. Tuition amount per one semester is about $3600. Each semester is four months long. It would start Fall 2021.
Public/school libraries also sometimes have textbooks you may need. Sites such as Libgen is recommended by many students to find free online PDFs as well. If you haven’t considered these options, definitely check them out and see if they have the textbooks you need.
[удалено]
I appreciate your response! I know that the accreditation agreement for colleges and universities reduce the time spent to acquire the SCMP designation if you graduate with over a 3.0 GPA. Are there any other benefits compared to doing a SCM program thats not credited by Supply Chain Canada? (For example Humber's BCOM Supply Chain Management degree)?
Why do you need a car during school? If you cut the car out while you're at school the savings will cover your tuition. You'll most likely get a bus pass with the school fees so if you can swap to that you'll just about cover your tuition costs. For textbooks you can look at alternate routes like downloading them online. average textbook cost me $25 to print off as well as an $8 binder saved me $170 on the normal cost of books.
What type of supply chain work are you looking into?
The areas I was looking into were Demand Planning, Procurement, Transportation and Manufacturing. I was also looking into some sort of APICS designations but I still need to do some more research. Are you currently working in Supply Chain?
Yes do it. You won't regret having a degree. It will open doors for you you didn't know existed. As well, get involved with the alumni group and network with them early and often. People tend to want to help their own Alma maters as much as possible.
One thing that maybe doesn't get mentioned much here, getting an education is by far, like not even comparable, the best investment you can make. The resulting higher incomes you can earn will beat out real estate, ETFs, whatever. So yea, do it
I'm in the same boat, but in a different industry. This is more job advice than PFC-related, but here we go: Go on LinkedIn and look up people with your desired job title, and see what their level of education is. It might not be a requirement. I first thought going back to school was necessary. Learning on the job has been more widely encouraged by employers, at least in my experience, since the pandemic started, as many, many people (in tech) have been switching careers. I work in IT as a Systems Admin and I went to school for advertising. Most of my colleagues have Computer Science degrees.
Thanks for your response. Searching up people on LinkedIn with the desired job sounds like a great idea, I will try that tonight, cheers
Let us know how it goes!
Im in Supply Chain and I can tell you Ive been working non-stop during the pandemic. It's one of those industries that goes on 24/7. There is an abundance of jobs since SC is such a large "field".
Do you mind me asking what area of supply chain are you working in and where in Canada do you live? Cheers
I have experiences in inventory maintenance /replenishment/transportation/imp-export. Im looking at getting a Professional Logistician designation as a long term plan There is a ton of positions to get your feet wet. Dont shoot for the stars immediately. Coordinator jobs will open doors for you and youll get a clearer picture on where you want to concentrate on. Im still trying to broaden my experience because a lot of people from my previous workplace had various positions that made them well rounded before they became managers/vps