I had a brief phone conversation today with an SPSM candidate who said something like "I went on a job interview and the interviewer says s/he never heard of the SPSM® Certification."
Believe it or not, such incidents do not surprise me. If you haven't kept up with the purchasing certification field for five or more years, you wouldn't have heard of the SPSM® Certification. And, scarily enough, there are some people in hiring-level positions who fail to keep up with the changes in the purchasing and supply management field in general for that many years.
You have a choice when presented with this type of situation: you can feel that you've lost or you can use this situation to your advantage.
You know the path I'd recommend, right?
I recommend saying the following: "The purchasing and supply management field is constantly evolving. I dedicate a lot of effort into keeping up-to-date with all of the latest developments. Just one of those developments is the SPSM® Certification, which was launched in 2004. Earning my SPSM® Certification has taught me the latest strategies for success that more traditional purchasing certifications ignore, such as: eProcurement, spend analysis, eSourcing/reverse auctions, and strategic sourcing. I think that earning the SPSM® is a good indicator of my passion for the profession and my commitment to keeping myself up-to-date."
To Your Career,
Charles Dominick, SPSM
President & Chief Procurement Officer
Next Level Purchasing, Inc.
Struggling To Have A Rewarding Purchasing Career?
Earn Your SPSM Certification Online At
http://www.NextLevelPurchasing.com
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A Google internet search of SPSM, in regards to purchasing certification, only brought results that the creator of SPSM - Charles Dominick, Pres. Next Level Purchasing - had a hand in posting one way or another.
Thank you for your comment.
You may want to change your search to "SPSM Certification" rather than just "SPSM." By doing so, you will find the following articles/posts by third parties (in the order they appear):
eSourcing Forum post about the SPSM Certification - http://www.esourcingforum.com/archives/2008/03/03/the-spsm-certification/
Purchasing Magazine article about Next Level Purchasing - http://www.purchasing.com/article/CA6261181.html
Supply & Demand Chain Executive article about supply chain certifications - http://www.bybaxter.com/SDCE_Education_Feature_Sept_2006.pdf
NCMA's listing of Next Level Purchasing as an Education Partner - http://www.ncmahq.org/Learn/EdPartnerDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=1044
Sourcing Innovation post about the introduction of the SPSM Certification & Enhanced Results Program - http://blog.sourcinginnovation.com/2007/10/01/the-future-of-purchasing-certification.aspx
Government Procurement magazine article about the SPSM's 2nd anniversary - http://www.govpro.com/Issue/Article/27817/Issue
A LinkedIn Q&A about certifications - http://www.linkedin.com/answers/career-education/certification-licenses/CAR_CRT/297939-8804474?browseCategory=CAR_CRT
A Supply & Demand Chain Executive article on a new Next Level Purchasing class - http://www.sdcexec.com/web/online/SourcingProcurement-News/Procurement-Training-Program-Expands-Global-Reach/27$10357
A Supply Excellence post about the talent crunch - http://www.supplyexcellence.com/blog/2007/01/09/turning-the-talent-crunch-into-an-opportunity/
And those are just in the first four pages in the 7,510 results!
I hope that this helps.
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