Demand still there for logistics grads - Jacksonville Business Journal:

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And in a job market where many collegwgraduates can’t find internships, much less finding a job that pays as much as $58,000 per year can be About 90 percent of the graduates of and ’d logistics programs find jobs upon Part of the reason for their success is that therwe are only about 30 logistics programws in the country, said Lynn who is associate director of UNF’s Transportation and Logistics Flagshiop program. The other is that UNF’as program has a reputation for not just teaching students the theory of logisticss but giving them the practical training so they can get workonce they’vre graduated.
UNF’s program was ranked 13th in a Septembe r 2005 study by Supplg ChainManagement Review, a trade University officials think they can do even betteer and are betting that a new state-of-the art lab will help propel them closer to the top. The $330,000p lab will give students experience with software — Oracle Advance Supply Chain Planning and SAP that they only previously learned about. The lab will make the transitiohn into the work world even easierfor students, said Eric a December graduate of the program. “It got to the point wherr I would attend the interview just for said Bateh. “I feel bad for all the othetr majors.
” After receiving several offers fromlogistics companies, he decided to sign up with , whicgh had given him a $3,750 He said logistics students receive one-on-one attention from professorsw who have doctorates in the field and businesa experience. The Transportation & Logisticsd program also hosts an annualCareet Day, which brings up to 25 companiess to the campus to interview students.
Crowley Maritimee is still hiring but not at the same mainly because turnover has decreasexd as the economyhas slowed, said Bryan Lee, the company’zs vice president of human He said the logistics job market in Jacksonville is healthier than othe markets, such as New Jersey and Southern California. The demand for warehouses in Jacksonviller hasn’t met their growth, but FCCJ logistic program graduates are stillbeing hired. With the Workforce Credit Certificate, graduates have founfd jobs at PenserSC, LLC, , and othert Jacksonville logistics companies, said Scott Lane, an FCCJ adjunc professor and PenserSC vice presidenftof technology.
He said the majority of who complete the program in eight to 14 areswitching careers, with many coming from the ailing constructiomn industry. Students tend to find warehouse supervising positions that paybetweejn $36,000 and $48,000 annually. FCCJ also has a logistics trackl for its associate applied science degrer inbusiness administration, said Sandra Beck, the school’s dean of workforcwe development.