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Fall 2005 Issue

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Contents

What is Transportation, Warehousing & Logistics?
This field is experiencing critical shortages, providing new opportunities for workforce development professionals to place their clients.

Keep on Truckin'
CJC explores some of the possible factors behind continuing driver shortages to learn more about potential opportunities, as well as any drawbacks that may exist for job seekers in this industry.

Today's Warehouse Worker
Warehouse occupations at both large and small facilities are in high demand in this growing field.

DSC Logistics
The HR field manager for these busy warehouse facilities talks to CJC about the types of workers they hire.

Bridging the Gap: TWL Training Program
This article highlights three examples of training programs that focus on high-demand occupations, such as truck driving, warehousing and automotive technology. According to industry experts, individuals entering these fields can expect outstanding pay and benefits, along with opportunities for advancement.

Up Close & Personal
When Parish Green first started working in warehousing, he never imagined that one day he would become co-owner of a Chicago company that has been in business for 18 years.

UPS Hiring Part-time Package Handlers
UPS is always looking to add more part-time package handlers to its sorting facility in Hodgkins, Illinois.

Conference on Careers in Transportation
City Colleges of Chicago and the Chicago Workforce Board host the "Going Places: Careers in Transportation & Logistics" conference on November 8, 2005.

 

Linda Joyce is the writer/researcher of this Fall 2005 Issue of CJC's Industry Insider.  Linda has more than a decade of experience working as a free-lance journalist for such publications as Chicago Tribune, Pioneer Press, and Today's Chicago Woman.

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