* Georgia - Report predicts significant logistics labor shortage
Atlanta,GA,USA -Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr -Nov. 2, 2012: -- A new report by the Georgia Center of Innovation for Logistics predicts that there will be a significant shortage of workers for the logistics industry to draw upon over the next 3 to 5 years as a variety of education institutions are not training enough people to fill the expected number of job openings... The Georgia Center – a division of the Georgia Department of Economic Development – found that based upon U.S. Dept. of Labor data, the U.S. logistics industry is expected to create some 1.08 million jobs nationwide between 2013 and 2016, with roughly 270,020 logistics-related jobs created per year thru 2018, to keep up with projected industry growth... Yet the 7,642 educational institutions in the U.S. that provide logistics training currently only generate 75,277 formally certified workers annually – thus filling only about 28% of the projected job openings within the logistics industry each year...
* New York - The state of “human capital”
New York,NY,USA -Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr -Nov. 5, 2012: ... A trucking company can have the newest, shiniest trucks and trailers hitched to the latest-and-greatest computer system for managing loads, but without solid men and women behind the wheel, all of that comes to naught... For example, look what the Department of Labor says is the median yearly wage for tractor-trailer drivers: $37,770. That means half of the drivers in the industry are paid above that salary line, while half of them get paid below it.
Would you call that a “decent” salary? Sure – if you’re single with no children to support. Trying to raise a family on such a salary, however, while being away from home for long stretches of time simply doesn’t add up for many people – especially the ones who would be most likely to drive big rigs the safest, deliver freight on time, all while burnishing a fleet’s reputation with their manner at every stop... Those issues resonate in trucking as well and will only continue to do so down the road...Labels: truckers shortage
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