College Grad pay advice (logistics)
Been hunting for a job since May. Graduated with a 3.95 in Logistics and Supply Chain management with extensive work experience outside of college, but not much full time employment experience. I have a solid resume and worked hard in school for a useful degree, but it seems I have to settle for $15-20 an hour jobs even though I was getting that pay before I got my degree. I feel scammed by college despite graduating the top of my class.
A lot depends on what school you went to. There are companies like Nestle or PepsiCo that will pay well for a starting area manager type role if your degree is from a top 75ish school
Went to a pretty good school for my degree plan. I even developed a lot of skills outside of my degree plan. Just my “years of experience” isn’t even getting me past automated systems
Have you applied to those type of companies? And are you mobile? You're likely not going to get huge salary gains, but you can get in development plans etc that lift your trajectory. We have things for new grads as do logistics companies like FedEx, Nike etc
Is your resume well written? I'd take a hard look at it
From previous replies it looks like the resume may be the underlying issue. Or OP may be applying to jobs not meant for their experience range
I’ve had my resume looked at by about a dozen people. Double that if you add in academia. It’s about as good as I can get it with the experience I have.
What area of logistics and supply chain are you targeting? The pay will differ by functions
Business Process Improvement. Analytical decisions that improve business efficiency within the supply chain. I can do basic task work, but finding a job that is simply more than data entry/simple task style work is where experience is needed
I would recommend applying for buyer roles
Apparently reading all your responses you sound like an undergrad. Which city are you from ? Business Process Improvement or so called lean is "yester"ed and replaced with smart systems and numbers. So don't hang on to that for so long. Learn some Python scripting and look for Business Intelligence roles.
I’ve got my B.S. and have dabbled into tableau, but haven’t been a fan of python or SQL as it isn’t my strength to code. If I wanted to code more, I’d get a computer science degree
Not true. For someone just beginning a career in the domain. BPI Lean has huge market and opportunities. You could always catch up smart systems and recent innovation once you spend 6-12 months in industry to truly understand and define future path forward.
Get resume reviewed. You could post with dummy personal info. Take it from there on. If there’s no serious personal commitment holding you off to local opportunities be open to relocate.
Still looking? Search MICROSOFT for roles in CSSC or CSCP
What area are you in and what types of positions are you looking for?
I'm not sure about the salaries of logistics and supply chain, but have u tried applying to a company like Amazon? Sometimes you have to take what you can get as a starting point and switch after 1 year of emplyement. So what I am saying is that just because you have a poor paying job now, this will not always be the case if you truly desire more.
Applied there for a few positions, but didn’t even get to the interview phase. I’m trying to stay local for now, but my area is a logistics heaven. But you either get a low paying job that requires no critical thinking or get skipped over it seems. I’m not giving up, but it sure is a challenge