Find the right route into a graduate transport or logistics career

Transport and logistics is not necessarily a graduate career – but having a degree will let you jump the queue, provide more opportunities for progression to management positions and shorten the path to chartership. Many large firms offer graduate schemes, lasting for one to two years, which provide an opportunity to gain an overview of the whole industry and the processes involved. At the end of the scheme, you’ll be able to make an informed decision about the area of transport or logistics that suits you best and choose an appropriate career path. Organisations are doing their best to appeal to graduates with the right skills so pay and benefits are becoming increasingly attractive. If you want to work in a consultancy, it may help to have either experience or postgraduate qualifications. As these are specialist organisations, they often prefer applicants who already have expertise in the area.

The transport industry needs you

At present there is a skills shortage in the transport industry but an increase in the number of available positions. Demand tends to remain high even during economic downturns. The shortages don’t mean that anyone can just walk into a job, but if you have a relevant degree and the right personal qualities employers will be fighting over you.