US lines Archives - The Loadstar Making sense of the supply chain Fri, 01 Nov 2024 12:36:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 31889032 US lines: Shipping US freight forwarding jobs overseas https://theloadstar.com/us-lines-shipping-us-freight-forwarding-jobs-overseas/ https://theloadstar.com/us-lines-shipping-us-freight-forwarding-jobs-overseas/#respond Fri, 01 Nov 2024 12:36:03 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=283730 During Covid, when business boomed for freight forwarders, we saw a huge swing in the balance of power between employer and employee.
Employers couldn’t hire quickly enough and, at the time, were willing to pay whatever they had to because demand far exceeded supply. But when I saw import agents accepting offers for $70,000 per annum in Chicago, I knew that something would have to change.
Freight forwarders are smart and adaptable. ...

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I was recently talking to an industry friend and remarked that if we had a warehouse full of proven, successful sales hunters, we would be running a 24/7 business shipping them out to meet the demand for talent.
Why do I think ...

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