Looking for a few good materials handling employees?
In addition to finding equipment and systems at the North American Material Handling Show and Conference, you just might also find your next great employee, too. An opportunity to recruit former Marines with logistics and other experience will be offered right here at NA.
By Staff -- Modern Materials Handling, 4/18/2008 11:14:00 AM
In addition to finding equipment and systems at the North American Material Handling Show and Conference, you just might also find your next great employee, too. An opportunity to recruit former Marines with logistics and other experience will be offered right here at NA.Plan to learn more on Wednesday, April 23, from 8:30 to 10 a.m. in Room 7 when an information session will be presented by the Marine Civilian Development Program (MCDP). The presentation’s objective is to encourage trade show exhibitors and attendees to enroll their companies as MCDP corporate partners so they can more easily find and hire former Marines for job openings. Companies attending the session are encouraged to bring a human resources representative along.
The MCDP is a non-profit group that helps Marines transition to civilian life. Key to the program is a series of classes that offer tools and techniques for making a successful transition to the private sector. After the courses, MCDP staff members make connections between specific Marines and corporate partners who may want to hire them.
MCDP was invited to present at NA08 after developing a relationship with the Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA), says Allan Howie, MHIA’s director of continuing education and professional development. Howie, who teaches a semi-annual “Fundamentals of Warehousing” class for the Marine Corps, knows good materials handling employees are getting harder to find. He believes former Marines are excellent job candidates.
“If all Marines are typical of the young people I taught in the class, then they would make outstanding employees,” says Howie. “They have an excellent work ethic. They’re disciplined and attentive, as well as being quite personable. I’ve never enjoyed anything as much as I enjoyed working with them.”
Marine Col. Alan Will, a member of Modern Material Handling’s editorial advisory board, explains that the Marine Corps trains warehouse and logistics personnel at all levels. Those who enter the Marines immediately after high school often work on the warehouse floor, processing inbound and outbound freight. Those who join the Marines with a college degree can become warehouse managers. Marines stationed at modern facilities, says Will, gain valuable experience with technologies such as conveyors, carousels, warehouse management systems, bar codes and RFID tags.
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