{"286791":{"#nid":"286791","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Logistics Grads Suit Up for the Future","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith global trade likely to rise more than threefold to $27 trillion by 2030, logistics professionals are in high demand, according to Winning the Talent Race, a report by professional services firm PwC. In fact, the U.S. logistics sector is expected to create more than one million job openings between 2013 and 2016, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Yet, a significant gap exists between the skills logistics companies need, and those today\u0027s college graduates bring to the table.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMany employees in the transport sector have medium or low qualification levels, according to the PwC report, and the sector\u0027s need for better-educated workers is increasing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.inboundlogistics.com\/cms\/article\/logistics-grads-suit-up-for-the-future\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERead the article in its entirety\u003C\/a\u003E within the Inbound Logistics website.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith global trade likely to rise more than threefold to $27 trillion by 2030, logistics professionals are in high demand, according to Winning the Talent Race, a report by professional services firm PwC.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Universities and corporations are working together to arm logistics graduates with the skills they need to move from the classroom to the conference room."}],"uid":"27233","created_gmt":"2014-03-28 15:38:15","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:07","author":"Andy Haleblian","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-01-15T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-01-15T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"286781":{"id":"286781","type":"image","title":"Logistics Grads Suit Up for the Future","body":null,"created":"1449244237","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:50:37","changed":"1475894981","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:41","alt":"Logistics Grads Suit Up for the Future","file":{"fid":"199102","name":"il-logistics_grads.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/il-logistics_grads_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/il-logistics_grads_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":51417,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/il-logistics_grads_0.jpg?itok=QkOVKaXL"}}},"media_ids":["286781"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.inboundlogistics.com\/cms\/article\/logistics-grads-suit-up-for-the-future\/","title":"Article within the Inbound Logistics website"}],"groups":[{"id":"1243","name":"The Supply Chain and Logistics Institute (SCL)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1432","name":"education"},{"id":"676","name":"graduates"},{"id":"233","name":"Logistics"},{"id":"166847","name":"students"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:info@scl.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Einfo@scl.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["info@scl.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}