Compare Freight Forwarders & Supply Chain Managers District Of Columbia

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Salary

View the mid-level salary in both your current job and your selected occupation. (Annual salaries apply to people who work full-time year-round.)

Freight Forwarders Not Available
Supply Chain Managers $140,600

Similar skills & knowledge

These skills are commonly used in both your current job and your selected occupation.

Geography
Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.

Customer and Personal Service
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Public Safety and Security
Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

Sales and Marketing
Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

Learning Strategies
Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.

Transportation
Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.

Mathematics
Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

Persuasion
Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.

Negotiation
Bringing people together to solve differences.

Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.

Active Listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

Critical Thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

Speaking
Talking to others.

Systems Analysis
Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.

Active Learning
Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.

Reading Comprehension
Reading work-related information.

Time Management
Managing your time and the time of other people.

Coordination
Changing what is done based on other people's actions.

Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.

Systems Evaluation
Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.


skills & knowledge Gaps

These are areas where you might have skill gaps. People working in your selected job generally need higher levels in these skill and knowledge areas than people working in your current job.

Management of Material Resources Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Freight Forwarders
Freight Forwarders
Very Low
Management of Material Resources Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Supply Chain Managers
Supply Chain Managers
Medium

Management of Material Resources
Managing equipment and materials.

Personnel and Human Resources Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Freight Forwarders
Freight Forwarders
Low
Personnel and Human Resources Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Supply Chain Managers
Supply Chain Managers
Medium

Personnel and Human Resources
Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

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Production and Processing Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Freight Forwarders
Freight Forwarders
Medium
Production and Processing Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Supply Chain Managers
Supply Chain Managers
High

Production and Processing
Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

Administration and Management Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Freight Forwarders
Freight Forwarders
Medium
Administration and Management Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Supply Chain Managers
Supply Chain Managers
High

Administration and Management
Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

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Economics and Accounting Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Freight Forwarders
Freight Forwarders
Low
Economics and Accounting Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Supply Chain Managers
Supply Chain Managers
Medium

Economics and Accounting
Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

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Management of Personnel Resources Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Freight Forwarders
Freight Forwarders
Low
Management of Personnel Resources Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Supply Chain Managers
Supply Chain Managers
Medium

Management of Personnel Resources
Selecting and managing the best workers for a job.


Typical Level Of Training

See how much education people typically have in your selected job, and then use the link to find training programs in your local area.

Typical level Of training for Freight Forwarders
Freight Forwarders

High school diploma or equivalent

Typical level Of training for Supply Chain Managers
Supply Chain Managers

High school diploma or equivalent

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Licensing

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Licensing for Freight Forwarders
Freight Forwarders

No license found in District of Columbia

Licensing for Supply Chain Managers
Supply Chain Managers

No license found in District of Columbia


Certification

Certifications help you get ahead or qualify for different jobs. You usually have to pass a test to earn one, and then you can show employers that you have the skills and knowledge needed to do well on the job.

Certification for Freight Forwarders
Freight Forwarders

4 related certifications

Certification for Supply Chain Managers
Supply Chain Managers

27 related certifications

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