Compare Freight Forwarders & Logisticians 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
Logisticians $105,200

Similar skills & knowledge

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

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.

Administrative
Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

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.

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

Negotiation
Bringing people together to solve differences.

Service Orientation
Looking for ways to help people.

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.

Law and Government
Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

English Language
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Persuasion
Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.

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

Mathematics
Using math to solve problems.

Computers and Electronics
Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

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

Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.

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

Social Perceptiveness
Understanding people's reactions.

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

Speaking
Talking to others.

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


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.

Operations Analysis Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Freight Forwarders
Freight Forwarders
Very Low
Operations Analysis Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Logisticians
Logisticians
Medium

Operations Analysis
Figuring out what a product or service needs to be able to do.

Monitoring Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Freight Forwarders
Freight Forwarders
Medium
Monitoring Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Logisticians
Logisticians
High

Monitoring
Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.

Administration and Management Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Freight Forwarders
Freight Forwarders
Medium
Administration and Management Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Logisticians
Logisticians
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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Education and Training Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Freight Forwarders
Freight Forwarders
Low
Education and Training Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Logisticians
Logisticians
Medium

Education and Training
Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

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Personnel and Human Resources Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Freight Forwarders
Freight Forwarders
Low
Personnel and Human Resources Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Logisticians
Logisticians
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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Sales and Marketing Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Freight Forwarders
Freight Forwarders
Medium
Sales and Marketing Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Logisticians
Logisticians
High

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.

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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 Logisticians
Logisticians
Medium

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


Typical Level Of Training

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Typical level Of training for Freight Forwarders
Freight Forwarders

High school diploma or equivalent

Typical level Of training for Logisticians
Logisticians

Licensing

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Licensing for Freight Forwarders
Freight Forwarders

No license found in District of Columbia

Licensing for Logisticians
Logisticians

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 Logisticians
Logisticians

8 related certifications

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