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Overview:
The following information provides Tips on Self-Marketing and outlines the various directories, associations, publications and other resources available for review in making direct approaches to potential employers.

Progressive employers view talented graduates as a valuable resource for future growth. They often have co-op placement programs and from these temporary placements, they determine which candidates to keep in mind for future hiring.
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Current Positions on our website: www.buckleysearch.com : Links Review page for all relevant job-search links contained in our site: Newspapers, Job-Boards, etc.

Career Paths In The Industry - Ideas on the areas in a company that represent a logical career progression
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 Freight Forwarding Career Paths
 
Customs Brokerage Career Paths
  Corporate Logistics Career Paths



Tips on Self-Marketing:
Changing the Student's Perspective:
The business world and the student world are two different realities. As a student, you acquire knowledge, in the business world you learn how best to apply it for productive results. Changing how you see yourself is important to market yourself effectively. You are your own ambassador. You want to think in entrepreneurial terms: How can I create buyer interest in my skills and knowledge? This means dressing differently, speaking differently and keeping foremost in mind that you are marketing the person that you are - your personality strengths, your enthusiasm, your values, your willingness to be a teamplayer.
Personal Presentation:
You can never go wrong dressing in standard business attire. Avoid very casual clothes, stay with the basic blues, greys and browns for suits. For females, the classic look is the skirt and blazer combination. You want the interviewer to be interested in you, not distracted by unusual ties or colour combinations. Naturally, good personal hygiene and grooming are expected.
Gather your Resources:
Review the publications and on-line resources which follow these Tips and make a list of the telephone numbers and email addresses of the intended recipients of your resume.
Do Research on the Internet:
To obtain executives names and contact information visit the websites of companies and click on their 'Contacts' page. See the
Resumes page for more details on obtaining information and using search engines.
Concentrate on those Companies who can utilize your Experience:
Approach those companies which are active in trade-lanes which you are interested in - forwarders, steamship companies, importers/exporters, trading companies. If you have a second language, that expertise may be useful to companies active in related trade-lanes.
Check the Yellow Pages for Bi-lateral Trade Commissions and Chambers of Commerce:
Find out if there is a local Chamber of Commerce or Trade Commission for bi-lateral trade between Canada and your home country if you are recently arrived in Canada. See page 1324 in the Toronto Central-East Yellow Pages for a listing. See pages 105 and 106 under 'Associations' for additional Chambers of Commerce and bi-cultural organizations. Sometimes these organizations will be aware of native-language newspapers or job-board resources which you can investigate.
Make sure your Resume is error-free:
If English is your second language, have it reviewed by someone who is fluent in english to ensure that the text is clear and there are no mistakes in spelling, grammar or sentence structure. The same applies to any cover letter which you might wish to include. Also, if you have an email address, be sure to note this on the resume for people to follow up with you. Anyone can open a Hotmail or Yahoo email account for personal use. See the
Resumes/Cover Letters section for more information.
Send your Resume to the right Hiring Authority:
If your background is sales & marketing, send your resume to the Sales Manager or Director of Sales. If your background is operations, send it to the Operations Manager, and so on. For the best result, send your resume to the person who would logically be involved in making a hiring decision for your experience level.
Research and verify the Spelling of the Hiring Authority's name:
It is more effective to send your resume to an actual person rather than a position title. We strongly recommend that you take the time to research the right name of the intended recipient of your resume.
Make your Email message brief:
Busy executives dislike having to scroll through a long email message to get to the core of it. State your objective clearly and briefly in a few words. Make sure the Subject header clearly expresses your objective. Do not expect to get a response, state your intention to follow up with a telephone call. This way you can choose and prepare for a follow up call.
Ask for the Executive's opinion of your experience:
People like to give their opinions. Rather than request a meeting, ask for the recipient's comments on your resume and experience when you call them back. Asking to set up a meeting without having established a basis for interest is usually not very productive. Call back within about 48 hours after having sent an email. Calling back immediately after sending it may not allow the recipient enough time to read it.
Follow up with a Thank-you letter or card:
Showing your appreciation for someone's time or guidance is an excellent way of developing positive contacts in your job-search.
Interviewing Tips: See the
Being Interviewed page for detailed information. Also Recruiters for tips on how to work with recruiters and what their expectations are.
Keeping the Job you Get:
Getting a job is an accomplishment, keeping the job you get requires different skills. Within the corporate world it is vital to interact positively with people, be a teamplayer, have a teachable attitude and concentrate on building working relationships both inside and outside of your employer. Technical competence is important but gaining the cooperation of other people leads to mutually rewarding achievements. Leadership is learned and it begins with knowing your strengths and weaknesses and how to apply these from a foundation of strong personal values and principles. See
Self-Assessment for more information on taking personal inventory at any stage of your career.
Maze Master has an excellent self-assessment series of exercises in taking personal inventory.

Useful Links for Research:  http://freightcustoms.com - This is a portal we have created, a unique resource of links to the Industry's job-boards, careers ads and service providers

http://apics.ca/index.cfm
APICS - The Association for Operations Management
BIFA/www.bifa.org
British International Forwarders Association
http://sclcanada.org/
Supply Chain & Logistics Association, Canada
http://aicba.org/
Association of International Customs and Border Agencies
http://importers.ca/
Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters
CIFFA/www.ciffa.com
Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association
CITA/www.cita-acti.ca
Canadian Industrial Transportation Association
CITT/www.citt.ca
Canadian Institute of Traffic & Transportation
http://cscmp.org/Default.asp
Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals
CPLI/www.loginstitute.ca
Canadian Professional Logistics Institute
CSCB/www.cscb.ca
Canadian Society of Customs Brokers
FIATA/www.fiata.com
Federation of International Air Transport Associations
IACA/www.tiaca.org
International Air Cargo Association
IATA/www.iata.org
International Air Transport Association
IFCBA/www.ifcba.org
International Federation of Customs Brokers Associations
NCBFAA/www.ncbfaa.org
National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Assoc. of America
NITL/www.nitl.org
National Industrial Transportation League
TRANSPORT CANADA/www.tc.gc.ca
Transport Canada - Major listing of related websites
TRANSPORT WEB/www.transportweb.com
same as above
TAC/www.tac-atc.ca
Transport Association of Canada
WCO/www.wcoomd.org
World Customs Organization - home page
WTO/www.wto.org
World Trade Organization

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Journals & Publications for Freight, Customs and Logistics:

www.joc.com
Journal of Commerce
Air Cargo World
Air Cargo World
Canadian Transportation & Logistics
subscriptions: (416) 442-2102
CTL On-Line Logistics Directory
1400 + firms listed in North America
www.exporter.com
Exporter Magazine
Global Supply Chain Management
European Supply Chain & Logistics
Inbound Logistics
Inbound Logistics Magazine
www.syntaxis.net
Logistics Quarterly Magazine
www.logisticsmgmt.com
Logistics Management & Distribution Report
www.logisticsworld.com
Logistics World - The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Logistics
Materials Management & Distribution
Materials Management & Distribution Magazine
Canadian Sailings
Canadian Sailings contains Career Opportunities for Steamship, Freight Forwarding, Customs Brokerage
www.trafficworld.com
Traffic World

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