What's it like to be a woman with a Logistics Career?

Women who are thinking about a career in the logistics field will find that the job opportunities are better than ever, according to a survey done by Ohio State University.

What women in Logistics like the most about their jobs: 

• It is quick paced
  
• customer contact opportunities 
• teaching and training opportunities
• expertise required in many areas
  

What did women report to be the most difficult to deal with in their logistics careers?

• balancing the time they had to devote to work with the time they felt they should devote to their family.56% of the women surveyed reported being married, 27% reported being single, and 17% are in another situation. The survey says ” Fifty-nine percent of those taking part in the survey said they dedicate between 40-50 hours each week to work related activities and 31 percent say they spend 55-65 hours a week with work, and 5 percent said they spend 70 hours or more doing work each week. Of those hours, 67.5 percent said they spend 76-100 percent of their time in the office and less than 30 days away on overnight business trips throughout the year.”
  

What level of education did the women in logistics report?

• 41.3 % have an undergraduate degree
• 23% have an MBA
  
• 9.6% have a Master’s degree.

What aspects of their personalities did women in the logistics field report as being helpful?

• dedication
• an understanding of the big picture
• strong inter-personal skills
• good communication
• leadership skills
• an analytical ability
  
• a good education

What kind of salary can women in the logistics field expect to receive?

• Average earnings were reported to be $92,000. 
• The president of the company can expect to receive an average of $143,750. Women generally reported that the president’s position is typically male.
  

Comments

[Bill]

Great info. I'm a big fan of logistics, and I think women have a lot to offer in the career field. A lot of logistics is organizational skills, and I don't think men are always the most organized. Just curious, does the type of degree matter? I know there aren't logistics majors out there, but some sort of field must be more advantageous than others when it comes to finding a career in the field.