News / Aim younger: logistics is going to need more than a million more employees

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Logistics firms and their education advisors are now targeting children as young as 14 in an attempt to create more interest in the profession, as fears intensify of a gaping staff shortfall in the future.

Ian Nichol, head of logistics at Career Ready, told delegates at Multimodal this morning that the industry is expected to need an additional 1.2m employees by 2022.

“We have a ready-made training programme, but we need the industry to channel its knowledge and enthusiasm, because at the moment ...