PRESS RELEASE 27th February 2014 Women in Logistics UK believes that Logistics is the UKs most underrated career

r choice. The organisation is supporting National Careers Weeki (3rd to 7th March 2014) as the ideal time to raise the industrys profile. Vice Chair, Clare Bottle, will be spending the week visiting schools, highlighting the benefits of a career in logistics to students girls in particular. Clare points out We all depend on logistics every day, but when it comes to recruiting young people, the industrys fatal flaw is that you only notice it when it goes wrong. In a parliamentary debate last June1, MPs acknowledged that careers advice in schools is too often obtained solely from parents and teachers. Consequently, children tend to aim for a limited range of careers which are readily visible to them. A 2012 study2 of seven-year olds found that most children aspired to one of just twelve popular occupations: teacher, scientist, hairdresser, sports player, fire fighter, police officer, artist, actor/entertainer, animal carer, vet, doctor and builder. Girls and boys target careers were different, with a tendency to follow gender expectations, which was most marked in the case of hairdressing. Over 9% of girls preferred this career option, compared with just 0.1% of boys. But the truth is that in the UK there are fewer than 250,0003 jobs in hair and beauty: the industry is simply too small to satisfy the aspirations of 9% of schoolgirls. Yet the colossal 2.3 million4 jobs in logistics are largely being overlooked. Women in Logistics UK is launching a new campaign during National Careers Week, promoting a stark message to girls across the UK: Hairdressing? There are ten times as many jobs in Logistics.
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Hansard 24 June 2013 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm130624/debtext/1306240004.htm#13062456000002 2 Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Institute of Education, University of London http://www.cls.ioe.ac.uk/news.aspx?itemid=2299&itemTitle=What+we+may+be+able+to+learn+from+young+ children%E2%80%99s+career+dreams&sitesectionid=905&sitesectiontitle=Press+Releases 3 industry statistics from the Hair & Beauty Industry Authority http://www.habia.org/c/1910/industry-statistics 4 industry statistics from Skills for Logistics, the Sector Skills Council http://skillsforlogistics.org/home/about/overview/

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~NOTES~ Women in Logistics UK is a networking & campaigning organisation with over 3,500 members. http://www.womeninlogistics.org.uk/ With over 20 years logistics experience, including work for Transport for London, M&S and Lafarge Tarmac, Clare Bottle is a former Director of the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport UKii and is currently Vice-Chair of Women in Logistics UK and a Trustee of the transport and logistics charity Transaidiii. She may be contacted via Twitter @clarebottle There is a wide range of logistics industry resources to support Careers Advisors, Teachers, Parents and Students who want to learn more about logistics: 1. BiS Henderson Academy specialised logistics apprenticeships with on the job training http://www.bis-hendersonacademy.com/ 2. Business on the Move a fun board game which introduces logistics concepts to children http://www.businessonthemove.org/ 3. Careers in Logistics a specialised recruitment website, showcasing current vacancies from across the industry - http://www.careersinlogistics.co.uk/ 4. CILT Careers Information online guide to careers within logistics and transport from the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport, packed with useful contacts http://www.ciltuk.org.uk/Careers/CareersInformation.aspx 5. Delivering Your Future information for 11 19 year olds from the Road Haulage and Distribution Training Council - http://www.deliveringyourfuture.co.uk/ 6. Logistics Locker resource toolkits for Schools & Colleges, Graduates, Employees and Employers, from the Sector Skills Council - http://logisticslocker.co.uk/ 7. Love Logistics videos, games and reports from the Freight Transport Association which bring the industry to life - http://www.lovelogistics.co.uk/ 8. Made in China a curriculum resource for 14 16 year olds supporting maths and enterprise through a logistics case-study - http://madeinchinaresources.co.uk/ 9. Novus Trust a new undergraduate scheme for potential logistics and supply chain managers, with a guaranteed job at the end - http://www.novus.uk.com/ 10. Think Logistics an initiative to provide industry experts and teaching resources for visits to schools - http://www.think-logistics.co.uk/

http://www.nationalcareersweek.com/#! http://www.ciltuk.org.uk/ iii http://www.transaid.org/

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