Author Archives: Helen Sabell

How To Start A Career in Logistics

The logistics industry is fast growing but like any career, it requires thorough preparation to find a job. At the College for Adult Learning, we are here to help you kick start your career in logistics and navigate...


Why you Should Choose a Career in the Logistics Industry

If you are looking for an exciting career with a variety of work and advancement opportunities, a career in logistics may be perfect for you....


How To Avoid Your Best Employees Quitting

If you want to avoid your best employees quitting, you need to think carefully about how you treat them and how you incentivise them to stay. ...


How to Increase Your Employee Commitment and Loyalty

One of the biggest challenges managers face is how to maintain a happy and engaged workforce. One of the most fascinating and sometimes frustrating aspects of business is its ability to constantly evolve in line with shifts in...


How Consumers Affect Supply Chain Management

Consumers have previously had very little influence on the supply chain as they were not fully aware of what it was and any of its processes. A consumer who ordered an item would have no idea where the...


What Makes a Great Logistics Leader?

The greatest leaders relish and pursue responsibility and accountability. They inspire confidence and bring out the best in their team. The strategies and advice in this article can help you with logistics management and become a great leader....


The Advantages of Workplace Flexibility

Workplace flexibility allows employers and employees to make working arrangements that suit them and advocate for greater work-life balance....


What is the Difference Between the Logistics Industry and Transportation?

The logistics industry is much broader than the transportation industry. While transportation focuses on the movement of goods from one place to the other, the logistics industry implies a broader spectrum and refers to the whole ‘flow’ management....


5 Tips for Starting a Career in Project Management

A career in project management can be a demanding role but it can also be extremely rewarding. When starting out there are many questions and challenges to face and they are all different based on your particular background...


7 Steps to Writing a Professional CV

In the last article I wrote on ‘Selling Yourself Short: De-Valuing your CV’, I looked at the problems mature age workers, seem to have with selling their collective skills, knowledge and experience in their CV. This is particularly...


21 Popular Project Management Methodologies

As a new project manager, you can be overwhelmed by all the approaches, differing methodologies and software tools used to manage projects. First off, a new project manager needs to get their head around the project lifecycle and...