Logistics Jobs February 2023

We're back with some great new job openings around USA, including in sales and operations with freight forwarders and ocean carriers!  As always, accompanied by interesting, inspiring and sometimes amusing trivia.  Great for the bucket list, or even to get better at Jeopardy!

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Transcript

Welcome to the Job Search SOS podcast! I’m Nancy Pinto.

I’m Chris Pinto. Together, we are Pinto Employment Search, a recruiting company specializing in the logistics and supply chain industry.  You can find us online at pintoemployment.com, on LinkedIn and Facebook at Pinto Employment Search LLC, and Instagram at logisticsjobsusa. We’ll link to all those in the show notes. Please connect with us!

NANCY: OK, we’ve got new trivia and updated jobs here. 
As usual, Chris didn’t read any of this beforehand!

CHRIS:  
USA:
Marathon Mountain is a 4,826-foot mountain in Seward, Alaska. Every 4th of July, thousands of locals and tourists gather to watch a group of athletes race up and down the trail. It’s not easy. The course is 3.1 miles and pretty steep, with an average slope of 34 degrees. Its steepest slope is 60 degrees.The goal, besides to win of course, is to get it done in less than an hour - in accordance with local lore: 

Legend says this all started in 1915 with a bet made by two buddies in a bar (as is often the case in these types of things). One of them said that it was impossible to run up and back down the mountain in less than an hour. The other said, oh yeah? We’ll see about that. So they organized a race. The loser of the bet would buy the spectators drinks. They chose July 4th, a holiday, to hold the big event. As it turns out, the winner took one hour and TWO MINUTES to finish. 

On the Seward, AK website the two buddies are referred to as “sourdoughs” which - (maybe you all know this but Nancy didn’t) - is a term meaning “old timers” or “gold prospectors" in the western US or Canada.  

JOBS:
We’re looking for domestic and/or international freight forwarding sales reps in any US city. The company is open to any trade lanes, modes of transport and commodities. 

ARIZONA:  
The more adventurous visitors to the Grand Canyon can visit Supai, which is the only town inside the Grand Canyon, and/or Phantom Ranch, 55 miles and a full day’s walk Southeast of Supai. Around 3000 feet below the rim, Supai is part of the Havasupai Indian Reservation and is absolutely gorgeous. The only way to get there is by foot, mule, or helicopter. A mule train delivers mail to Supai to this day!  Phantom Ranch provides lodging, food and mule transportation to tourists and hikers.  It’s located on the north side of the Colorado River, and can only be accessed by rafting, walking, or you guessed it, by mule.  It’s almost 8 miles down the rim of the Grand Canyon!  Nancy said she would love to, but will probably not be going.  

JOBS:
Scottsdale - Human Resources Associate - Logistics Company

CALIFORNIA:  
To our fellow carnivores: do you prefer hamburgers or cheeseburgers? This question would not have made sense 100 years ago, because the cheeseburger wasn’t invented until 1924! That year, a customer walked into a roadside stand called The Rite Spot in Pasadena and asked them for a hamburger with “everything”. The line cook, 16-year old Lionel Sternberger, took some creative license and threw on a bunch of ingredients, including cheese, which hadn’t been done before. And so the cheeseburger was born, only 99 years ago this year. 
JOBS:
Long Beach - Entry Writer - Customs Broker
Long Beach - Refrigerated Cargo Sales Manager - Ocean Carrier
Long Beach - Sales Manager - Ocean Carrier
Los Angeles - Sales Executive - Freight Forwarder
Los Angeles - Sales Representative - Ocean Carrier 
Oakland - Refrigerated Cargo Sales Manager - Ocean Carrier
West Los Angeles - Ocean Import Operations Coordinator

GEORGIA: 
One of Georgia’s most beautiful barrier islands is Jekyll Island, where you can find the aptly named Driftwood Beach. The beach used to be a maritime forest. But because of erosion over time, it’s now a beach lined with those trees that have those long leafless branches that appear to be reaching towards the sky. It’s not really a beach for swimming, but it’s definitely worth a visit almost any time of day. 

JOBS:
Atlanta - Sales Manager - Ocean Carrier 
Woodstock - Export Coordinator - Shipper

ILLINOIS:
HH Holmes may not have been born, died, or buried in Illinois, but he gained infamy in Chicago, for terrorizing and murdering scores of victims in the 1890s, mostly during the World’s Fair, which ran from May through October of 1893. In the city, Holmes had built quite a house for himself, which came to be known as “Murder Castle.”  It had secret hallways, trapdoors, and soundproof rooms so that no one could hear victims screaming.  Some rooms were designed so that gas could be pumped in to slowly poison his victims. And finally, no home is complete without a kiln to cremate the bodies, of course.
Fun Fact #1: Holmes’ real name was Herman Webster Mudgett
Fun Fact #2: Leonardo DiCaprio has been trying to make a movie about Holmes, called Devin In The White City, for about a decade. Keanu Reeves and the director just backed out of the project. So we will keep waiting…I know Nancy will be first in line…
Fun Fact #3: Holmes graduated from the University of Michigan with a medical degree in 1884. In another podcast that Nancy and her sister produce, BoricuameRican, they talked about a gentleman named Jose Barbosa, who graduated from the same school, also with a medical degree, but 4 years earlier in 1880. Barbosa was the first person born in Puerto Rico to earn a medical degree in the United States. But unlike Holmes, who was not a great student, Barbosa was valedictorian of his class.  Crazy to think they could have been classmates. 
JOBS:
Chicago - Sales Executive - Domestic and International - Freight Forwarder

LOUISIANA:
This one’s for the dog lovers out there!  As you may have seen, especially if you follow us on LinkedIn, we use pictures of all our friends’ furry little companions to help us spread the word about jobs we have open. One of our newest jobs is in Louisiana, and we just learned that they are one of the 13 states that have an official state dog. The official dog of Louisiana is the Catahoula Leopard Dog, designated in 1979. It’s named after Catahoula Parish, which is - if you look at the state as an “L” shape, it’s just above the bend, on the east side of the state. Anyway, their name comes from a native American word meaning “sacred lake.” They are excellent working and watch dogs. According to the American Kennel Club, this breed started in the 1500s and is a mix of Native American, Spanish and French dogs.  

JOBS:
Sales Executive - Domestic or International Freight - Freight Forwarder

MARYLAND:
In Baltimore, there’s a thing called “The Book Thing of Baltimore.”  It’s a place that receives donations of thousands of books - mostly from large organizations and donors. With the help of volunteers, they organize the books as best as possible. Then they hold a giveaway for one weekend a month, where you can go and take up to 150,000 books (yes one-hundred-and-fifty-thousand), all for free.  The only caveat is that they are all stamped “Not for Resale.”  You are not allowed to sell any of them. You may only either keep them or give them away for free.  Their stated mission is “To put unwanted books into the hands of those who want them.” 

JOBS:
Pikesville - Export Customer Service Rep (NVOCC)
Baltimore - Sales Representative - International and Domestic Freight 

MASSACHUSETTS:  
If you’re traveling in Massachusetts and craving clam chowder, please, for the love of all things holy, do not ask for the red! It will be considered a great insult. More gravely, there is a law on the books making it ILLEGAL to use tomatoes in the production of New England Clam Chowder. Incidentally, Maine tried but failed to pass a similar law in 1939, in order to quote “sanctify the purity of the recipe.” According to the New England Historical Society, the law was drafted by quote "a tomato-hating politician from Rockland" who proposed that the punishment for this heinous crime would be not jail time, but worse - trying to dig up clams at high tide. 

JOBS:
Peabody - Air Export Coordinator
Peabody - Air Export Manager
Peabody - Licensed Customs Broker

NEW JERSEY:  
When people think of New Jersey, they think about the Sopranos or Jersey Shore. Almost nobody thinks about the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame.  Founded in 1986 (an excellent year for Mets fans), there are almost 400 inductees, including Thomas Edison and Albert Einstein.  Nancy would like to watch a reality show called Jersey Scientists. “This week on Jersey Scientists:  Did Frederick really steal Ruth’s idea for a photo plasmic quasar module?  How long will Samuel remain locked in his laboratory? And will Filomena and Quinn FINALLY set aside their divergent opinions on the interplanetary subatomic activity of quarks and GET IT ON ALREADY?” 

JOBS:
Carlstadt - Airfreight Manager 
East Rutherford - Airfreight Supervisor
Hoboken - Bookkeeper 
Iselin - Assistant Sales Manager
Iselin - Customer Service/Operations Specialist
Jersey City - Sales Executive - Freight Forwarder
Kearny - Ocean Import Operations Coordinator
Springfield - Inside Sales Representative
Union - Air Export/Import Operations Coordinator
Westfield - Sales Executive - Freight Forwarder

NEW YORK:
Now onto something very near and dear to my heart. I love potato chips almost as much as I love my wife.  For that, I give thanks to George Crum, aka George Speck, a cook who invented the addictive snack in 1853, at the Moon Lake Lodge Resort in Saratoga Springs, New York. The story goes that one day a customer sent back his french fries because they were too thick and soft. George, son of a Native American mom and an African American dad, responded by slicing the next potato extremely thinly, and frying the round pieces in a ton of grease until they turned brown and crispy. The customer loved ‘em, word got around, and the rest is history.   
JOBS:
Jamaica - Licensed Customs Broker

PENNSYLVANIA:  
I’m sure Pennsylvania is proud to have been the birthplace of Nellie Bly.  Nellie was born on May 5, 1864, and from a very young age fought tirelessly for women in a time and place where women were generally thought to belong in the home.  Nellie started out as a journalist for the Pittsburgh Dispatch, where she argued to improve the lives and working conditions of women.  At 21, she spent 6 months in Mexico and came close to getting arrested after criticizing their government. After her return to the US, she relocated to New York City and talked her way into a job at Joseph Pulitzer’s paper, New York World.  She took an assignment to go undercover, checking herself into a women’s asylum to experience - and expose - the horrific conditions at the facility. Her work prompted reforms at the institution, and made her famous. Then, inspired by the book Around the World in 80 Days, Nellie decided she wanted to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days or less!  On November 14, 1889, at age 25, she went to Hoboken NJ and jumped on the steamship Augusta Victoria, which was owned by Hamburg America Line. She accomplished her mission in 72 days! When she returned, she had traveled 40,070 kilometers (24,898.344 miles).  Her fascinating life and work continued until her death from pneumonia on January 27, 1922, at 57 years old. 

JOBS:
Harrisburg (or York or Lancaster) - Sales Representative, International and Domestic Freight

TEXAS:
Here’s a place Nancy and I have actually been, and can attest to its excellence in the “Rest Stops of the US” category. Gray County Rest Area, on Route 1-40 West in Alanreed, TX, was truly the best rest stop we’ve ever been to - and we’ve been to a million. Weary and slowly making our way home from a cross-country road trip last summer, we were traveling from Oklahoma City to Santa Rosa, NM, and this rest stop is roughly halfway. We were thrilled to find this charming rest area, complete with playground, museum, lookout point, and even a barbecue grill in the shape of the state of Texas. We’ve taken 7 road trips in the last two years, and are always extremely appreciative when a rest area is clean, inviting and fun to visit. 

JOBS:
Sales Executive - Domestic or International Freight - Freight Forwarder

VIRGINIA/DC: 
When you hear “witch trials,” you probably think of Salem, Massachusetts, not Virginia. But there was a case in Virginia Beach that got recognition on July 10, 2006, when then- governor Tom Kaine pardoned a former citizen, who’d been imprisoned for witchcraft 300 years earlier, on July 10, 1706.  Back then, Virginia didn’t take witchcraft as seriously as New England. But local resident Grace White Sherwood kept going in and out of court, fighting accusations, until finally one day law enforcement decided to figure this out once and for all, and ordered a trial by ducking. Ducking was the practice of literally tossing an accused witch into a body of water. According to the logic of the time, if they SANK, they were innocent. If they floated to the top, it meant they were guilty because water was too pure to keep something so sinful.   So Grace was arrested. First, they made sure she didn’t have anything she could use to free herself. Then they bound her up by tying her left thumb to her right big toe, and her right thumb to her left big toe. She was then covered with a sack. A caravan of two boats went out on the Lynnhaven River. Just before she was thrown into the river, she apparently said: “Before this day be through you will all get a worse ducking than I.” Grace quickly floated to the surface. The sheriff then tied a 13-pound Bible around her neck. She sank but managed to untie herself, and swam back up. This, of course, meant she was a witch. To further fuel superstition, as soon as Grace was pulled back onto the boat, it started pouring down rain. Most records are gone, but it appears that after this incident, they threw her in jail for almost 8 years. 
JOBS:
Alexandria - International Operations Specialist

WASHINGTON: 
Spokane is nicknamed “Hooptown” for hosting “Hoopfest” - the world’s largest 3-on-3 basketball tournament! The event, which started in 1990, now attracts around 250,000 players and fans from around the world every summer! According to visitspokane dot com, approximately 6,200 teams play 14,000 games across 42 blocks during 1 weekend. Teams are made of 4 players, but with only 3 on the court at any time. Each team is guaranteed to play 2 games.  There are tournaments for amateurs and pros alike, so no matter what your skill level, if you want to participate, there will be a game for you. 

JOBS:
Seattle -Business Development Manager - Ocean Carrier
Seattle - Refrigerated Cargo Sales Manager - Ocean Carrier

CHRIS: Well, that’s all for now!  The links to where we got our trivia will be in the 
show notes.  For more info and full descriptions for all job openings, please go to www.pintoemployment.com where you can safely and securely apply to any job for which you meet the requirements. 
NANCY:  Our website and contact info will be in the show notes of every podcast episode so please feel free to share with anyone you know, and reach out with comments, questions, or just to say hello!
CHRIS: If you like the show please subscribe, share and consider giving us a rating or review on your favorite podcast app. Thank you for listening to the Job Search SOS Podcast!  See you next time! 

Read more:  
https://www.puertoricodaytrips.com/lares-ice-cream/
https://www.seward.com/events/signature-events/mount-marathon-race/#:~:text=Seward's%20Mount%20Marathon%20Race%20is,a%20fast%20and%20dangerous%20descent.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/visit-only-village-inside-grand-canyonso-remote-its-mail-delivered-mule-180955582/
https://www.grandcanyonlodges.com/lodging/phantom-ranch/
https://www.goldenisles.com/things-to-do/beaches/driftwood-beach/
https://bookthing.org/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/H-H-Holmes
https://shark1053.com/did-you-know-its-illegal-to-put-tomatoes-in-clam-chowder-in-massachusetts-almost-maine-but-not-new-hampshire/
http://www.njinvent.org/about-us.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Bly
https://invention.si.edu/potato-chip-inventions
https://www.lynchburgmuseum.org/blog/2015/12/1/a-tinkering-pharmacist-an-artist-and-the-worlds-smartest-investment
https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/catahoula-leopard-dog/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Sherwood
https://www.visitspokane.com/events/summer-events/hoopfest/#the-basics