Date: Thu, 20-Nov-97 16:20:39 GMT Server: PowerWeb/4.02r5 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/html Content-length: 9218 ABF Freight System, Inc. Management Training Program
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Requirements: The following requirements have been established for ABF's management training program: four-year college degree (business or transportation degrees are preferred but not required), leadership ability, good people skills, ability to motivate, willing to relocate.
Location: Management trainees are placed in large facilities in various locations across the continental United States. Examples include: Atlanta, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Little Rock, Los Angeles, Minneapolis and Oakland.
Duration: Approximately five (5) months.
Description: Management trainees are trained in all areas of motor carrier operations and sales. In the first 2 1/2 months of the program, trainees work with the front line supervisors in three different operational shifts. The trainees observe the supervisors, learning their job responsibilities, the computer functions, paperwork, and management techniques. The exact hours will vary by location, but will entail some night and weekend hours. At the end of each training segment, the trainees are asked to supervise each shift on their own for a specified time period. Other operational segments include safety, maintenance and transportation.
Management trainees also spend five weeks working with the local sales staff. The trainees accompany the sales representatives on sales presentations and entertainment. They are trained in all paperwork functions, as well as how to access account information from the mainframe database.
The balance of the training involves administrative functions including cash management, customer service and payroll.
Relocation: At the end of the training period, the trainees are generally placed in one of two positions, either a front line supervisor or a sales representative. In most cases, this involves relocation to that position. Therefore, relocation is a requirement for the training program. ABF tries to place a trainee in the same region of the country in which he/she trained. If that is not available, ABF works with each trainee to attempt to find a geographic location that accommodates both ABF and the trainee, but the trainee must be willing to relocate.
Promotions: ABF recruits college graduates who exhibit the potential to be successful in a managerial position in the ABF system. The Management Training Program is designed to provide management trainees a well-rounded background in the motor carrier industry to assist in developing that potential. Promotions after the training program are based on field assignment performance.
Pay Scale: The management trainee pay scale is a range that is based primarily on educational background, experience and location.
Benefits: ABF provides a medical and dental benefit package as well as a pension plan and 401(k).

Resumes may be submitted to:
ABF Freight System, Inc.
ATTN: Management Training Program
P.O. Box 10048
Fort Smith, AR 72917-0048

For additional information about ABF and the Management Training Program, or if you require accommodation in submitting a resume, contact Ron Orick, Manager of Personnel at rorick@abfs.com. Resumes in a Microsoft Word format may also be submitted via this e-mail address. Also, check out ABF's on-campus recruiting locations.

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