MY DADS JOB, A JOB THAT DEALS WITH MATH ALOT LOGISTICS TRANSPORTATION TEACHER SAID TO WRITE ABOUT A JOB WITH A LOT OF MATH INVOLVED

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One job that deals with math a lot is being in the logistics transportation business. Basically you find trucks to move goods from one place to another. Someone probably would wonder where the math part of this job comes in. well they are at least three ways. One is, establishing rate structures for your clients, finding the cost of transporting goods, and, figuring out how many miles/cost the truck goes to get to its destination.

        This job pays from around $50,000-$750,000. If you're an employee for a company their income would be in the lower ranges. If someone owns a big company theirs would be in the higher ranges. People wanting to pursue this career can look for a job in transport topics of want advetisements. Also someone could go into entry-level management jobs at manufacturing, logistic, or trucking companies. If interested in this job someone can major in business management.

An even better way to learn the field is by being on the job training.

        There are many pros and cons in this job. One pro is the fact that you can work from home and this is a job your work hours are very flexible. For example my dad is self employed and runs a logistics company for transportation and he works at home, full time, but can go to any sports events or other things my six brothers and I enjoy him coming to with no problem. He can even go on vacation, and all he has to do is make sure he monitors the business. What I am saying is that your can run the job basically anywhere.        ÂÂ

        One factor that may be a problem for some people is that the job involves talking to people about ninety percent of the time. If someone who...