Tradd
6-2-12, 9:10pm
For once!
I was told late in the week that once I get my customs brokers license I *will* be promoted to a "lead" among the folks in my department. But that's probably about 16-18 months off. If I pass the October exam, it still takes 9-12 months to get your license due to the intensive background investigation by Homeland Security.
I've also been getting a lot of very positive notice and comments from senior management at the national level. :cool: The company we merged with is implementing the same industry-specific software we're on. I've been told I'm the guru among the people at the operations level. Our national compliance person (on the customs side) was in my office for a week and a half recently. She sat with me a lot, as well as doing files and having me check them. She goes back her office elsewhere, and all of a sudden, I'm getting emails from folks across the country. My name has gotten around from the national compliance person, and so folks are coming to me for help. I told my boss and our regional GM that I don't mind being the national trainer, but the brokerage exam comes first.
Eventually, I might even end up the #2 in my department, rather than just the "lead." Brokerage manager (#2) has been with us for two years, knows her stuff inside and out, and is great to work with. But she has some chronic health issues exacerbated by stress, and a family situation that would be helped with less stress on the job, as well. She sat down with me this week and told me once thing settle down a bit (newly widowed coworker just returned this week from a month off and is still getting up to speed), brokerage manager is going to begin instructing me on the customs compliance issues (record keeping/document retention, supervision of employees to make sure they're following proper procedures, accounting issues with payment of customs duties, how to handle a customs audit, etc.) Only the licensed broker who is the licensee for the office needs to be up to speed on this stuff. No real promises, but the experience will be invaluable if I switch companies. No one else in the department is interested in getting their brokers license, at least not with the amount of time you have to spend studying.
And remember me talking about maybe eventually moving down to Atlanta? The national compliance person is based in our Atlanta office. Has spoken very highly about me to lots of folks. So, if I want to move to Atlanta, there's a big in there. :D
I was told late in the week that once I get my customs brokers license I *will* be promoted to a "lead" among the folks in my department. But that's probably about 16-18 months off. If I pass the October exam, it still takes 9-12 months to get your license due to the intensive background investigation by Homeland Security.
I've also been getting a lot of very positive notice and comments from senior management at the national level. :cool: The company we merged with is implementing the same industry-specific software we're on. I've been told I'm the guru among the people at the operations level. Our national compliance person (on the customs side) was in my office for a week and a half recently. She sat with me a lot, as well as doing files and having me check them. She goes back her office elsewhere, and all of a sudden, I'm getting emails from folks across the country. My name has gotten around from the national compliance person, and so folks are coming to me for help. I told my boss and our regional GM that I don't mind being the national trainer, but the brokerage exam comes first.
Eventually, I might even end up the #2 in my department, rather than just the "lead." Brokerage manager (#2) has been with us for two years, knows her stuff inside and out, and is great to work with. But she has some chronic health issues exacerbated by stress, and a family situation that would be helped with less stress on the job, as well. She sat down with me this week and told me once thing settle down a bit (newly widowed coworker just returned this week from a month off and is still getting up to speed), brokerage manager is going to begin instructing me on the customs compliance issues (record keeping/document retention, supervision of employees to make sure they're following proper procedures, accounting issues with payment of customs duties, how to handle a customs audit, etc.) Only the licensed broker who is the licensee for the office needs to be up to speed on this stuff. No real promises, but the experience will be invaluable if I switch companies. No one else in the department is interested in getting their brokers license, at least not with the amount of time you have to spend studying.
And remember me talking about maybe eventually moving down to Atlanta? The national compliance person is based in our Atlanta office. Has spoken very highly about me to lots of folks. So, if I want to move to Atlanta, there's a big in there. :D