Human Resources

Career Tracks: Truckstop.com, Southeastern Freight and Eimskip

Freight-matching marketplace Truckstop.com announced that Brad Bedoe has joined the company as chief marketing officer.

The newly created position will direct marketing functions across various disciplines, including demand generation, go-to-market strategy, industry/segment marketing, and brand and product marketing.

Bedoe previously was the CMO for Verizon Connect. Prior to that, he was the vice president of segment marketing for Fleetmatics. While at Fleetmatics, Bedoe helped scale the company...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/career-tracks:-truckstopcom,-southeastern-freight-and-eimskip

To ‘fire or to furlough’? That is the tough question for some employers

Companies have been warned to “weigh their options carefully” when considering making staff redundant instead of furloughing them.
Under UK schemes, companies can temporarily lay-off staff while the government pays the majority of their wages. But according to a survey by People Management and human resources association CIPD, one in four companies are also considering permanent redundancies.
According to Loadstar Premium today, Ceva Logistics could be on the verge of cutting a significant …

The...

https://theloadstar.com/to-fire-or-to-furlough-that-is-the-tough-question-for-some-employers/

Mayte Medina, Chief of Office of Merchant Mariner Credential, Commercial Regulations and Standards Directorate, Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy, the U.S. Coast Guard

Meet Mayte Medina, Chair of the IMO HTW Sub-committee, (Human Element, Training and Watchkeeping) representing the US Coast Guard at IMO.

Mayte was born and raised in Panama and dreamt of becoming a Panama Canal Pilot as a little girl. She ended up working for the Panama Administration for 7 years after she graduated from Kings Point and sailed for a couple of years. Mayte has been working in the development and implementation of domestic and international maritime safety, security and...

https://shippingpodcast.com/mayte-medina-chief-of-office-of-merchant-mariner-credential-commercial-regulations-and-standards-directorate-assistant-commandant-for-prevention-policy-the-u-s-coast-guard/

Ally Cedeno, Founder Women Offshore

Meet the brightest shining star in the maritime industry right now, Ally Cedeno, Founder of Women Offshore. She is the passionate young woman who went to sea and unfortunately ended up on a ship where she didn’t feel comfortable but had to endure for another 6 months.

Ally felt alone in the world and especially on the water, which she loves so much, and had experiences to be the best workplace ever, so she decided to start Women Offshore – a safe place online where you can share your...

https://shippingpodcast.com/ally-cedeno-founder-women-offshore/

Cecilia Österman, CEO & Researcher at Comfortably Safe AB and Senior Lecturer, Kalmar Maritime Academy, Linneus University

Welcome to the 109th episode of the Shipping Podcast and the 50th female interviewee! Cecilia Österman is the Chief Engineer that wen ashore and decided to become a researcher. Cecilia doesn’t fall in the usual perception of a researcher, she makes her findings easy to digest and is willing to stand up and speak about what she finds.

Cecilia has now received funds from AFA försäkring (insurance company) to research the #metoo movement in the shipping community. She will look into how other...

https://shippingpodcast.com/cecilia-osterman-ceo-researcher-at-comfortably-safe-ab-and-senior-lecturer-kalmar-maritime-academy-linneus-university/

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