CAREER PLANNING

Describe a potential career you are interested in learning more about:

Agriculture business, marketing, and managing are job opportunities I know I would enjoy, do well in,
and see myself working in. Becoming a facility manager would be an opportunity I would really like to
take at a company within the agriculture industry.
Explore Describe
Education requirements  Required: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
or training for this career  Required- 3 years’ experience in both commercial and operations
sides of grain business

Salary range and types of  Average Base Pay: $71, 449/yr

benefits  Range: $41,000-$89,000
 Benefits: An outstanding 401(k) retirement plan with company
contributions, medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life, and
disability benefits, flexible spending accounts, paid leave (holidays,
vacation, sick), wellness programs, recognition programs, and
community involvement opportunities.
Typical work setting  Grain transporting facility
 Travel required for off-site training and/or working at alternate
locations, can be up to 20% depending on facility location
List potential employers  CGB Diversified Services, Zen-Noh Hay, Inc., Zen-Noh Grain
Corporation, Louis Dreyfus Company, River Bend Brokerage Co., CGB
Enterprises, Inc.
Placement outlook and  Placement outlook: any type of agriculture commodity company or
trends grain transporting company as well as any company in the agriculture
industry that needs a facility manager
 Trends: Technology is making facilities more and more efficient so a
trend that one could follow with this job would be to see what kind of
technology is available to make the company more efficient.
Advantages of this career for me Disadvantages of this career for me
 I would get to manage a facility that has a  It might be difficult finding this job close to
huge impact on the U.S. where I am from or where I want to live.
 My daily job would consist of doing things I  This can be a dangerous job considering the
love such as organizing events, making a heavy equipment.
company look the best that it can, and being  The work and life balance might be difficult as
an effective communicator. times.
 I could create job opportunities for many
people and make the company I work for be
a national and maybe international
competitor.
 I get to create a fun, efficient, and happy
work environment for employees.