When it comes to skills that you need, well, various experts with have their own opinions. But, here are a few good skills that you will have or learn.
The first one is math. Yes, math is one of the most important skills you need to have. You will be doing so many calculations that you’ll see numbers in your sleep!
If you don’t have good people and communications skills you’ll find it hard to succeed. After all, being a freight broker is truly businesses where you will be dealing with people on a daily basis.
Sure it won’t all be face to face, you’ll speak on the phone, and you might video conference, email, text, and even communicate through social media. So if you can’t communicate with strangers of all walks of life, you’ll have a hard time negotiating deals.
You’ll also need to be computer smart. That doesn’t mean being a computer programmer or anything that involved, but you’ll need to know how to operate the systems and the freight finding procedures.
Furthermore you will need to run personalized software programs designed to help and fit the freight brokerage companies, and communicate through online means.
