INTERNATIONAL Appointments: McDevitt takes up UPS HR helm

John McDevitt has been promoted to the position of head of freight and shipping firm UPS’s corporate HR group.
Weds, 8 Feb 2012
John McDevitt has been promoted to the position of head of freight and shipping firm UPS’s corporate HR group.

He is currently the senior vice president for global transportation services and labour relations, and started his career with UPS part time while attending Rutgers University.
UPS has around 400,000 employees worldwide, of which 80% are based in the US.

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