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Old 03-04-2015, 11:41 AM
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Job fairs are something that will always be an active debate. There are those who think they are worthless, then those who swear by them. Some airlines flag your resume for attending the fairs, some don't.

There are 4 consultants on our team who currently fly for various major airlines. To a man, they all have credited job fairs to helping them get their interview. A few of them at their various interviews had the same recruiters on the panel who they met at the fairs. Imagine how good you'd feel running into an interview panel member at your Delta interview who you met and formed a good relationship with at WIA or OBAP.

Job fairs are more than just waiting in line to speak with recruiters, they're a a good way to building personal relationships with fellow peers and higher-ups at different airlines. Many of these relationships turn into lasting friendships while at that particular airline and lead to landing leadership moves in the future (Check Airman, CP, Instructor, Training Dept, etc). We have a booth at WIA this week. It's a fantastic event and a wonderful 3 days of networking and interacting with everyone.

Aviation, as we all know, is a very small world. The airline industry, in specific, is even smaller. Sure, the occasional pilot who knows nobody, does nothing, sits around and waits will get an interview due to decent credentials. The majority of the time it's the "go-getters" and pilots who are networking their tail off that will eventually prevail. "It's not what you know but who you know" still has some meaning today, even though others with tell you differently.

I'll speak through shear numbers that the majority of our clients have been to job fairs of some kind. Take it for what it's worth but with over 12,000 active resumes on file at the various airlines, I'd being doing everything I possibly could to land an interview during the front of this hiring wave instead of "hoping" the airline of my choice comes and bangs my door down.

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Old 03-04-2015, 11:50 AM
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Are you copying & pasting this every where?
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Old 03-04-2015, 07:29 PM
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Just once for this job fair thread title!

Just for you Sky4me!
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Old 03-06-2015, 04:39 AM
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I'd like to say a big "thank you" to all the folks that think these events are a scam. That's one less clown I have to compete with for a job!
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Old 03-06-2015, 04:44 AM
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Originally Posted by C6vette088 View Post
I'd like to say a big "thank you" to all the folks that think these events are a scam. That's one less clown I have to compete with for a job!

WAI is awesome, but it's also a conference with a lot going on, put on by an organization that does a lot of good in this industry. FAPA and AeroCrew still seeming sleaze bag money grabs to me.


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Old 03-07-2015, 02:34 AM
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Originally Posted by C6vette088 View Post
I'd like to say a big "thank you" to all the folks that think these events are a scam. That's one less clown I have to compete with for a job!
Hell yeah man!!! Payin for flight time, buying type ratings, payin to attend job fairs, you keep up that hard work! you earned it!
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Old 03-16-2015, 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Herb Flemmming View Post
Hell yeah man!!! Payin for flight time, buying type ratings, payin to attend job fairs, you keep up that hard work! you earned it!
The only thing I have paid for you mention is one job fair. My service in the Marine Corps paid for all the rest. But thanks for playing bud!
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Old 03-19-2015, 10:44 PM
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Has anyone attended smaller, local job fairs and had any luck with hiring? For instance, there is a job fair this weekend at Ted Stevens IAP in Anchorage with Alaska, UPS and other local companies.
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Originally Posted by Herb Flemmming View Post
Paying money for a job fair, way to hold a standard guys! Soon its gonna cost $1000 bucks to interview once the rest of the airlines find out there is dips hits out there paying to jobfair.
No one says it's a must, I went to 2 Spirit job fair, and there was one guy in my interview group who didn't. I got the offer, he didn't. Do I think that was the deal breaker? Who knows, but it's a good way to network and have face to face time. It was a great investment for me since I got the job.
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