Originally Posted by
Alfred E Newman
OnCenterline- Good point on not regurgitating the resume but that leads me to another question - if mentioning other talents and whatnot, just how personal should one get? I do plenty off line from work, but mostly with my family, which is well above average in size. That's something that certainly makes me stand out from the crowd, but might that not be considered too personal?
Use it as an opportunity to talk about helping coach a kids team, or volunteer in schools/church, or if you have experience in public speaking or other customer interface-type of work. You don't need to get into family stuff if you don't want to. But, if you have special needs kid/niece/nephew, and you have gotten involved in something as a result of that, then by all means discuss it. The airlines want to see that you give something back to the community without getting paid for it.