Originally Posted by
John Carr
And yet how many pilots who have been to OBAP/WAI, or whatever event that are same/similar experienced hear NOTHING? Not even a "fix it" email because the attendance got their app "scored" by human eyes?
I think the only one as of late that had a "high success" rate for ratio of attendees to interview to hires was the Alaska ALPA event recently.
I've known more than one guy that didn't attend a single job fair, got called/hired. One had ZERO TPIC.
It's great it worked out for your ONE SPECIFIC friend, but you can't draw conclusive evidence that it's THE NORM.
Oh, don't get me wrong...BELIEVE me I know it's not the norm. I've been to several and haven't gotten a call. I have a very good resume, typically hit it off well with the recruiters and they typically tell me they don't understand why I haven't been called. Meh...
But saying they are a total scam or waste of time I think is also an overstatement. My friend who is now at DAL that I mentioned earlier had zero turbine PIC. Long time at Comair...but he was one of the 10% (if that is a correct number) that got in the door for spending a couple hundred bucks. Also someone mentioned Alaska...another guy I work (worked) with is now there specifically because of attending one of the job fairs.
But, I've paid my money (again) and will be going to OBAP here in a week. If nothing else I get to run into folks I haven't seen in years...it's happened every time. And if it means I get to be one of the 10%ers out of the group even better. For me it's hard to justify not spending $200 for a ticket when it could be the golden ticket that lands me a multi-million dollar career at my carrier of choice.
For those of you that have spotless apps and get the call without attending good on ya...I wish I was in that group. But since I've had my apps in with everyone since 08 (excluding AA since they are new to the party) and have yet to get a call I'm doing any and everything I can to get the odds tipped in my favor and have first hand experience and knowledge that sometimes the job fair is the trigger.
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