Originally Posted by
NewCareer
In terms of content, any advice for the 40-year-old career changer?
I have worked for the same fortune 500 company (have been promoted etc, and done 5 different jobs or so) for 17 years.
Your point seems pretty clear though. Essentially don’t bore the reviewer with non applicable content. So maybe I should just list the different companies I’ve worked for, the dates, job titles, and a one liner description of the role?
Since I’m just about to get my Multi commercial and only have a little over 500 hours, i’m not worried about running out of room!
Another question is, since I will be hard up for aviation related bullet points, do I point out small things like a 15 year member of AOPA and things like that? Any wings credit received over the years, etc? Participation in any online aviation related groups (Vatsim)?
I will be applying to some part 135 operations soon.
Any advice is much appreciated. Thanks!
In your case, you will want to condense the non aviation employment. Try to distill out leadership duties or special responsibilities which show that you're not the average cube dweller.
You don't want to bother them with aviation irrelevant deets, but you want to convey that you accomplished something during your previous career.
Won't matter for regionals, but might for majors.