Interview Etiquette
10-28-2023, 04:22 PM
#11
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2015
Position: Gear slinger
Posts: 2,899
Originally Posted by 121noob
If I shave then my current employer will know I am looking for another job. Can I keep my facial hair and simply explain that in the interview and emphasize I am willing to shave on day 1 of the job?
I shaved my beard for my 121 interviews. I watched one of my classmates in my first 121 indoc get let go because he didn’t shave his beard before he showed up to class and they got ****ed off they had tell him to… then the recruiters got called to the carpet for hiring him with a beard in the first place. Kinda petty, but welcome to 121 management… Having seen that, I wouldn’t even bother to show up to the interview if I had a beard.
10-29-2023, 04:47 AM
#12
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Joined APC: Mar 2022
Position: Part time employee
Posts: 170
Originally Posted by Rama
First impression is something is hard to undo as was previously stated.
Clean shaven leaves the best impression.
Mustache may be okay if it doesn't make you look like a 70's porn star.
Clean shaven leaves the best impression.
Mustache may be okay if it doesn't make you look like a 70's porn star.
10-30-2023, 09:22 PM
#14
In a land of unicorns
Joined APC: Apr 2014
Position: Whale FO
Posts: 6,471
The interview standard for a regional I know of is black/white. No beards whatsoever, no matter what lame excuses you can come up with about your current job. Show up with a beard, the answer is an automatic no, it's the first item on their sheet.
10-31-2023, 07:17 AM
#15
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Joined APC: Jan 2006
Position: Engines Turn Or People Swim
Posts: 39,293
Originally Posted by dera
The interview standard for a regional I know of is black/white. No beards whatsoever, no matter what lame excuses you can come up with about your current job. Show up with a beard, the answer is an automatic no, it's the first item on their sheet.
11-01-2023, 01:12 AM
#16
Not home.
Joined APC: May 2018
Position: Captain
Posts: 190
Originally Posted by 121noob
If I shave then my current employer will know I am looking for another job.
Employers should be concerned that every pilot is looking to move on, regardless of your grooming choices, and more concerned with how they can retain you, versus your concern that they'll get rid of you because you elected to shave on any given day.
Use it as a covert, yet overt, sign that you're looking elsewhere.
11-01-2023, 08:33 AM
#17
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Joined APC: Aug 2016
Position: Relaxed
Posts: 6,948
Originally Posted by Dubh
Those days are looooong over.
Employers should be concerned that every pilot is looking to move on, regardless of your grooming choices, and more concerned with how they can retain you, versus your concern that they'll get rid of you because you elected to shave on any given day.
Use it as a covert, yet overt, sign that you're looking elsewhere.
Employers should be concerned that every pilot is looking to move on, regardless of your grooming choices, and more concerned with how they can retain you, versus your concern that they'll get rid of you because you elected to shave on any given day.
Use it as a covert, yet overt, sign that you're looking elsewhere.
11-01-2023, 12:58 PM
#18
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Joined APC: Oct 2023
Position: 135 SIC
Posts: 169
Originally Posted by Dubh
Those days are looooong over.
Employers should be concerned that every pilot is looking to move on, regardless of your grooming choices, and more concerned with how they can retain you, versus your concern that they'll get rid of you because you elected to shave on any given day.
Use it as a covert, yet overt, sign that you're looking elsewhere.
Employers should be concerned that every pilot is looking to move on, regardless of your grooming choices, and more concerned with how they can retain you, versus your concern that they'll get rid of you because you elected to shave on any given day.
Use it as a covert, yet overt, sign that you're looking elsewhere.
11-01-2023, 04:52 PM
#19
Line Holder
Joined APC: Feb 2020
Posts: 32
Originally Posted by 121noob
My employer cannot compete financially with the airlines. Once I shave they will know I'm interviewing elsewhere; they aren't stupid.
Do you want to stay at your present employer?- DON"T SHAVE
It really doesn't seem that hard.
11-01-2023, 05:43 PM
#20
Disinterested Third Party
Joined APC: Jun 2012
Posts: 6,026
Originally Posted by 121noob
My employer cannot compete financially with the airlines. Once I shave they will know I'm interviewing elsewhere; they aren't stupid.
Think about that. In the meantime, keep on making excuses that won't get you closer to a successful interview. Good luck.
The only reason any man ever shaves, or has ever shaved, in the history of the world, was to attend an airline interview. Did you know that?
You're the only one who does.
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