Thank you for your help I am editing the resume as we speak.

 

Is it still frowned upon to have a resume that is longer than 1 page? I had to drop off a flying job position from my resume to keep it the same format that I have. Maybe It's time that I changed up my format so that I can fit more info onto one page.

 

For a white-collar profession, especially with advanced degrees multi-page resumes and CV's may be necessary but for a pilot try to keep it to one page unless you have a "complicated" pilot career, perhaps including military, civilian, test pilot, management, etc. experience.

I would adjust the format before I exceeded one page. For line pilot or CFI job entries they just need to know who, where, when, and what airplanes (you don't have to list every base you ever had either). Indicate "above average" responsibilities such as MEI, captain, check airman, CP. You do NOT need to elaborate on the details of any of this duties...anybody reading your resume already knows what they entail.

If you need to shrink the resume header, remove entry-level flight time categories like solo, XC, night, dual rec. unless that employer asks for it.

 

I have been cleaning up/updating my resume a lot these days. Some say that you should list your hobbies. I am not sure if it is a good idea. My hobbies include don't laugh, reading, playing the guitar, running, and everything about aviation etc. For some reason I feel like this may not sound professional.

Here is what I have so far.

Credentials: CFI, CFII, ATP written, Bachelor's degree, no accidents/incidents, Medical class 1

Break down of flight hours and hours in the last 6 months.

Aviation Employment and non aviation employment.

Education: I only listed college, is high school or community college necessary?

and another questionable area I listed was "SKILLS" under this section I said I have an impeccable flying record, and experience in customer service etc.

Thanks for any help you folks can offer me. I truly appreciate it!

 

Those hobbies are fine, they'll glance at it and move on.

Not listing any hobbies might mean that they'll find another resume slightly more interesting.

If you list really cool or unusual hobbies or activities they might give you an interview just to hear more about it!

But I'd be leery about listing high-speed/high risk hobbies for two reasons...

1) Skydiving, rock climbing, motorcycles, car racing, ski racing, etc might indicate someone who has a good head on his shoulders and will hold up well under operational pressures in an airplane. But it might also indicate someone who is a bit reckless or anti-authority...the interviewer would have to talk to you in person to tell the difference.

2) Those kinds of activities carry an obvious risk of injury and subsequent medical leave/disability, regardless of whether you are reckless or not.

I would probably list no more than one such activity, that minimizes the chance that they'll think you're reckless and/or bound to get hurt eventually.



List everything after HS that you graduated from, don't list incomplete programs unless it is still in progress. Only list HS if you have no college.

I'm not sure about "impeccable" flying record...does that mean no accidents/incidents/checkride busts? If you're low time, that might mean you've just been "lucky" so far, as opposed to impeccable. A high-time pilot interviewer who has a blemish or two on his record might resent that, taking the view that your record might not be so impeccable either after ten years or ten thousand hours.

Since the lawyers and bean counters do care about those things, you are right to identify them, just be careful how you do it. Use words like clean FAA record, passed all checkrides on first attempt, etc.

 

Agree - - take it easy on the hobbies.
Depending on the type of job that you are applying for - hobbies don't make a hill of beans difference, and as a friend who recently went to a job search/resume seminar recently told me - they take a few precious seconds to glance over the resume and they don't want to waste time or hearing that you like collecting arrow heads.

The military has prohibitions (or at least use too) against certain activities considered high risk exactly for the reasons rickair mentioned during certain training evolutions. Injuries lead to delays in training which in their case increases time-to-train and costs. I assume an airline could just let you go. I don't really know - but I could see listing a number of high risk acitivites/hobbies as possibly having a sobering effect.

My opinion on listing HS graduation is how long has it been since graduation and how many other schools/courses have you graduated from - especially ones that might show a specialized talent or skill.

"Impeccable flying record" is like a 'flawless landing' when you are solo


USMCFLYR

 

Thank you very much gents! Much appreciated!!

 

The beauty is, if flying solo and no one was in the run up block or near the TDZ and plane was able to be reused without inspection, there's ONLY one person to tell the tale

 

It's been answered but I'd skip the hobbies and add in "Memberships and associations" only if you have the space (or have a light resume and need to fill in stuff).

Example: Instead of hunting, add 'Ducks Unlimited', or instead of hangliding put 'National Hangliders Association'. Associations will reveal your interest, but IMO only put them if you have the space.