Jobfairs
02-06-2017 | 05:05 PM
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Jobfairs
Any recommendations on a site or sites listing all the jobfairs going on this year? Word is that guys attending a few jobfairs a year are getting the call and I would like to find out the ones worth going to that the majors/cargo carriers are attending this year.
02-06-2017 | 05:29 PM
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FWIW, a few airlines have said publicly that they'll likely be moving away from the organization-sponsored conferences like the ones listed above, and toward their own in-house stuff like we've seen recently at Delta, SWA, and United.
02-07-2017 | 06:50 AM
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Don't know of a specific site that covers that, but your "big 3" are NGPA (already happened), WAI (this March, but the ship has sailed on getting the Fast Passes required to speak one-on-one with a recruiter), and OBAP (the main event is every August, I believe). There are smaller, more frequent ones like FAPA.aero, also.
FWIW, a few airlines have said publicly that they'll likely be moving away from the organization-sponsored conferences like the ones listed above, and toward their own in-house stuff like we've seen recently at Delta, SWA, and United.
FWIW, a few airlines have said publicly that they'll likely be moving away from the organization-sponsored conferences like the ones listed above, and toward their own in-house stuff like we've seen recently at Delta, SWA, and United.
That is how US Airways used to do view job fairs as well. I went to a job fair they were at (really wanting to get hired at UAL) didn't bother speaking with US Airways, did speak with UAL. I got called for an interview at US Airways 2 weeks later (and was hired). Didn't hear from UAL for nearly 18 months...
Maybe with the retirement numbers coming up, job fairs will go away.
02-12-2017 | 06:09 AM
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Is it worth it?
After having paid for the whole weekend at WAI, I received my Fast Pass assignments. They happen to be my last two choices. One Is it still worth going and is there still a good chance I will be able to speak with the airlines I want to talk to? (Delta, United) Or should I get a refund.
