UPS...recommendations needed by HR?
10-25-2005, 07:07 AM
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UPS...recommendations needed by HR?
HELLO FELLOW FLYERS!
I am currently with Delta...looking to get on with UPS. How many pilots does HR want recommendations from to consider pulling your name out for an interview? Never thought I'd be asking this question again after getting on with Delta 6 yrs ago!
Thanks for any info!
Glide
I am currently with Delta...looking to get on with UPS. How many pilots does HR want recommendations from to consider pulling your name out for an interview? Never thought I'd be asking this question again after getting on with Delta 6 yrs ago!
Thanks for any info!
Glide
10-25-2005, 11:54 AM
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Hey Glide,
My personal take on the rec letter is actually WHO writes you the letter. If you know anyone in a management position that could write you a letter, that is the best. Don't ask me why, but it worked for me. I have heard from others that it also worked for them. Letters from fellow pilots are still good, but remember that UPS is a trucking company with airplanes.
As wigwags said, interviews for the rest of the year have really slowed down. I believe they are still interviewing for management pilots, but think long and hard about that, as well as do a search on this forum concerning that topic. The money is enticing, but the lifestyle isn't. Good luck to you. I heard that we have recently hired a pilot from DAL that is in his fifties. Nothing like starting over!
My personal take on the rec letter is actually WHO writes you the letter. If you know anyone in a management position that could write you a letter, that is the best. Don't ask me why, but it worked for me. I have heard from others that it also worked for them. Letters from fellow pilots are still good, but remember that UPS is a trucking company with airplanes.
As wigwags said, interviews for the rest of the year have really slowed down. I believe they are still interviewing for management pilots, but think long and hard about that, as well as do a search on this forum concerning that topic. The money is enticing, but the lifestyle isn't. Good luck to you. I heard that we have recently hired a pilot from DAL that is in his fifties. Nothing like starting over!
10-26-2005, 09:19 AM
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Recommendations
Having a recommendation from a manager is helpful, but certainly not a quasi-requirement. When I was on probation both of my two recommendees were called in, and I was their only internal contact.
If I were to make a guess, I would say that having 2 recommendations has as much, or more weight than, a single manager's recommendation. A lot of guys getting calls seem to have 2 or more.
If I were to make a guess, I would say that having 2 recommendations has as much, or more weight than, a single manager's recommendation. A lot of guys getting calls seem to have 2 or more.
10-26-2005, 11:09 AM
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Good point
Freight dog,
You make a great point. I hope that my post didn't look like you required a letter from a manager. I was only speaking from my experience and those that were hired around the same time as me. I'm definitely NOT the most knowledgable when it comes to hiring in's and out's. I was also going on the fact that we were told that we, as probies, could write a letter of rec, but HR alluded to the fact that they might not carry as much weight as someone who has been here longer. It seemed that they were trying to disuade us from writing letters. What do I know?
You make a great point. I hope that my post didn't look like you required a letter from a manager. I was only speaking from my experience and those that were hired around the same time as me. I'm definitely NOT the most knowledgable when it comes to hiring in's and out's. I was also going on the fact that we were told that we, as probies, could write a letter of rec, but HR alluded to the fact that they might not carry as much weight as someone who has been here longer. It seemed that they were trying to disuade us from writing letters. What do I know?
10-26-2005, 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by IronWalt
Hey Freight Dog,
I was wondering. Is that picture of you a typical sight to be seen in a UPS cockpit?? :-)
I was wondering. Is that picture of you a typical sight to be seen in a UPS cockpit?? :-)
10-27-2005, 06:45 AM
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Oh Okay. Well I have to tell ya. Thats not a real airline pilot there. A real airline pilot doesn't wait until the cockpit to spill coffee on his shirt. He does it in the hotel van, where he can impress the flight attendents :-)
10-29-2005, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Glide Slopez
HELLO FELLOW FLYERS!
I am currently with Delta...looking to get on with UPS. How many pilots does HR want recommendations from to consider pulling your name out for an interview? Never thought I'd be asking this question again after getting on with Delta 6 yrs ago!
Thanks for any info!
Glide
I am currently with Delta...looking to get on with UPS. How many pilots does HR want recommendations from to consider pulling your name out for an interview? Never thought I'd be asking this question again after getting on with Delta 6 yrs ago!
Thanks for any info!
Glide
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