How Does one make himself stand out with so many out there?
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How Does one make himself stand out with so many out there?
I'm pretty new to the job search. (one or two months) This may have been naive, but to be honest I was expecting to get a nibble or two within this time. So....more or less I'm looking for some advice. I realize that I'm pretty low time, and that might just be the problem.....however I'm seeing people getting hired with less or equivilent time to mine. What can I do to make myself better stand out? I'm sitting on 1075TT 800ME 750Turbine 225PIC ATP written complete. I have my stuff in with Air Wisconsin, SkyWest, and Horizon. Am I aiming to high?
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You're not aiming too high although I know Air Wisky is looking for about 1500 TT. There's a couple things you can do:
1. Apply Apply and Apply some more. Submit online (if available), then fax your resume to the human resource department. If you can find out whose in charge of hiring, get their name and address then Priority Mail a copy of your resume to them. That way it ends up on their desk and they have to sign for it and at least open it to look at it. It's gutsy, but I've seen it work. You can usually get contact info on aviationinterviews.com at the top of the gouge.
2. Find someone you know that works for one of those companies and get them to hand in your resume. Recommendations from current employees usually go a long way.
3. Update your resume often (at least once a month). Some people I know do it every two weeks. Show them you're still flying and that you're committed to working at THIER COMPANY.
4. Stick with it. I had resumes out to companies before meeting minimums and kept updating for almost 5 months before finally getting a phone call and that was with two employees walking my stuff in. You just have to be persistent.
Good luck with the job search. From what I hear the places you have applied to are pretty solid regionals.
1. Apply Apply and Apply some more. Submit online (if available), then fax your resume to the human resource department. If you can find out whose in charge of hiring, get their name and address then Priority Mail a copy of your resume to them. That way it ends up on their desk and they have to sign for it and at least open it to look at it. It's gutsy, but I've seen it work. You can usually get contact info on aviationinterviews.com at the top of the gouge.
2. Find someone you know that works for one of those companies and get them to hand in your resume. Recommendations from current employees usually go a long way.
3. Update your resume often (at least once a month). Some people I know do it every two weeks. Show them you're still flying and that you're committed to working at THIER COMPANY.
4. Stick with it. I had resumes out to companies before meeting minimums and kept updating for almost 5 months before finally getting a phone call and that was with two employees walking my stuff in. You just have to be persistent.
Good luck with the job search. From what I hear the places you have applied to are pretty solid regionals.
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Joined APC: Oct 2005
Position: CRJ FO
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I was experiencing the same thing Clyde. I think the best change I made to my approach was to have my resume professionally written by Lori Clark. Once I did this, I got calls from about 5 companies and was hired by 3 of them. Ultimately I ended up at PSA and from what I understand, if you can get another pilot from PSA to reccomend you, you are assured an interview when the next round comes up. Good luck and stick with it. Sharky had some good tips also. CTL
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Clyde, what is all of your ME/turbine time in? As a former recruiter, your times might set off a few flags having so much time due to it being a bit disproportionate (ME/Turbine to TT). I sit in the same boat with 4700TT, 600PIC, and 4050 Turbine...
If you want some help with your resume, I'm happy to offer a bit of advice/guidance on it... just send me an email. josh.shields (AT) crosswindlanding.com.
If you want some help with your resume, I'm happy to offer a bit of advice/guidance on it... just send me an email. josh.shields (AT) crosswindlanding.com.
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Joined APC: Apr 2006
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i think its more the fact that these so called "proffesional resumer writers" have all the contacts in the industry to pass your resume to the right person, more than the fact that they put a semicolon in where you put a comma.
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Joined APC: Jan 2006
Position: 737/FO
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Where are all these pilots that want jobs?
Maybe it's just the idea of working for Colgan, but the word back from the open house we just held in Houston - a "come one come all" call for ALL pilots - is just eight showed up the first day and two...just two out of all those pilots out there looking for jobs...showed up the second day. Even if you don't want to work for us, at least show up for the interview experience!
Last edited by WEACLRS; 06-09-2006 at 01:11 PM.
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