Continental side hiring

Thanks for the info. I can understand the need to consider the internal candidates first. They probably have a better understanding of how things work than us external applicants. Maybe I need to look to an entry level job with UA like CSA or Ramp for awhile. I have done that before at AirTran and it was a good and fun experience at the outstations I worked at.
 
it should go both ways because maybe the internals have an idea about the company but do they have ANY dispatch experience? Most probably dont so a mixture in my opinion is a better option for the company. Just my thoughts on that DXER. But then again nothing in this industry is suppose to make sense!
 
nyk,

I agree with you there should be a balance. This business making sense? What a concept!
It keeps things interesting though that why I didn't follow my father and go into the carpet business.
 
The Roaming DXER said:
nyk,

I agree with you there should be a balance. This business making sense? What a concept!
It keeps things interesting though that why I didn't follow my father and go into the carpet business.
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The majors hire a lot of people with dispatch experience at regionals and other places into their dispatch support groups and other jobs. When they are eligible to be considered for dispatch, they are internals but many do have dispatch experience. Most of the internals likely do have dispatch experience. Those that don't have worked in areas like scheduling, navigation data or load control. There aren't many gate agents, rampers and others that work outside the SOC/OCC that get hired and with no dispatch experience. I can think of a few assistant dispatchers at United right now that have prior regional experience that may be applying for dispatch this time around.

Like anything at the airlines, it comes down to what the hiring manager is looking for at the time they are hiring. Internals get preference often due to having time in the company but there are times as well where being internal can hurt you.
 
From my personal experience, the best dispatchers come from other airlines externally. (regional, supplemental, preferably with international experience) I understand the desire to hire internally as it is less of a risk for the company to take compared to an unknown external, but externals already have the "growing pains" so to speak already gone and have a solid foundation of dispatch 101 in their heads. A lot of internals just get the license and see dispatch here at the majors as a "bigger paycheck" without really knowing or appreciating what the job does. Over my career, most of the worst dispatchers I know have been internal hires and the best have been mostly external. Just my personal opinion and observation though. There are some though who are very sharp, but working in the field for a number of years, I would always prefer a solid external over a so-so internal.

If it were up to me, I would have chosen a lot of external hires over the last few waves of internals we have had here. While great people, they're just not very good. Maybe time will tell.

Good luck to all from a former regional to major dispatcher
 
A major reason to give internals a chance first is to create a working environment that has potential for growth and prosperity. This way you get a sense of loyalty out of the employees as they have been with the company longer and are should be more committed to the job. That is in theory of course, being an external in this case, I sure wish they would open the door to more externals but I do understand the reasoning behind internal first.
 
Hello everyone and thanks for posting this information about upcoming openings. I am a newbie to the forum which caught my eye since there seems to be a lot of talk about job openings around the globe.

I am seriously in need of some guidance from the dispatcher community and because I cannot yet start a new thread because of my new status, I thought I would hijack the conversation to see if anyone would mind providing some invaluable insight. I have been interested in landing a career in aircraft dispatching primarily because I am too old for ATC and thought this was the next best thing, so I am considering plunking down the cash to get my dispatch license. Problem is, like attorney's to a law firm, I have been told that the dispatch field is over-saturated with professional dispatchers looking for jobs.

In your professional opinion, is this something you are aware of? Many of the training schools for dispatch licensing are advertising that there are a plethora of jobs available in this field - some even go so far as to say that trainees are being interviewed before they even graduate the course either by a recruiter stopping in to speak to candidates or they are flown to their headquarters for interviews. Though I am sure this has happened at times, it seems hard to believe that companies are that desperate. Or on the other hand maybe there is a need for dispatchers right now.

What say you dispatch community? Is now a good time to pursue licensing with the aim of getting hired immediately with a regional or is this just a sales tactic that I am being fed?
 
Macr3ady said:
Hello everyone and thanks for posting this information about upcoming openings. I am a newbie to the forum which caught my eye since there seems to be a lot of talk about job openings around the globe.

I am seriously in need of some guidance from the dispatcher community and because I cannot yet start a new thread because of my new status, I thought I would hijack the conversation to see if anyone would mind providing some invaluable insight. I have been interested in landing a career in aircraft dispatching primarily because I am too old for ATC and thought this was the next best thing, so I am considering plunking down the cash to get my dispatch license. Problem is, like attorney's to a law firm, I have been told that the dispatch field is over-saturated with professional dispatchers looking for jobs.

In your professional opinion, is this something you are aware of? Many of the training schools for dispatch licensing are advertising that there are a plethora of jobs available in this field - some even go so far as to say that trainees are being interviewed before they even graduate the course either by a recruiter stopping in to speak to candidates or they are flown to their headquarters for interviews. Though I am sure this has happened at times, it seems hard to believe that companies are that desperate. Or on the other hand maybe there is a need for dispatchers right now.

What say you dispatch community? Is now a good time to pursue licensing with the aim of getting hired immediately with a regional or is this just a sales tactic that I am being fed?
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Let me first refer you to some other threads in the same vein as what you're asking:

http://forums.jetcareers.com/threads/another-new-person.190336/
http://forums.jetcareers.com/threads/dispatcher-career-outlook.190344/

But I'll also give you a short answer that Dispatch isn't as oversaturated as ATC, for sure. Before I went to Jeppesen there were two classes of CTI grads in front of me that still haven't made it into the system for ATC and aren't 31 yet. That being said it's no better or worse than any other sector of Aviation. You'll have to start at the bottom and do your time and it won't be easy at first. I was hired on at a small passenger and cargo operation before I had even taken my O&P but obviously if I hadn't passed it I wouldn't have been allowed to show up to the first day of training. I think you should troll around some of the other threads of Dispatchers starting out and with some lengthy reading you'll actually be able to see their progression from before school, during/after getting their licenses, to landing their first (and sometimes second) jobs Dispatching. It's all pretty insightful, but every case and perspective is different.
 
about 30 internal candidates have applied. Not all have been called or notified. 8 Spots line DX and 2 AD spots. While there is a chance some externals may be called, I wouldnt bet on a lot, if any. Just letting you guys know not to keep your hopes too high. We had a crew sched hiring boom November 2012 and of those who had licenses, their 1 year requirement was up with this recent posting hence the large number. Also, the dispatch support candidates are being looked at automatically.

Lots of hiring will be done still throughout the year hopefully as staffing issues will only get worse with the changes being implemented on the sCO side
 
nyk said:
So there wont be any externals? or very small amount?
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I cant say there wont be any for sure, but from what the rumblings around the office are probably not
With that said though, the last few classes over the last 3 years or so have been always about a 50/50 mix so who knows...
 
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