BravoHotel
Well-Known Member
Résumés and networking.
Résumés:
I spent hours on research of. I attended resume work shops. Bounced my Résumé off of HR people I knew, countless hours on the internet etc. I was looking for a job in anything I was remotely qualified to do. I seriously considered truck driving and shelving aviation entirely save my commitment to the Reserves.
I even filed a USERRA complaint against an outfit because the the recruiter stated "We are looking for someone more long term, even though your qualifications are a match for the job, you leaving for FE school in X months wouldn't sit well with our clients....
I ended up withdrawing my complaint but the fact I even had to file one bothered me.
/End rant.
Networking.
I have read this on JC countless times. Network, network network. My question has always been how???
Here is how I did it. YMMV. But it was my parachute rigger ticket. I met people through the rigging loft where I worked. I met a CFI with his own plane and now I am a CFI candidate once again. My instructor is not charging me for his time and only for operation of his airplane as I am his first CFI candiate.
I was able to help this gentlemen out as I couldn't fly jumpers a couple days and he was able to fly for me making a few bucks and was able to put almost 20 hours in his book for three days of work.
My jump pilot job, I met the owner of a skydiving outfit and we started talking about airplanes, he found out I had my CMEL and CSEL and had experience flying jumpers, hired! Not once did I show him a Résumé! He is also a pilot and wants to fly from time to time but he did not want hire a full time pilot. So I get to continue parachute rigging and work at the Air Fore while being paid to fly with a airframe up grade in the future to a A90.
The ability to Network is a valuable tool to have.
Résumés:
I spent hours on research of. I attended resume work shops. Bounced my Résumé off of HR people I knew, countless hours on the internet etc. I was looking for a job in anything I was remotely qualified to do. I seriously considered truck driving and shelving aviation entirely save my commitment to the Reserves.
I even filed a USERRA complaint against an outfit because the the recruiter stated "We are looking for someone more long term, even though your qualifications are a match for the job, you leaving for FE school in X months wouldn't sit well with our clients....
I ended up withdrawing my complaint but the fact I even had to file one bothered me.
/End rant.
Networking.
I have read this on JC countless times. Network, network network. My question has always been how???
Here is how I did it. YMMV. But it was my parachute rigger ticket. I met people through the rigging loft where I worked. I met a CFI with his own plane and now I am a CFI candidate once again. My instructor is not charging me for his time and only for operation of his airplane as I am his first CFI candiate.
I was able to help this gentlemen out as I couldn't fly jumpers a couple days and he was able to fly for me making a few bucks and was able to put almost 20 hours in his book for three days of work.
My jump pilot job, I met the owner of a skydiving outfit and we started talking about airplanes, he found out I had my CMEL and CSEL and had experience flying jumpers, hired! Not once did I show him a Résumé! He is also a pilot and wants to fly from time to time but he did not want hire a full time pilot. So I get to continue parachute rigging and work at the Air Fore while being paid to fly with a airframe up grade in the future to a A90.
The ability to Network is a valuable tool to have.
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