Anyone work for Cirrus?

iceman21

iceman21

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I am looking for some information at working for Cirrus and any opportunities to get some more info on the internal workings of the company.

I am looking at a sales position and I have seen that the job has been posted since August. This concerns me a bit. Either they are looking for someone with some very specific experience or no one wants to work there. Does anyone have any insight to this?

I am based locally to the position and have not been flying for awhile. My CFI is current and I have dual given in the Cirrus line of aircraft.

I think this would be a great way back into aviation for me!

TIA!
 
They are extremely picky with who they accept. I applied for the Regional Sales Director in the Midwest with an INTERNAL RECOMMENDATION from the vice president in the midwest's son, and still got declined... It's tough, but good luck!
 
Thanks for the information KHanson! I was told by the HR lady that the position was filled and that I missed it because of timing. She told me that they had already done a phone interview the week that I submitted my application and that they subsequently offered the person an interview in Duluth, and then offered him/her the position. I am not sure how true the whole story was, though. In my experience, it takes a little bit longer than 2 weeks to phone interview, in-person interview (when flying them in), and then extend an offer.

I am plan on following up with them in a few months to see if there is anything available then.
 
I have worked very closely with a few cirrus sales reps, and each of them seemed to love their job. That being said, it is not a great time to be selling airplanes for a living. My understanding is that it is really just a matter of right place right time with Cirrus. Are you a Cirrus Standardized Instructor? If not, you should become one. They tend to offer positions to people they know, and they typically keep close tabs on their CSIs.
 
I have thought about becoming a CSIP, although, I really have to weight the ROI on it and at the moment I don't foresee it being too high.
 
If you're a pilot, you might not enjoy sales. I learned this in 3 years of working for one of Brand C's competitors. Sales is sales, this just happens to be selling airplanes. I wouldn't change my experience for the world, but it wasn't always rainbows and unicorns. Be sure it's what you want.
 
I wouldn't ever pay to become a CSIP. At this opposing in time Cirrus aircraft are everywhere and insurance companies are letting up on requirements to have an instructor that is a CSIP. If you know of someone who is in the market to buy a Cirrus that might be a good opportunity to become a CSIP for free. An owner paid me $500/day to become a CSIP and deliver his airplane to him, somopportunities are out there. The benefit of being a CSIP is that Cirrus does some marketing for you and you are known by the company to a certain extent. So if you apply for a job with Cirrus you are not a total stranger.
 
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