Does anyone actually hire dispatchers?

belgiumania

belgiumania

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Or do they just post up job openings for fun?

Man, what a drag the last month and a half since I got my license has been. After talking to hiring managers a month before getting my license and being all but assured I would have a job right after I got it it has now been almost 7 weeks and I have had exactly 0 calls in response to the likely 20 resumes I've pumped into the system. What gives? Is there really that big of a backlog of experienced guys that even the smallest of 121's won't take a look at a n00b like me?

What can I do to make myself more competitive? Anything?
 
Have someone competent take a look at your resume/CV. Preferably a hiring manager or a fellow dispatcher who wants to see you hired somewhere. You'd be amazed at how one little wrong element on a resume earns it a trip to the circular file.
 
The first job is always the hardest one to get. It took me a few months of looking but I did find a job I liked after encountering a similar lack of call-backs. And I agree with ljg, it never hurts to have someone check over your resume to make sure it looks good.
 
It took me a couple of months also, so don't get discouraged. There are positions out there.
 
It took me 3 months and over 100 resumes to land my first dispatch job out of school. I had one interview a month into it and didn't get hired. Then all of a sudden 8 airlines called in a 2 week period.

My 174th resume landed me my 3rd and final/current dispatch job at a major.

Perseverance.
 
Boris Badenov said:
Hire? I always just sort of figured they grew you guys in a dark room or something.
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They do. I was originally grown in a dark room full of radar scopes on an aircraft carrier. The rooms at dispatch school, college, and my first two airlines had a little better lighting. Now my room at UPS is kind of dark again. But that's ok, because $130k a year buys plenty of sunshine.
 
Well and plus even a normal civilian doesn't get half the radiation we do. You make a fair point.

Although...in the Ville you're unlikely to see too much of the sun for the next 6 months or so, no matter where you spend your time.
 
69beers said:
They do. I was originally grown in a dark room full of radar scopes on an aircraft carrier. The rooms at dispatch school, college, and my first two airlines had a little better lighting. Now my room at UPS is kind of dark again. But that's ok, because $130k a year buys plenty of sunshine.
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130K umm makes me sorry I wasted my time in maintenance. Took me a lot longer to get my A@P than my ADX.. I think I am going to get out of maintenance it is and never has been appreciated and always looked at as a necessary evil. Been with 3 different airlines and it is all the same they treat MX like s**t on their shoe. Well will try to start over in DX at 47 see if I like it any better.
 
FXMXC said:
130K umm makes me sorry I wasted my time in maintenance. Took me a lot longer to get my A@P than my ADX.. I think I am going to get out of maintenance it is and never has been appreciated and always looked at as a necessary evil. Been with 3 different airlines and it is all the same they treat MX like s**t on their shoe. Well will try to start over in DX at 47 see if I like it any better.
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Well I think it all depends what carrier you are with, my last 2 airlines paid mx and mx control at least double what dispatch made. And I am not faimiliar with UPS pay scales but my buddy just got hired as a maintenance manager with them and got started around 80K/year. I would like to think that that 130K/year is after a decade or so of seniority but please correct me if I am wrong........
 
I've found that most airlines are rather slow when it comes to plodding your resume through the system. As said previously, you'll give up hope anyone will call you and suddenly find your phone ringing off the hook. Don't lose hope. It only takes 1 yes and you're on your way.
 
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