autosave36
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And you just say you left your badge at home every day?
How long before you got your first job in dispatch?
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And you just say you left your badge at home every day?
manniax
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A lot of getting hired by a major is good timing as well. If you were just starting dispatching in the years before 9/11 hit, it probably took you a while longer to get to a major since none of them hired any until after 2005 that I know of - at least externally. Of course, to take advantage of the good timing, such as during the last hiring wave the majors did in the early 2010s, you have to be networking/getting a good resume out to be noticed, and it sounds like you did a very good job of that.
manniax
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I find that emailing this scene from the Godfather to be effective as well. (The one where the film producer wakes up to an unpleasant surprise...warning, animal lovers out there.) Remember, it's all about connections.
ChitownMike
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Got my ticket in the middle of October 2015 - started first job on Nov 2nd 2015.
gopherdx
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Got my license in Feb of 2014. Was already working for B6 at the time so decided to go the internal route. Just got hired into the last class - doing OJT now. So, almost 4 years! Patience is a must if you're trying to get on with a major whether internally or externally, but it's worth it!
LX015
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Where did you go to get your ticket?
manniax
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Nicely done! I am sure you paid your dues in scheduling at EV.
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bbmikej
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EV is ExpressJet. Envoy is MQ
LX015
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Altimeter
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manniax
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Whoops! My bad. Post corrected. At any rate...your moving days should be over, and the move was definitely worth it.
gopherdx
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Vaughn College
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Work in a big enough office and that may work. That's why I always ask for license and registration of those around me.
A-9er
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A-9er
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To answer the OP, I got my job about a month after finishing school. That said, I got a lucky break...
I stayed for the workshops @ Sheffield after class ended. We had a G7 DXer for the workshops. I chatted him up and asked him point blank if they'd be hiring in the near future; the answer was yes. He told me G7 was losing two DXers to the majors, so they were going to be hiring soon. The G7 DXer brought some of the recruiter's business cards with him, and he gave me one. I called the recruiter, told him how I'd gotten his number, and told him that I'd be interested in working for G7. He told me he'd find out, so I called him back after a visit to the FL Keys. He told me that they'd be hiring and to get my stuff in, which I did; in fact, I got it in BEFORE the job was posted! Anyway, I finished the workshops at the end of May of this year. I interviewed in June. On the way back from the Dayton air show, he called me with the good news! All in all, it took me about a month to get hired.
I stayed for the workshops @ Sheffield after class ended. We had a G7 DXer for the workshops. I chatted him up and asked him point blank if they'd be hiring in the near future; the answer was yes. He told me G7 was losing two DXers to the majors, so they were going to be hiring soon. The G7 DXer brought some of the recruiter's business cards with him, and he gave me one. I called the recruiter, told him how I'd gotten his number, and told him that I'd be interested in working for G7. He told me he'd find out, so I called him back after a visit to the FL Keys. He told me that they'd be hiring and to get my stuff in, which I did; in fact, I got it in BEFORE the job was posted! Anyway, I finished the workshops at the end of May of this year. I interviewed in June. On the way back from the Dayton air show, he called me with the good news! All in all, it took me about a month to get hired.
A-9er
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You WERE lucky, considering that the aviation business was in the toilet then...
I got my ticket way back in 1986 while working at a 135/121 carrier (data entry position) and within a month, was hired as a dispatcher at another 135/121 carrier. After a few months, some investors visited us and gave us a presentation on their plan to buy he 121 certificate to start up another airline from scratch. Myself and a couple of other dispatchers bought into it and soon we were near MDW going through proving runs. That airline only lasted about 9 months and it was back to the drawing board for me. Within a couple months and while I was interviewing with a headhunter, a major contacted me and after the interview I accepted the dispatch position with them. The starting pay was horrible back then and it was a tough decision because I was a finalist for the unknown cooperate position that the headhunter was hired to fill. All I really knew was the starting pay and the general benefits and those were much much better, but the flight benefits kind of sold it for me.
Now over 30 years later, many more people know what a dispatcher is but still do not understand what we do. I think the recent contract improvements (pay mostly) have generated much more interest and publicity to our profession. What this means for those entering the workforce is much higher competition for the positions that do open up, especially at the majors. Many of us worked very hard and weathered the ups and downs of this unstable industry and are finally seeing the benefits of sticking with it.
I don't envy those of you just starting your careers, but if you work hard and get a good reputation within the field, it should eventually pay off.
Have any of you went into corporate dispatching or does anyone know if they are still using head hunters to fill these positions?
Now over 30 years later, many more people know what a dispatcher is but still do not understand what we do. I think the recent contract improvements (pay mostly) have generated much more interest and publicity to our profession. What this means for those entering the workforce is much higher competition for the positions that do open up, especially at the majors. Many of us worked very hard and weathered the ups and downs of this unstable industry and are finally seeing the benefits of sticking with it.
I don't envy those of you just starting your careers, but if you work hard and get a good reputation within the field, it should eventually pay off.
Have any of you went into corporate dispatching or does anyone know if they are still using head hunters to fill these positions?
