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QXSOUP said:
This cannot be said loud enough, This is a VERY small world, and I guarantee that there is someone who knows someone who knows you. Never burn a bridge, ever.
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There's a lot of truth to this. A coworker of mine name dropped someone they trained years ago that was less than stellar in a few ways (to keep it nice). This person had a somewhat unique name and I instantly recognized this person's name (and subsequent PTSD from working with them) as someone who I worked with at my last shop. (me being a duty manager for the regional and them being the mainline point of contact). You'd think being a decent human and at least halfway competent at your job would be easy enough. However, for some that seems to be relatively difficult. Long story short. Don't be an @$$.
 
Managed to snag an interview next week. I’ve been reading through the forums and understand that the interview is both technical and HR. The technical part is basic dispatch stuff (1-2-3 rule, METARs, TAFs, IAPs etc) with some DRM and derived alternate mins thrown in there as well. Any other gouge I’m missing?
 
Well, I got the TBNT Email.
Having been rejected from a Regional after a few months under my belt already at a Regional doesn't really make me feel positive to get into a Major when the time comes of one of them hiring.
 
XA_AMX said:
Well, I got the TBNT Email.
Having been rejected from a Regional after a few months under my belt already at a Regional doesn't really make me feel positive to get into a Major when the time comes of one of them hiring.
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Out of curiosity, when was your interview?
 
XA_AMX said:
Well, I got the TBNT Email.
Having been rejected from a Regional after a few months under my belt already at a Regional doesn't really make me feel positive to get into a Major when the time comes of one of them hiring.
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May want to get help with resume writing. Made all the difference in the world for my career when I finally got a book that taught me how to write it AND how to prep for an interview. Best $15 investment outside of the investment in my certificate.
 
XA_AMX said:
Well, I got the TBNT Email.
Having been rejected from a Regional after a few months under my belt already at a Regional doesn't really make me feel positive to get into a Major when the time comes of one of them hiring.
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I honestly wouldn't take that too much to heart.

couple of things:
with the slowdown this year...there's probably more competition.
and if you didn't do well on the test...that could be it...it could also be that they went by order of application submission...and yours was just behind a lot of others.

Keep your chin up.

do good work.

keep going to work every day of irregular ops knowing that eventually those days will come to an end. and keep doing your best.

you'll get to where you want to be soon enough. for right now, enjoy the journey.
 
Pepwave1 said:
I honestly wouldn't take that too much to heart.

couple of things:
with the slowdown this year...there's probably more competition.
and if you didn't do well on the test...that could be it...it could also be that they went by order of application submission...and yours was just behind a lot of others.

Keep your chin up.

do good work.

keep going to work every day of irregular ops knowing that eventually those days will come to an end. and keep doing your best.

you'll get to where you want to be soon enough. for right now, enjoy the journey.
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Oh I don't know about that. Heh, you know one of the good things about Skywest or any multicarrier regional was if DFW or ORD was melting down, at least part of the desk would be DL or AS and not affected so you had some relief. At a major where dispatchers work specific sectors, when the sector hub goes down it's quite intense on the desk.
 
Pepwave1 said:
I honestly wouldn't take that too much to heart.

couple of things:
with the slowdown this year...there's probably more competition.
and if you didn't do well on the test...that could be it...it could also be that they went by order of application submission...and yours was just behind a lot of others.

Keep your chin up.

do good work.

keep going to work every day of irregular ops knowing that eventually those days will come to an end. and keep doing your best.

you'll get to where you want to be soon enough. for right now, enjoy the journey.
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That's a realistic picture of the DX hiring market right now and it's great advice. Fortunately, I got my position with my current regional fairly easily, once I passed my ADX and Oral and Practical Exams. However, getting a job with a major or an LCC isn't as easy.

There's major competition for every job posted, (i.e., hundreds of applicants for just 20 slots). You can realistically do everything right in the interviewing process and still not get the gig. It's a number game. Pepwave1's right, we should enjoy the journey. That's why we do what we do. It can't be only for the $$$. Eventually, our time will come. Keep your head up.
 
AlternateRequired said:
I heard that phone call offers started going out yesterday so I’m not sure they are finished yet or if they knocked it all out in a day.
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I wonder if they have started sending the TBNT emails? Or do they just not let anybody know?
Dispatcher I work with had a strong interview...and hasn't heard anything...which I think is odd since Skywest is usually pretty good about notifying the "no thanks" folks pretty quickly.
 
Pepwave1 said:
I wonder if they have started sending the TBNT emails? Or do they just not let anybody know?
Dispatcher I work with had a strong interview...and hasn't heard anything...which I think is odd since Skywest is usually pretty good about notifying the "no thanks" folks pretty quickly.
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I have heard that they do send out emails, I doubt they hired everyone they needed in just 2 days. I would believe that some people will not accept the offer or there will be complications so that’s why there probably hasn’t been any rejections yet. As far as I know.
 
AlternateRequired said:
I have heard that they do send out emails, I doubt they hired everyone they needed in just 2 days. I would believe that some people will not accept the offer or there will be complications so that’s why there probably hasn’t been any rejections yet. As far as I know.
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I find it hard to believe that they haven't found the ~10 people they were looking for already.
 
Any update from anyone else?

After getting a TBNT from 9E, I just got an Email from SkyWest to complete my background check, although I have not been offered the position yet.
 
XA_AMX said:
Any update from anyone else?

After getting a TBNT from 9E, I just got an Email from SkyWest to complete my background check, although I have not been offered the position yet.
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I just got the background check email as well but that’s it.
 
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