So much for the "Your (Delta) application must be 40 pages!"

Beefy McGee said:
The "any more than 4 years to graduate and you are disqualified" thing I believe.
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I think I've stated before that it is not factually correct.

The powers-that-be prefer completion in less than five years AND also certain degree fields from traditional colleges, but those preferences are…. preferences and not requirements.

Hell I didn't finish in four years and had a slackers GPA.
 
Oh man, the comments on the FB page - one guy chose to use some kind of interwebz slang with hashtags and such. #notagoodwaytogetnoticed
 
Here's what I was told by a guy who sits in the interview room. 5-6 years to get an engineering degree from GT or MIT, no problem. 6 years to get an English degree from U of Miami, no bueno.
 
Cptnchia said:
Here's what I was told by a guy who sits in the interview room. 5-6 years to get an engineering degree from GT or MIT, no problem. 6 years to get an English degree from U of Miami, no bueno.
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Correct.

However, a "single father raising a kid, working during the days and balancing work/life" would be an amazing counterbalance (for example).

"Meh, really just played hackeysack, undeclared for my first four years at DeVry, then got serious and completed my underwater basket weaving in two more years", not so much.

Tell your story.
 
Don't be Gutter.

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Derg said:
Example or are you pulling a Katie Couric, "well, ya know, people are talking…" "Katie? What people?" "People"
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lol well obviously nothing as bad as the example I gave (as that was mostly for comedic exaggeration), but every post is met with people almost tripping over themselves to be butt kissingly agreeable and making sure to point out how excited they are to interview. Like the recruiter is going to be like "oh, you want to interview with us? cool, I'll set something up."

Who knows...maybe that's what it takes, but at the same time it's still kind of cheesy. Cheese is funny to me.
 
You're kind of a bozo of you think your app needs to be more than a couple of pages.
One page each:
Cover letter
Resume
 
poser765 said:
lol well obviously nothing as bad as the example I gave (as that was mostly for comedic exaggeration), but every post is met with people almost tripping over themselves to be butt kissingly agreeable and making sure to point out how excited they are to interview. Like the recruiter is going to be like "oh, you want to interview with us? cool, I'll set something up."

Who knows...maybe that's what it takes, but at the same time it's still kind of cheesy. Cheese is funny to me.
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Well, it's a school dance.

You can sit against the fence like Jimmy Dean with a smoke waiting for the pretty girl to walk over, or just walk up and say "This my SOAAAANG gurl, go on wit' cho bad self, lets boogie".
 
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Derg said:
Well, it's a school dance.

You can sit against the fence like Jimmy Dean with a smoke waiting for the pretty girl to walk over, or just walk up and say "This my SOAAAANG gurl, go on wit' cho bad self, lets boogie".
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Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm asking her out! With persistence (as soon as a get a good handle on what that entails)! What I don't want to do is nip at her heals miladying the crap out of her.
 
Derg said:
From: https://www.facebook.com/deltapilotrecruiting/

(or, even shorter, http://www.deltapilotrecruiting.com)

GougeBusters tip! (Shoutout to Derek Brannock for the name)

At a recruiting event earlier this year we had several candidates tell us that an interview prep company was telling people they wouldn't have a chance at an interview unless their application was over 16 pages. Or maybe it was 18 pages, it doesn't really matter. We thought this was pretty strange, since none of us count the pages of an application. If you've heard this too, rest assured, we don't have any requirement, or even a preference, regarding the length of your application.

Naturally, this company was willing to help people overcome this hurdle for a small (large) fee. If they're willing to say something this bizarre to try to drum up business, who knows what else they're telling candidates. Like we said last week, we want to hire safe, professional aviators who are good people, and that has nothing to do with how long a person's application is. To that end, our having an arbitrary page number requirement wouldn't even make any sense.

With this, like with some of the other gouge out there, if it doesn't seem to pass the common sense test there's an excellent chance it isn't true. If you suspect you've heard any other whoppers please send us a message so we can help put bad rumors to rest, we don't want you to end up like this guy!

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Weezy is frustrated as well:
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