Easy on the consultant prep or be HYPER careful with who you go with. Hot dang, when my friend kept getting the same question of "So, what made YOU want to work for SouthernJets" time and time again, then commiserating with other frustrated recruiters getting the same question and certain disingenuous answers, the recruiter is going to lose confidence that you're not being frank.
If you're asked a question, answer the question.
"Have you failed any checkrides?" Yes, my private and my initial CFI then STOP.
My friend went through a ten minute speech, PER failure about aircraft specific idiosyncrasies between white line, green line, blue line, whatever, which mode he was supposed to select, yadda yadda yadda. Allow the evaluator to ask for clarification or for you to expand on it or move on to more important, pressing things. The only question he may have after you say "yes" is "Ok, it's not how you fall, it's how you get up, what did you learn about yourself?" and move forward. There's not time for a 15 minute "lesson" on what happened when you got an unsat. When asked to elucidate, I failed, I evaluated my role in the failure, retrained, I learned, I persevered.
Speaking of that, do not be offended if you're asked to stop a long flurry of spoken "text block" because the evaluator needs to move forward or you've begun to speak in circles.
DO NOT walk someone through your resume in a verbal equivalent of a single-spaced, no paragraph textblock from soup to nuts. Give the evaluator a chance to set the tone for the session, go a quick scan of your resume and allow him to ask you questions to help tell your story or to ask about interesting things on your resume. HUUUUUUUUUUUUGE time-waster in a time-constrained situation.
If there are other divisions there to introduce themselves and answer questions about particular departments, telling someone like Crew Scheduling "Oh, you're the bad guys I don't want to talk to you" and walking away is idiotic. Funny people are naturally funny. If you're trying to be funny when you're not naturally funny is often misinterpreted as mean. Yes, everyone communicates and they should.
A one page resume is optimum, a one page resume with two pages of information is less that optimum. A one page resume with two pages of copied and pasted long textual descriptions of what a copilot does in 6pt typeface is absolutely doofus. If you're space-constrained, assume the evaluator knows what a captain or a copilot does. Save that space for a more realistic font size or other information to help the evaluator help you tell your story.
Easy on the "time grids". Total time, PIC, PIC turbine, fixed wing (if you're a helo guy), turbine time is more than fine. Cross country, instrument, cross country, actual, simulated, number of approaches and "Have operaated high performance aircraft in challenging airspace throughout the CONUS and carribean with a stellar track record and thirst to succeed" is wholly unnecessary.
Again, for goodness sake, Facebook is the "Foot-Shooting Emporium". If you're an applicant, remember your "LOLZ, light chop, double-breasted guard fascists" is only as private as your least private facebook connections.
Remember your elevator pitch during chance encounters.
If you're asked a question, answer the question.
"Have you failed any checkrides?" Yes, my private and my initial CFI then STOP.
My friend went through a ten minute speech, PER failure about aircraft specific idiosyncrasies between white line, green line, blue line, whatever, which mode he was supposed to select, yadda yadda yadda. Allow the evaluator to ask for clarification or for you to expand on it or move on to more important, pressing things. The only question he may have after you say "yes" is "Ok, it's not how you fall, it's how you get up, what did you learn about yourself?" and move forward. There's not time for a 15 minute "lesson" on what happened when you got an unsat. When asked to elucidate, I failed, I evaluated my role in the failure, retrained, I learned, I persevered.
Speaking of that, do not be offended if you're asked to stop a long flurry of spoken "text block" because the evaluator needs to move forward or you've begun to speak in circles.
DO NOT walk someone through your resume in a verbal equivalent of a single-spaced, no paragraph textblock from soup to nuts. Give the evaluator a chance to set the tone for the session, go a quick scan of your resume and allow him to ask you questions to help tell your story or to ask about interesting things on your resume. HUUUUUUUUUUUUGE time-waster in a time-constrained situation.
If there are other divisions there to introduce themselves and answer questions about particular departments, telling someone like Crew Scheduling "Oh, you're the bad guys I don't want to talk to you" and walking away is idiotic. Funny people are naturally funny. If you're trying to be funny when you're not naturally funny is often misinterpreted as mean. Yes, everyone communicates and they should.
A one page resume is optimum, a one page resume with two pages of information is less that optimum. A one page resume with two pages of copied and pasted long textual descriptions of what a copilot does in 6pt typeface is absolutely doofus. If you're space-constrained, assume the evaluator knows what a captain or a copilot does. Save that space for a more realistic font size or other information to help the evaluator help you tell your story.
Easy on the "time grids". Total time, PIC, PIC turbine, fixed wing (if you're a helo guy), turbine time is more than fine. Cross country, instrument, cross country, actual, simulated, number of approaches and "Have operaated high performance aircraft in challenging airspace throughout the CONUS and carribean with a stellar track record and thirst to succeed" is wholly unnecessary.
Again, for goodness sake, Facebook is the "Foot-Shooting Emporium". If you're an applicant, remember your "LOLZ, light chop, double-breasted guard fascists" is only as private as your least private facebook connections.
Remember your elevator pitch during chance encounters.
