Job hunt

mcassey · 10th Jan 2012, 14:38

Hi guys. just completed a flight operations and dispatch course. Living in Dublin. Any ideas on how to get a foot in the door with airlines or handling companies. Any more courses i need to do which may help?

aviation24x7 · 10th Jan 2012, 16:17

Hi,

First of all good luck with the search.

I think as long as you have flight operation knowledge that would be great and having flight dispatcher training will surely help you.

desertopsguy · 11th Jan 2012, 00:05

Contacts are everything and that first job is the hardest to land.

Keep an eye on the websites of Ryanair (crap to work for), CityJet, Aer Arann, maybe Aer Lingus and see if anything crops up there. Maybe try WestAir in Shannon or some of the other bizjet operators.

The ground handling companies are minimum wage jobs so that's no fun and you won't be able to put much of what your learned in your course to good use. It's beyond me why people think they are the same thing; they are not...

Get in touch with Parc or Sigmar in Dublin and see if they know of any vacancies, both of them specialise in recruitment for the airline industry.

If you don't have a linked-in account then I'd suggest creating one as that is a good way to start networking with people who are already in the industry. It is sort of like face//book for grown-ups, spend some time on your profile and make sure it is as good as it can be to improve your chances of being noticed.

Depending on where you did your course, you might have gotten a licence, if so then this will open more doors, especially internationally.

You stand a much better chance of landing something if you're mobile.

Good luck.

D.O.G

Hangar_9 · 11th Jan 2012, 16:31

I just landed an ops job (excuse the pun

) for a Bizjet operator in the UK.

Tip - PERSISTENCE!

I badgered the hell out of just about every company with an AOC for months until i got lucky. Somebody will eventually give in

Regards,
H9

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