Originally Posted by
Mach E Avelli
I don’t agree with this concept. Is the selection agency uniquely qualified in this field? What do they charge?
In a relatively small company with no HR, the Chief Pilot should be able to speed-read the most relevant applications. Prepare a short list and pass to the CEO, who will sometimes sift them further.
The general idea should be to weed out the wankers (the ones with the full cover page photo in gold bars and another 10 pages of totally irrelevant non aviation waffle) which can be done by allocating one minute per resume at the initial cull. Favour the ones that address the advertised selection criteria in a logical manner; chuck the rest because they demonstrate a lack of comprehension or unwillingness to tailor their resume to address the employer’s needs.
It all depends of course, some will get value and others will not, couldn't find what they charge unfortunately so I can't really tell. But let's say you take out a day or two overall in going over resumes as opposed to them presenting them in a nice format with everything already sorted for you, for a busy CP trying to get someone onboard quickly so they can keep aircraft flying and making money they could probably charge a few hundred and it would still be value when you consider how much it costs per day for a CEO and CP.
The person doing it is a Pilot themselves so they at least have a bit of a clue which I liked and hopefully they have some idea about recruitment but not entirely sure on that side, only those that have used them could tell you that really.