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Old 31st May 2002 | 10:21
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Pilot Pete
 
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Slightly of topic, but it has been mentioned as a question of how to get yourself noticed when you are in the majority (low hours).

As Daifly says, meeting someone who has left a good impression will make him more inclined to spend a little more time on that cv and perhaps keep it when it would otherwise have been filed under WPB (waste paper bin).

Whilst times are very difficult for the candidates seeking employment, networking has to be time well spent in the job hunt market. If you don't do it sure as eggs someone else will be.

So, Formation Flyer, I would suggest that this is what will make your cv stand out from the crowd rather than the words on the page (with all respect, if everyone elses 'fits' the requirements, there is little else you can do with the words and format to get it noticed).

When the recruiting picks up things will inevitably be easier, but you will still be trying to get noticed from a large pile. Even the trusty phone calls can get you noticed. You have to be careful, as always, not to become a pain, but it worked for me. The airline were recruiting and I had the minimum number of total hours required (700) but being a large IT carrier there were hundreds of applicants with much more total time and on heavier types than me. For 4 1/2 months I kept abreast of the situation by calling every couple of weeks for an 'update' and a chance to get my name in their thoughts again. Recruitment was being administered by the CP's PA and she was a tough cookie! Every so often I would try to get the CP (I'd done my homework and found out he was an amenable guy who would always speak to a wannabe and give his frank opinion). The way he stopped getting every wannabe calling him was to have his PA filter the calls! I rang during lunch hours to bypass her and spoke to him 4 times in 4 months..........timing was down to luck and it just so happened that the last time I called he found himself 1 pilot short for a course start date..................

As ever, good luck

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