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Old 7th Jan 2010, 08:34
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lk978
 
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resume tips

Keep resumme simple 1 or 2 pages depending on how much you've done

Know one cares about your career in scouts or that you topped your yr 8 maths class

They also dot care the amount of hour you have in a warrior or technam or whatever only things bigger than a 182.

Also don't start with, I am ethusiastic and keen to learn (everyone is). mention if you want to be a career instructor or you want to gain epearience in a certain area stuff like that.

Follow these headings

name and contact
- dont have an email [email protected]
- something like [email protected] looks better
- when job hunting and travelling around works to use parents addess so they can check mail for you

Flying Summary
- hours
* Total time
* Command
* Multi/Multi command
* Sigificant A/c time e.g Cessa 206 not cessna 152 and warrior

- endorsements
*Aircraft
* retract, tail wheel ect... they know you have a CSU if you have a CPL

- Ratings
*Night
*Instrument

-courses
* DG
* CRM

Experience
- Any employers you have had relevent to aviation
- If you havent got any put your current job

Education
- HSC or School certificate or Uni degree whatever is your highest
- Tafe courses relevent

References
- start with CFI
- People of signifiance that hae seen you fly no just some captain that you know
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