I disagree. I graduated my avionics course in June and got a job offer just this afternoon from what is perhaps the nation's best airline. But not before:
4 phone interveiws,
2 group interviews,
3 formal interviews,
14 days of work experience 500km away from my home paying for accommodation at my own expense;
Driving thousands of kilometers up, down and all around the east coast of Australia showing up on doorsteps at regional airports I knew nothing about handing in resumes in person.
I applied at 17 businesses since I graduated, I even considered flight simulators. There are jobs if you try hard enough. Yes Aviation Australia is full of lies but you have to see passed that and realise it's a very competitive industry and probably >50% of the graduates are "unemployable". Companies want you to "fit their mould" because they have found that in the past, certain types of people work better than others.
Last edited by Degrees; 22nd Dec 2010 at 12:06.