Saudi Arabian Airlines - Wannabes & Recruitment
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Hello,
Leeciennad, I would like to know some dates please!
-when the interview was?
-when they told you that you were admitted?
-when the medical test was?
You said; you'll reach Jeddah by the 2nd or 3rd week of June. Did they fix your travel dates?
Also, if you applied online; did you receive a call from their hiring staff in order to attend the interview?
MANY THANKS!
Leeciennad, I would like to know some dates please!
-when the interview was?
-when they told you that you were admitted?
-when the medical test was?
You said; you'll reach Jeddah by the 2nd or 3rd week of June. Did they fix your travel dates?
Also, if you applied online; did you receive a call from their hiring staff in order to attend the interview?
MANY THANKS!
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Saudia
there's a designated agency here in manila so i didnt apply online. i was part of the 4th batch (last batch suppose to be) who were suppose to leave 3rd week of june, then it was moved to june 29, however the agency told me that i am not included and i'm now part of the last batch. So sad because i'm now having a 2nd thought to grab the opportunity being offered by royal brunei airlines(but the salary is somehow low), since saudia has its reputation of you know letting the applicants wait for a long time before sending them to training, like last year they waited here for almost a year after all the medicals and everything. so im super torn. Like me, i applied march 27, that time i know that the first batch who will be selected will leave in a few weeks... after that i didn't get any call that i did pass, until may 18 they told me to have my medicals. and until now still waiting for my flight schedule. there are some who were just informed last june 2, i suppose she's part of the last batch as well..
1st batch, left april 18
2nd batch, may 12
3rd batch, may 26
4th batch, june 29
5th batch, uncertain
i dont know if they do hire in malaysia. just try to visit there website.
1st batch, left april 18
2nd batch, may 12
3rd batch, may 26
4th batch, june 29
5th batch, uncertain
i dont know if they do hire in malaysia. just try to visit there website.
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Thanks for the reply Leeciennad,
I am sorry to hear that you have to wait more. Anyway you were LUCKY to pass the interview this year... However there has been NO interviews in Morocco or in Egypt in 2010. Because there was people who passed their interviews in 2009 & didn't leave untill 2010, as you said.
I am sorry to hear that you have to wait more. Anyway you were LUCKY to pass the interview this year... However there has been NO interviews in Morocco or in Egypt in 2010. Because there was people who passed their interviews in 2009 & didn't leave untill 2010, as you said.
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local agency hiring for Saudia
Thank you for the information Leecienad.
I also learned from another forum that there are still a couple of passers who still do not know when they're leaving for Saudi. I recently knew about Skills agency pooling applicants for Saudia and the lady I spoke with told me Saudia employers might come this month for another batch of applicants they are screening. It's kind of unclear though if they're pooling people for future interviews or if it's for applicants queued for final interview already.
I have a friend who's been working for Saudia for almost 5 years now but I think it was different when she applied back then. I just wanted to ask though if you application was with Skills or with a different agency?
I hope that you get to leave soon! Will include you in my prayers.
I also learned from another forum that there are still a couple of passers who still do not know when they're leaving for Saudi. I recently knew about Skills agency pooling applicants for Saudia and the lady I spoke with told me Saudia employers might come this month for another batch of applicants they are screening. It's kind of unclear though if they're pooling people for future interviews or if it's for applicants queued for final interview already.
I have a friend who's been working for Saudia for almost 5 years now but I think it was different when she applied back then. I just wanted to ask though if you application was with Skills or with a different agency?
I hope that you get to leave soon! Will include you in my prayers.
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Hey! It's nice to see a lot of Pinays here! 
I was supposed to have my Final interview last April but the recruiters suddenly left for emergency reason or something. They said they will come back this June. I really hope they do come back even next month.
red_kite: I applied at Skills and Principalia(?) I dunno what happened to the other agency.
leeciennad, congratulations to you, hope you can leave soon.
I was supposed to have my Final interview last April but the recruiters suddenly left for emergency reason or something. They said they will come back this June. I really hope they do come back even next month.
red_kite: I applied at Skills and Principalia(?) I dunno what happened to the other agency.
leeciennad, congratulations to you, hope you can leave soon.
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Hi PinayAko!
Yes, it's great to see fellow Pinays on this forum!
I just wanted to ask if the final interview you were supposed to undergo was with Skills? Did you hear about the placemeent fee hirees have to shoulder? I heard from another blog it was pretty steep.
I went to Skills to submit my application requirements three weeks ago as I only got to know about them pooling people for Saudia last week of May. The lady who attended to me said she does not know yet when the Arab employers will be in town to conduct interviews and that they're still waiting for further advise. I called Principalia before and I was told they already closed hiring for Saudia.
Hope to hear from you! Thanks a lot!
Yes, it's great to see fellow Pinays on this forum!
I just wanted to ask if the final interview you were supposed to undergo was with Skills? Did you hear about the placemeent fee hirees have to shoulder? I heard from another blog it was pretty steep.
I went to Skills to submit my application requirements three weeks ago as I only got to know about them pooling people for Saudia last week of May. The lady who attended to me said she does not know yet when the Arab employers will be in town to conduct interviews and that they're still waiting for further advise. I called Principalia before and I was told they already closed hiring for Saudia.
Hope to hear from you! Thanks a lot!
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Yeah, It was w/ Skills. I really do hope the recruiters would come here soon.
hmm...What I find really weird about First Champion is I never heard anyone who got hired from that agency.
Yes, I did hear about the placement fee, $900? That's what I heard, not sure though. Hope someone could confirm. I don't mind paying the fee as long as I'm sure to fly.
Yeah, It was w/ Skills. I really do hope the recruiters would come here soon.
hmm...What I find really weird about First Champion is I never heard anyone who got hired from that agency.
Yes, I did hear about the placement fee, $900? That's what I heard, not sure though. Hope someone could confirm. I don't mind paying the fee as long as I'm sure to fly.
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Hey PinayAko!How's it going? Any news yet on your interview?
I heard Skills aren't pooling applicants anymore? I guess they've got more than enough number of aspirants for screening already. Can you enlighten us more on how the hiring procedure goes with Skills?
I've to agree. If you're bound to fly with Saudia, you wouldn't mind paying for the placement fee.
All my best wishes for you!
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No news yet, At least for me.
Ooh, I just remembered the name of the other agency, First Champion not Principalia. Have you tried it there? Anyway, do you read PEx? I just read some posts there that some people already got a call from 1st Champion. I noticed that I was not in Manila when they posted it. Maybe I should try to call them and ask about the status of my application.
What happened on my initial interview with Skills was:
We were called one by one to introduce ourselves in front of everybody. Some people were called to measure their heights afterwards. After that they will tell you if you would advance to the next stage.
Best wishes to you, too. Hope to fly w/ you soon!
No news yet, At least for me.
Ooh, I just remembered the name of the other agency, First Champion not Principalia. Have you tried it there? Anyway, do you read PEx? I just read some posts there that some people already got a call from 1st Champion. I noticed that I was not in Manila when they posted it. Maybe I should try to call them and ask about the status of my application.
What happened on my initial interview with Skills was:
We were called one by one to introduce ourselves in front of everybody. Some people were called to measure their heights afterwards. After that they will tell you if you would advance to the next stage.
Best wishes to you, too. Hope to fly w/ you soon!
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Hi there! Great to hear from you again!
I see. So after you got in, you automatically qualify for the next interview which is the final one? Geeze, I hope they contact you soon for your next ordeal with the employers.
Were there lots of applicants who went with you during the first part of the screening?
Yes, I do check out PEx from time to time as well. And no, I didn't try with First Champion. But based on PEx's recent entries, Skills agency sends the most number of hirees to Saudi or I might be wrong. I once saw on POEA portal the number of job order Skills has for Saudia. It's 88. So if we're looking at 5 batches flying for Saudia, wow that's almost 20 passers per batch. That is, if there's going to be just 5 groups of qualifiers all in all. I hope they hire more people though!
Hey, hope you can tell me more about your final interview soon! All the best to you and yes, hope to fly with you in the near future!
Take care!
I see. So after you got in, you automatically qualify for the next interview which is the final one?
Geeze, I hope they contact you soon for your next ordeal with the employers. Were there lots of applicants who went with you during the first part of the screening?
Yes, I do check out PEx from time to time as well. And no, I didn't try with First Champion. But based on PEx's recent entries, Skills agency sends the most number of hirees to Saudi or I might be wrong. I once saw on POEA portal the number of job order Skills has for Saudia. It's 88. So if we're looking at 5 batches flying for Saudia, wow that's almost 20 passers per batch. That is, if there's going to be just 5 groups of qualifiers all in all. I hope they hire more people though!
Hey, hope you can tell me more about your final interview soon!
All the best to you and yes, hope to fly with you in the near future! Take care!
If you like being treated like dirt, living in a compound with one other person with no social life then have a ball, but don't say I did not warn you!
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hi skills called me also for final interview last april but unfortunately, there was some kind of an emergency so they needed to go back to jeddah on that same day. We were so dissapointed because werent able to go through the final interview but they promised that they will come back this month. But I havent heard from them, my friend belongs to the last batch, and she's still here. According to her they are scheduled to leave first week of July but no exact date yet and apparently their schedule of departure keep on changing. She informed me that according to Skills' office, employers will be coming back. BUT since my sister is a flight attendant at saudi arabian airlines, according to Jeddah office, there are no slots available at the moment. 
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Hi daiski_20!
I am so sorry to hear about the situation you're in right now. Did you try calling Skills to confirm it with them? I would experience having somewhat of a difficult time speaking to their telephone operator. Most of the time it would feel like the person at the other end of the line is not just so enthusiastic about doing her job.
Anyhow, if that's the case then perhaps Skills can inform the remaining batches about holding their final interviews. Too bad though if there really is no opening for Saudia right now. But they should, at the very least, keep you posted about the status of your interview, right?
I am so sorry to hear about the situation you're in right now. Did you try calling Skills to confirm it with them? I would experience having somewhat of a difficult time speaking to their telephone operator. Most of the time it would feel like the person at the other end of the line is not just so enthusiastic about doing her job.
Anyhow, if that's the case then perhaps Skills can inform the remaining batches about holding their final interviews. Too bad though if there really is no opening for Saudia right now.
But they should, at the very least, keep you posted about the status of your interview, right?
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Hey everyone!
I've also heard of this rude telephone operator. Ugh!
Yes, that's correct! Yes. I hope so too!
Yup, over a hundred on that day alone. The agency was really packed that day. some girls didn't even get to seat.
daiski_20, Oh I see we're in the same situation. I really hope they'd come back soon. I'm also praying for it too. Yeah, please keep us posted.
I've also heard of this rude telephone operator. Ugh!
I see. So after you got in, you automatically qualify for the next interview which is the final one? Geeze, I hope they contact you soon for your next ordeal with the employers.
Geeze, I hope they contact you soon for your next ordeal with the employers.
Were there lots of applicants who went with you during the first part of the screening?
daiski_20, Oh I see we're in the same situation. I really hope they'd come back soon. I'm also praying for it too. Yeah, please keep us posted.
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heya! are you a cabin crew of SV? do you know if they still need more crew this year? im part of the last batch here in the phils.we're 15 left. and im so anxious, i have so many what ifs,,,, because i have my RBA's job offer as well..im super torn which one to choose, but rba offers a lower salary...i dont know if i should still wait for my saudia..but im really rooting for it..its just that i cant afford to wait knowing that at the end we're waiting for nothing.