Emirates - Wannabes & Recruitment V
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I contacted Emirates today (FINALLY got through!!) and told them that I had been accepted, given final approval and then had the offer withdrawn (a little white lie 
) and was wondering if they would be contacting people in the same position as me when recruiting opened. She told me that she couldnt confirm when recruitment will commense but that they would not be contacting any previous applicants and that Open Days and Assessment Days will be held to find new cc.
So its back to square one for those of you who got withdrawal emails
BUT, its not a total waste of time, energy and money. At least you now know you can do it and you have what it takes to get through. Because you already have. So you should be a lot more confident and know what to expect next time around
I get the feeling there are gonna be a LOT of people turning up for these new OD and AD whenever they happen!!
) and was wondering if they would be contacting people in the same position as me when recruiting opened. She told me that she couldnt confirm when recruitment will commense but that they would not be contacting any previous applicants and that Open Days and Assessment Days will be held to find new cc.So its back to square one for those of you who got withdrawal emails
BUT, its not a total waste of time, energy and money. At least you now know you can do it and you have what it takes to get through. Because you already have. So you should be a lot more confident and know what to expect next time around
I get the feeling there are gonna be a LOT of people turning up for these new OD and AD whenever they happen!!
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Hey Guys,
Just thought I would post some information for you so you can stop with the rumors. This is from the Recruitment manager herself, back on the 25th of June.
Once Cabin Crew recruitment re-commences we will review all of the candidates that were placed 'on hold' when recruitment activities were ceased earlier this year. There maybe some cases where candidates may need to attend another short interview and most likely necessary for some of the joining processes to be repeated i.e Medicals etc. All candidates that were requested by Emirates to resign from their current employment as part of their joining process, did join the company (prior to the freeze), however there were some candidates that made the decision to resign independently, against the advice of their joining coordinator.There is no firm date set for future recruitment as yet, however we will certainly communicate with candidates once we have updates.
I have no other information, so please don't ask.
Just thought I would post some information for you so you can stop with the rumors. This is from the Recruitment manager herself, back on the 25th of June.
Once Cabin Crew recruitment re-commences we will review all of the candidates that were placed 'on hold' when recruitment activities were ceased earlier this year. There maybe some cases where candidates may need to attend another short interview and most likely necessary for some of the joining processes to be repeated i.e Medicals etc. All candidates that were requested by Emirates to resign from their current employment as part of their joining process, did join the company (prior to the freeze), however there were some candidates that made the decision to resign independently, against the advice of their joining coordinator.There is no firm date set for future recruitment as yet, however we will certainly communicate with candidates once we have updates.
I have no other information, so please don't ask.
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Well, I heard a differenet story too.
Some EK CC i know were told by thier trainers that trainers recieved a new training schedule starting from the end of August and those who are on hold will be contacted to join Emirates anytime soon.
(some even gave me an exact date for new training course!)
I guess no one knows whats really happening and everything we hear are not credible enough to cling to.
but infomation Juzz51 shared with us is prob the most credible one.(I recieved a similar email from Admin team too)
what we can do is to be patient and wait.
Its been very hard on me and I assume theres a lot like me around the world longing to hear new info.
Well,I am still positive that we can all go to dubai together:-)
I am so lloking forward to train together with all of yous who are going through this rought time!
so lets keep hoping guys
Some EK CC i know were told by thier trainers that trainers recieved a new training schedule starting from the end of August and those who are on hold will be contacted to join Emirates anytime soon.
(some even gave me an exact date for new training course!)
I guess no one knows whats really happening and everything we hear are not credible enough to cling to.
but infomation Juzz51 shared with us is prob the most credible one.(I recieved a similar email from Admin team too)
what we can do is to be patient and wait.
Its been very hard on me and I assume theres a lot like me around the world longing to hear new info.
Well,I am still positive that we can all go to dubai together:-)
I am so lloking forward to train together with all of yous who are going through this rought time!
so lets keep hoping guys
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Re: Juzz51
Juzz51 you say: "Just thought I would post some information for you so you can stop with the rumors. This is from the Recruitment manager herself, back on the 25th of June"
If EK was a little forthcoming about information then perhaps people wouldn't need to speculate or start rumors as you say. If this person can freely give this information then how about having the courtesy to communicate this information to everyone that EK have left sitting in limbo wondering what is happening with recruitment. Rather then continue to tell people they dont know anything when people do try to find out what is happening wouldn't it better to pass this information onto everyone or do we have to wait to upset you before you share this information as well to "stop the rumors". Jaye was told as follows - Quote: " She told me that she couldnt confirm when recruitment will commense but that they would not be contacting any previous applicants and that Open Days and Assessment Days will be held to find new cc" - End quote.
Ruzz51 can you please tell us who is right and who is wrong with information being supplied by EK about recruitment as this is 2 different sets of information being given out by EK. It seems that even EK cant communicate the same information internally to give consistent answers to those when the question is asked so I am sure you can understand how rumors may start.
If EK was a little forthcoming about information then perhaps people wouldn't need to speculate or start rumors as you say. If this person can freely give this information then how about having the courtesy to communicate this information to everyone that EK have left sitting in limbo wondering what is happening with recruitment. Rather then continue to tell people they dont know anything when people do try to find out what is happening wouldn't it better to pass this information onto everyone or do we have to wait to upset you before you share this information as well to "stop the rumors". Jaye was told as follows - Quote: " She told me that she couldnt confirm when recruitment will commense but that they would not be contacting any previous applicants and that Open Days and Assessment Days will be held to find new cc" - End quote.
Ruzz51 can you please tell us who is right and who is wrong with information being supplied by EK about recruitment as this is 2 different sets of information being given out by EK. It seems that even EK cant communicate the same information internally to give consistent answers to those when the question is asked so I am sure you can understand how rumors may start.
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I posted the information not because I was upset, but because I figured some of you could use some concrete information rather than speculation.
The information I have given is from a thing we call rumor buster on our cabin crew portal. Crew can send in questions they want answered, and the management will reply to it. That was the answer the recruitment manager gave in response to a question about the new joiners.
In terms of all the information you've been getting, that is probably the best and most reliable. However I will admit that with rumor buster, sometimes they'll give us one answer, then a week later do completely the opposite of what they tell us...
The information I have given is from a thing we call rumor buster on our cabin crew portal. Crew can send in questions they want answered, and the management will reply to it. That was the answer the recruitment manager gave in response to a question about the new joiners.
In terms of all the information you've been getting, that is probably the best and most reliable. However I will admit that with rumor buster, sometimes they'll give us one answer, then a week later do completely the opposite of what they tell us...
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Gawd. No wonder people are getting pissed off waiting and going to Etihad.
It sounds like Emirates dont know for certain themselves what they are doing or when they are doing it and nothing official has been decided yet but they have a few ideas being thrown around. Hence the conflicting information we are all getting from them.
Time will tell I suppose. They gotta start recruiting at some point so suppose we just gotta keep waiting and think of it as a good thing: loads of time to prepare and build up any areas we're lacking in (im volunteering at a soup kitchen cos I havent done hospitality work for a couple of years, I met someone online who is grateful of the delay cos it has given her time to get her teeth fixed and I know of someone else who is using the time to take a sign language course - bit random but things like that are always an advantage to an airline)
So u never know, it might be a blessing in disguise for a lot of people.
It sounds like Emirates dont know for certain themselves what they are doing or when they are doing it and nothing official has been decided yet but they have a few ideas being thrown around. Hence the conflicting information we are all getting from them.
Time will tell I suppose. They gotta start recruiting at some point so suppose we just gotta keep waiting and think of it as a good thing: loads of time to prepare and build up any areas we're lacking in (im volunteering at a soup kitchen cos I havent done hospitality work for a couple of years, I met someone online who is grateful of the delay cos it has given her time to get her teeth fixed and I know of someone else who is using the time to take a sign language course - bit random but things like that are always an advantage to an airline)
So u never know, it might be a blessing in disguise for a lot of people.
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Re: Juzz51
Well I can understand that you do want to give out the correct information and we do appreciate it, however what some people are posting is what they have been told by EK so they arent trying to start any rumors at all and as far as they know it only to be correct what they have been told. As you have just stated EK change it constantly so no wonder no one knows what is right and wrong, or even knows what to believe and this just comes down to lack of communication from recruitment or EK as a company. Even if they dont really have anything they could at least contact everyone as a group email (which really sounds perhaps a strange concept for them I know) and say for example: Hey we realise that people are waiting, however at this stage we are unable to advise when recruitment will start again. For those that had offers withdrawn we will or we wont be contacting you and you need to reapply etc etc. Its only making them look more unprofessional and unorganised as a company to continue giving out inconsistant information. Perhaps you can also help everyone out there waiting by posting on this site you have to tell them how upset people are. If they truly are the greatest company everyone makes them out to be then they should prove it and do something about it. COMMUNICATION IS THE KEY!!!!!
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all i have to say to that post, sydflyboi, is 
funny that for a company who looks for strong teamwork and communication skills at their Assessment days they really seem to have jack all themselves.
funny that for a company who looks for strong teamwork and communication skills at their Assessment days they really seem to have jack all themselves.
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rumour??
i am new to this forum sharing the news abt emirates airline, what i desire to know is emirates will have any recruitment at end of year of 2009?hopefully it is not a rumour and have open day in malaysia soon..
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Guys,
Don't get me wrong guys, but at the end of the day they do take care of their CC, but existing one. Trust me, to such a company as Fly Emirates WE ALL are just numbers. If not us, there are milions of people who no matter what want to work for them. So if it's not you, it will be somone else.
I am not trying to defend them, but there is nothing unproffessional in what EK did and does. The whole recession is not their fault. All of those who was asked to resign from job was taken to EK and got a job. All of those who asked for medical refund - did get so.
Why do u think they would care about sending u e-mails and informing about something they're not sure of yet. Isn't it better to get an e-mail in which you read " If you are still interested, you will be asked to redo your medicals...etc" rather than " we're don't have any particular information and dates....".
Any way I believe, the worse is behind us. So if you still want to work for them, just get ready.
Good Luck to all of you!!
I am not trying to defend them, but there is nothing unproffessional in what EK did and does. The whole recession is not their fault. All of those who was asked to resign from job was taken to EK and got a job. All of those who asked for medical refund - did get so.
Why do u think they would care about sending u e-mails and informing about something they're not sure of yet. Isn't it better to get an e-mail in which you read " If you are still interested, you will be asked to redo your medicals...etc" rather than " we're don't have any particular information and dates....".
Any way I believe, the worse is behind us. So if you still want to work for them, just get ready.
Good Luck to all of you!!
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Why do u think they would care about sending u e-mails and informing about something they're not sure of yet. Isn't it better to get an e-mail in which you read " If you are still interested, you will be asked to redo your medicals...etc" rather than " we're don't have any particular information and dates....".
Yeah but is it better to receive an email saying "if you are still interested, you will be contacted and may be asked to redo your medicals when we are recruiting again" AND ALSO a phone call saying "if you are still interested, you will have to re-attend an assessment day and go through the whole recruitment process again".
Thats the point we are making. How is that professional?
And if you read back to posts that were made around January/February time there were quite a few people on this forum alone who were told to quit their jobs and then had their offer withdrawn. And didn't get their medicals refunded. One girl had her offer withdrawn 2 days before she was due to leave! The poor thing had quit her job, held a big leaving party, moved out of her flat, she even gave her dog to a rescue shelter then ended up with nothing.
Nobody is blaming the recession on them. Its completely understandable that they put recruitment on hold for the greater good of the company and as a result, they are the only airline who havent cut any jobs. Thats great and admirable. Its fine that they stopped recruiting. Its not fine that they cant give an honest answer to the people waiting to hear from them.
But I do get your point, none of us are bigger than Emirates and they wont care if we are unhappy or frustrated with how they're doing things. They're the boss. We're just the wannabes. They wont listen to us. And we dont expect them to.
We're still entitled to bitch about them though and vent frustration
Yeah but is it better to receive an email saying "if you are still interested, you will be contacted and may be asked to redo your medicals when we are recruiting again" AND ALSO a phone call saying "if you are still interested, you will have to re-attend an assessment day and go through the whole recruitment process again".
Thats the point we are making. How is that professional?
And if you read back to posts that were made around January/February time there were quite a few people on this forum alone who were told to quit their jobs and then had their offer withdrawn. And didn't get their medicals refunded. One girl had her offer withdrawn 2 days before she was due to leave! The poor thing had quit her job, held a big leaving party, moved out of her flat, she even gave her dog to a rescue shelter then ended up with nothing.
Nobody is blaming the recession on them. Its completely understandable that they put recruitment on hold for the greater good of the company and as a result, they are the only airline who havent cut any jobs. Thats great and admirable. Its fine that they stopped recruiting. Its not fine that they cant give an honest answer to the people waiting to hear from them.
But I do get your point, none of us are bigger than Emirates and they wont care if we are unhappy or frustrated with how they're doing things. They're the boss. We're just the wannabes. They wont listen to us. And we dont expect them to.
We're still entitled to bitch about them though and vent frustration
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Bitch about them... heheh (good one)
You're soo right love
The only thing is... do u think that if they knew already when, where and how... they would keep this kind of info to themselfs? I honestly don't.
What is happening now is simple... before they make any move regarding the recruitment process, they have to take each aspect under careful consideration. Ex. what to do with people whose offers were withdrawn.
This might be unprofessional from your point of view, but ... not from their.
I've been here since Feb. when after FI I got an e-mail saying that I was successful but because of economic situation they can't offer me a job but will contact me in 6-9 months.
I know my situation wasn't as bad as others, but I really feel for you guys.
Dubai is still waiting for you any way!!
The only thing is... do u think that if they knew already when, where and how... they would keep this kind of info to themselfs? I honestly don't.
What is happening now is simple... before they make any move regarding the recruitment process, they have to take each aspect under careful consideration. Ex. what to do with people whose offers were withdrawn.
This might be unprofessional from your point of view, but ... not from their.
I've been here since Feb. when after FI I got an e-mail saying that I was successful but because of economic situation they can't offer me a job but will contact me in 6-9 months.
I know my situation wasn't as bad as others, but I really feel for you guys.
Dubai is still waiting for you any way!!
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nope if they knew for definite when they would be able to begin recruitment i'm sure they would say it but its poop that some of their staff are telling us one thing and some are telling us another. They should send a memo to all staff: we dont know what we're doing yet so shut your yaps and stop confusing people!
I havent even been to an AD lol so im just trying to use the extra time we've been given to my advantage so that when the day does come that they start recruiting i'll be as well prepared as I can be. Not gonna lie though, I really dont think I'll get in. In fact I'd die of shock if I even got past the first round! But a life of "oh imagine if i'd only gone to the damn open day ...." wouldnt be fun x
I havent even been to an AD lol so im just trying to use the extra time we've been given to my advantage so that when the day does come that they start recruiting i'll be as well prepared as I can be. Not gonna lie though, I really dont think I'll get in. In fact I'd die of shock if I even got past the first round! But a life of "oh imagine if i'd only gone to the damn open day ...." wouldnt be fun x
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To Jaye:
Never say never about getting through you have just as much chance as anyone else does. All you need to do is just be yourself and go in their with confidence and you will be fine. I will cross my fingers for you when you get to one.
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aww thank you. You are so sweet.
In honesty though, I know everyone says its not a modelling competition at Emirates, let's all be straight with each other and not patronise by talking about inner beauty being key - there are no ugly people working at Emirates. At least none that arent hidden away behind the scenes! I dont think I'm ugly but from the CC that I have seen simply by typing the word "Emirates" into the search engines on bebo and myspace and coming up with every profile that says "I work for Emirates...", I seriously dont make the grade compared to them. At all. They are 8s and upwards, I'm like a 4 on a really good day lol.
Its cool though. I'm keeping my fingers crossed but not really expecting it to ever be more than a daydream. We'll see. Whats meant to be will be etc etc xx
In honesty though, I know everyone says its not a modelling competition at Emirates, let's all be straight with each other and not patronise by talking about inner beauty being key - there are no ugly people working at Emirates. At least none that arent hidden away behind the scenes! I dont think I'm ugly but from the CC that I have seen simply by typing the word "Emirates" into the search engines on bebo and myspace and coming up with every profile that says "I work for Emirates...", I seriously dont make the grade compared to them. At all. They are 8s and upwards, I'm like a 4 on a really good day lol.
Its cool though. I'm keeping my fingers crossed but not really expecting it to ever be more than a daydream. We'll see. Whats meant to be will be etc etc xx
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hello
hey guys! I had my final interview way back in Brisbane on 10th of January. Even though I made it to the final interview, I received a "thank you but no thanks" email 3 weeks later. I was a bit upset, but my heart goes out to my friend who received the "we will contact you 6 months time" email. She virtually had her foot in the door but seems stuck and could not get through!
But like some of you guys said, didn't make it through seems to be a blessing in disguise, I have given myself this year to improve my Chinese. I speak it fluently but can only read and write in basic level. Now I got a new job selling luxury watches after being in hospitality for 4 years (I think this will benefit myself as Emirates look for cc who can provide luxury services).
I even went to Etihad after failing with Emirates and failed to make it through to the next round, and was eliminated after doing the english test in the preliminary round. I have a lot to do this year to re-assess myself and make myself a better candidate for either of the airlines.
So dont let the rumour deter you guys, set your objective straight for this year and hope for the best when good news come! Pray hard, and work hard!
God bless
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But like some of you guys said, didn't make it through seems to be a blessing in disguise, I have given myself this year to improve my Chinese. I speak it fluently but can only read and write in basic level. Now I got a new job selling luxury watches after being in hospitality for 4 years (I think this will benefit myself as Emirates look for cc who can provide luxury services).
I even went to Etihad after failing with Emirates and failed to make it through to the next round, and was eliminated after doing the english test in the preliminary round. I have a lot to do this year to re-assess myself and make myself a better candidate for either of the airlines.
So dont let the rumour deter you guys, set your objective straight for this year and hope for the best when good news come! Pray hard, and work hard!
God bless
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IQ and personality test
Usually you do it before the FI. They send the papers to Dubai and there they check your test with the feedback about you from recruiters and then.. there it is .... either "golden call" or "thank you, but no thanks" - e-mail.