Virgin Australia AKL, CHC, PER, ADL

[louu]

Originally Posted by Caragrace

Woo!! Officially onto water competency test stage! Email this morning!

Yay Caragrace so happy for you! I wonder when the next melb GS will be!

[Brittany1989]

Originally Posted by Mywish

Hi there
I email recruitment team a few days ago asking when there would be a likely ground school and was told as soon as one is available they will be in touch.Seems all GS is full at the moment.Its so hard waiting but at least its positive news that we are getting a call as soon as GS is availabe.😊😊😊

Hey Mywish!
I have been thinking about doing this Aswell as I'm based in Perth, who did you send the email too? Feels like the longest wait 😩

[Mywish]

Originally Posted by Brittany1989

Hey Mywish!
I have been thinking about doing this Aswell as I'm based in Perth, who did you send the email too? Feels like the longest wait 😩

Hi Brittany
I just used the email which team recruitment uses to contact us re our different stages of progress.Im so happy the waite is over for me as i honestly was finding the waite excruciating.Hang in there and do email them.hope you get some positiv news.

[Brittany1989]

Originally Posted by Mywish

Hi Brittany
I just used the email which team recruitment uses to contact us re our different stages of progress.Im so happy the waite is over for me as i honestly was finding the waite excruciating.Hang in there and do email them.hope you get some positiv news.

Thanks! I will do that I'm so impatient I just want to start!

[mindy4631]

louu, caragrace and Erissah congratulations on your progress! so exciting. I couldn't attend the 19th or 20th July AD as I wasn't in Melb yet but I have been emailed twice since then from Virgin saying they don't have any other AD coming up but I will be invited to the next one. Do you all have any tips/advice for how the AD went for you all and what it was like?

[louu]

Originally Posted by mindy4631

louu, caragrace and Erissah congratulations on your progress! so exciting. I couldn't attend the 19th or 20th July AD as I wasn't in Melb yet but I have been emailed twice since then from Virgin saying they don't have any other AD coming up but I will be invited to the next one. Do you all have any tips/advice for how the AD went for you all and what it was like?

Yay that's still something to look forward to! It's a fairly relaxed day and it helps to chat to everyone to make yourself feel comfortable. Have some good answers ready for the one one one interview at the end and smile!

[showgirl]

Originally Posted by mindy4631

louu, caragrace and Erissah congratulations on your progress! so exciting. I couldn't attend the 19th or 20th July AD as I wasn't in Melb yet but I have been emailed twice since then from Virgin saying they don't have any other AD coming up but I will be invited to the next one. Do you all have any tips/advice for how the AD went for you all and what it was like?

Hey mindy4631, I agree about it being relaxed. I came prepared with some very honest answers about simple things like an example of times in my career that I have had to problem solve etc but other than that I felt pretty unprepared compared to others - there were some girls there from other airlines, some who had worked for virgin before, and some who hadn't worked in the industry but seemed to have an answer for everything. There were a lot of girls that really pushed for their opinion to be heard and to have a strong answer for everything. I am from a totally different career background and have never done a job interview of this kind in my life. About half way through the day I felt unprepared and out of my league. I felt like I did the best I could, but didn't think it was enough. BUT --- I made it through all the subsequent phases, waiting on ground school now. I truly truly think they know the right things to look for in terms of personality and the WAY you respond to questions rather than the actual response. I think they are fine for you to be a blank canvas for them to mould. Anyone can google Richard Branson and rattle off facts. (Though I didn't think to do that lol) So ,y ultimate advice would be to just breathe, be a happy, positive and cohesive version of yourself, and probably whatever flows will be ok if you're right for the job (my interview answers were a rambling mess)

[Caragrace]

Originally Posted by louu

Yay Caragrace so happy for you! I wonder when the next melb GS will be!

Hopefully we will all be on the same one! Will be good to have a few friendly faces around when moving cities!

[Mywish]

Hi All.I just emailed my medical assessment form.Feeling anxious again! Have come so far and though i dont have any major health issues im still thinking about the blood pressure medication i have been taking since 2004.
Im not in my 20s or 30s so hopefully recruitment will take that into consideration.Good luck to all thats waiting and keep trying.I have waited a VERY long time for this dream but am almost there.Fingers and toes crossed i pass this medical.

[Brittany1989]

Originally Posted by Mywish

Hi All.I just emailed my medical assessment form.Feeling anxious again! Have come so far and though i dont have any major health issues im still thinking about the blood pressure medication i have been taking since 2004.
Im not in my 20s or 30s so hopefully recruitment will take that into consideration.Good luck to all thats waiting and keep trying.I have waited a VERY long time for this dream but am almost there.Fingers and toes crossed i pass this medical.

I'm sure they will take everything into consideration, you have got this far only a little bit to go now! Good luck anyway 🤞🏼 Can't wait to hear all about ground school 😊

[Erissah]

Reference Worries

Hey guys so I am in the Reference Check stage and they have contacted 1 of my references but the 2nd reference they have had quite a bit of problems contacting her, do you guys think that the struggle of contacting my references will have a negative impact on getting an offer? super worried because I would hate to not progess further because of one of my references.

[Mywish]

Originally Posted by Erissah

Hey guys so I am in the Reference Check stage and they have contacted 1 of my references but the 2nd reference they have had quite a bit of problems contacting her, do you guys think that the struggle of contacting my references will have a negative impact on getting an offer? super worried because I would hate to not progess further because of one of my references.

Hi there
I had a blunder with one of my referees.The email address was wrong and Virgin couldnt get the emails through.I contacted the referee and explained that recruitment is trying to get hold of them.Found out email was wrong! However what you can do is get another referee since recruitment cant get hold of the existing one.Dont delay.Wish you all the best.😊😊

[Mywish]

Originally Posted by Brittany1989

I'm sure they will take everything into consideration, you have got this far only a little bit to go now! Good luck anyway 🤞🏼 Can't wait to hear all about ground school 😊

The recruitment have been so nice about medicals.I just have to get a letter from GP re my Blood Pressure.Very understanding and supportive.I was in panic mode thinking i had failed.Currently sitting at the GP as im typing this.lol

[HDSD]

Has anybody heard when Virgin might hold another ground school in Sydney?

[Caragrace]

Originally Posted by Erissah

Hey guys so I am in the Reference Check stage and they have contacted 1 of my references but the 2nd reference they have had quite a bit of problems contacting her, do you guys think that the struggle of contacting my references will have a negative impact on getting an offer? super worried because I would hate to not progess further because of one of my references.

Hey girl! I just had the same problem with one of my references being hard to get a reply, but she had actually filled out the form both times and they still couldn't see it for some reason. I emailed them today letting them know that she had 100% filled this form out, and the replied back super apologetic and said the would contact her directly to get this sorted for me! So I think that you will be more than fine! Either get on your references case or find a new one! But honestly they are very understanding- this kind of thing would happen all the time

[Erissah]

Originally Posted by Caragrace

Hey girl! I just had the same problem with one of my references being hard to get a reply, but she had actually filled out the form both times and they still couldn't see it for some reason. I emailed them today letting them know that she had 100% filled this form out, and the replied back super apologetic and said the would contact her directly to get this sorted for me! So I think that you will be more than fine! Either get on your references case or find a new one! But honestly they are very understanding- this kind of thing would happen all the time

thanks for the advice everyone I think if she cant contact her again I will get a new reference

[LozC]

ADL talent pool

Originally Posted by samasama

Hi all,

I am in the talent pool for Adelaide base. I believe there are about 30 of us currently waiting for a training school start date. I've been in the talent pool since November, is there anyone else in the talent pool for Adelaide on here and have you heard any news?

hi Samasama I'm in a similar boat to you. Been in talent pool for Adelaide since October 2016. I heard they took more people on this year - are you in or still waiting? I did get a call in July asking me if I was interested in Sydney, which I'm not, so they told me they'd keep me in the ADL talent pool.

[showgirl]

Originally Posted by HDSD

Has anybody heard when Virgin might hold another ground school in Sydney?

I called them and they said their next meeting to discuss upcoming ground schools will be in October

[HDSD]

Originally Posted by showgirl

I called them and they said their next meeting to discuss upcoming ground schools will be in October

Ohh let's hope they schedule a ground school then! Fingers crossed before the end of the year!

[louu]

Melb base update

I got an email confirming that I'm in the talent pool for Melb base but that there are no more training schools scheduled at this stage. Hoping for some time in early 2018!