Emirates - Wannabes & Recruitment XI
 

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Vaccines required by EK
 

Hi everybody,

Just got my GC on Saturday :O ( together with ~20 other girls from Romania ) - DOJ 3rd of October - and I will start with the medicals.
There are 10 different vaccines required by them and I need your advise wheter I should take them before joining or upon arrival. I know that once joined, I will have to pay for all of them, no problem with that. But these vaccines - Tetanus, Typhoid, Yellow fever etc - seem to be too much to be done in a 2 month period. What do you think ? Has anybody done them so far ?

Thank you,
Ana

Golden Call
 

Hi everybody,

I would like to ask your suggestion for this case. I had the FI on June 25 and My online application status changed to "You will be contacted.." like 10 days ago and EK's coordinator in Vietnam informed me that i got the job. The coordinator asked me to wait for the GC to be informed with the DOJ and medical test procedure.

However, It has been more than 10 days and i havent got any official GC from EK until now. I am getting nervous now, is there any case that they will disqualified me after that stage? or is there any thing going on there? (my friends in my FI have been called)

I really really need your advise to calm down a bit.:ugh:

Good luck to all of us, finger crossed..

Hi Bryan EK,

Don't worry, YWBC means you will get the GC for sure. I got mine after 10 days since my status changed to YWBC. There are still girls in Romania who had the FI in May, YWBC on 9th of July and still waiting.

@Ana:
 

Dear Ana,

Thanks very much for your advice. Im getting more and more nervous everyday and I have never left my phone since the status changed. :sad:

Regarding to the Vaccines, As I have been reading this forum from the beginning, people suggested that we should all do it prior to departure to Dubai since it is going to be very expensive there and also, it will be quite hard for you to find the place for injection. For further information, you can read back at Emirates - Wannabes & Recruitment VIII page 6-7.

Good luck to you and me and all of us :ok:

Unless something changed recently, they will do your vaccines at the Emirates clinic when you do your medicals and it's much cheaper than it would be back home!

Ex QA Crew with rejection mail.
 

Hi everyone!

I applied to EK, made It to FI but I got a rejection mail.
To The issue; In the mail I was told; "We do see potential In you and you are welcome to reapply In 6 months" (Instead of regular 12, witch Is a good sign)
So my questions are; Do you think they found out about my previous employer Qatar A?
(I changed my passport before attending thou) And what does It mean, "We see potential.." Why didn't they just hire me right away?

Would be elated to any helpful answer.. Cheers!

Invitation for an Assesment Day
 

Anyone could tell me how long it takes to receive an invitation after applying for an Assessment Day?

Thanks!

Hi everyone!:)

I had registered online for AD in Kiev (11-12 aug), but they did a remark, saying "Preliminary Selections will be done in conjunction with our appointed agency LALSAT" and it seems like nothing going on in LALSAT since march :confused: Am I have to wait for invitation or could I go anyway? Will appreciate any information or advice :O

Irenka if it is an AD, you have to be invited previously in this case by the appointed agency.
If it is an OD you can go without an invitation.

Wooord: I have heard that there is some agreement between both airlines, but i am not too sure if it is the reason for rejection. Do reapply in 6 months if you are really keen!

Bryan: I think it will be cheaper to do some in the company clinic (payable by your salary) if they can be done at a later stage.

IrenKa
 

IrenKa: Well, i experienced this. In this case, you must find the coordinator in your home country and apply for them first. Usually, they will conduct a pre-screening (like OD) before sending you an invitation to AD (of course you will have to pay some agent fee). Usually, they will send qualified candidates only to the AD.
In the AD, they will ask you for the invitation letter and reference number (given by the coordinator) and there you go to the regular AD.

Noted: The Local coordinator has no decision toward the AD. :=

stefinity: thanks :)

In my case I didnt have to pay anything at all to the appointed agency. It depends on the particular agency.

Odd Case
 

Hi all,

I would like to ask for your suggestion about my case. My status changed to "You will be contacted..." for the last 4 weeks and i have not got any call or information from them so far neither the on hold mail. I contacted my local coordinator and they keep asking me to wait for their information. I dont know how long should i wait...:-S

Have any of you experienced this long waiting after the status changed?

thanks in advance

Dental
 

Can someone tell me what are the pre requirements for Dental standards before joining Emirates ? I heard that you have to have all fillings done and wisdon teeth removed ? Is this correct ? What other standards do they have ?

Fafi :)

Hello Fafi, as for your teeth they have to be good looking but they don't need to be perfect. You can't have any visible teeth missing, and wisdom teeth should be removed if they can affect your other teeth, this should be evaluated by your dentist, if they grow fine then there is no problem in keeping them.
EK requires you to get x rays so they can see if everything is ok. And as you say you have to have all fillings done.
Braces or even invisalign are not accepted, you have to finish treatment before joining.
Hope this helps!

some questions
 

Hi, my OD is for the 23 of this month, but i have some questions...i have burns scars in my arms from years back...i can cover them with make up but they will let me do that or is a no for me....

not coming back to nairobi
 

:{ to my dear friends in East africa Emirates is not coming back to nairobi,a[[arently they have enough Kenyans for now. looks like we may have to travel all they way to South africa or any other country to get a short at this. Really sad!:uhoh:

Hi all,

went to my assessment day yesterday and didn't get through. I thought I was doing quite well until I got the "unfortunately" letter. :(

When one of the recruiters was asking how I came to be in Dubai I mentioned that my dad's a pilot for Emirates and we came over from Qatar... Thought that I was just giving a little bit of history, but could this have been seen as me trying to use the fact that my dad's already with the company to get in? A kind of "dropping names" thing? I didn't intend it to be, but from an outsiders opinion is that what it could have looked like?

I'd be interested if this is something I should avoid mentioning in 6 months when I apply again.

need advice
 

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Rejoining EK
 

I am extremely interested in rejoining Emirates. I left in April 2010 after 2 full years with a clean record.

If anyone knows any info, I would really appreciate it if you could let me know the process and also the chances of getting back in.

Thanks :ok:

Hi,

I am considering applying to work for Emirates as cabin crew, and was wondering if any current employees could tell me a bit about how it was moving to Dubai? I find the idea of moving from the UK to Dubai really exciting, but also quite daunting, so just wondered what other peoples experiences were, did you live with other new employees, are the other members of the crew already out there friendly etc?

Thank you so much :)
Sophie

Age!?
 

Dear friends i need help!
The fact is that emirates requires person to be 21+ years old at the day of joining
But i turn 21 28 of october 2012
Could you tell me please if i am able to take part in open day in Frankfurt 15 of september 2012?
I live in Russia and its a little expensive for me to travel there hence i want to minimize risks..
Will appreciate any info!;)

Lero4ka I believe you have to be 21 years old at the date of joining Emirates, which is the date when you will start the employment with the company. However, if you have any doubts, I think its not a bad idea to email them and verify if you can attend an open day. All the Best in your career!

Ss and MissMEL
 

MissMEL, you can rejoin any time if you finished your probation period and if you had a clean record... You can e-mail the ccsc and ask for a rejoiner form, easy! You pretty much skip the whole process as far as I remember from what a friend told me!

SS, if you are interested you can read my blog, I wrote about everything (joining, training, flying, living in Dubai etc.) You can find it under selinastories.wordpress, hope it helps and gives you some insight!:ok:

Casual photos
 

So the standards for casual photos just changed, as if I wasn't confused enough already.

"2 OR MORE CASUAL PHOTOS - OUTDOORS ON JEANS AND T-SHIRT. (Ladies, pin the back for better fitting). Must face the camera, hair down, heels. No running shoes."

Well... that doesn't look very casual to me. I'm really considering looking for a professional photographer to take these photos. :\
Does anyone know if on both photos I have to be standing up? Thanks

And what about hair color? It'll be better natural or it might be dyed?

please help me with this....i want to assign for open days in germany next week but i don't have a passport. is it ok if i have only the ID from my country?

Hi, i have the same puzzle, I also got rejection but they said I can reapply after 6 months instead of 12 months, pretty sad. Does anyone please tell us the reason?thank you . :sad:,

Delivery constraints? Not sure what you mean by that, there's 8 more to coe by January.

QF partnership does not mean that EK will reduce flights, only that EK can sell tickets on QF and vice versa. It's a standard condeshare agreement. The only thing changing is, as you said, the routing of the QF Australia-LHR sectors going via DXB instead of SIN.

Could be that they have a lot of Aussies on the books already, EK like to even out the nationalities so if there are getting to be lots of one group they will hire into the other groups until the numbers equalise. Very normal for them and has been going on for years. They want to keep a good mix of crew from all over, not to be too dominated by one or the other nationality.

alina85
 

You don't need a passport until you get the Golden Call. Like they say, you'll have plenty of time to get it after you're approved.

BA to EK for promotion prospects?
 

Thinking of changing from BA to Emirates as promotion prospects on BA WW are very limited :ugh:Anybody know how long it takes to get SFS/PSR at Emirates after joining? Cheers.

CHECK THIS OUT
 

Guys, I want to know if I apply directly at the EK HQ, will they still accept me during the OD even if I can't speak and write Arabic?

arabic
 

Hi , Im sure that anyone applying in Dubai must be able to speak fluent arabic ,maybe you should go to AD/OD nearest your home town .my daughter has a friend who had to return to the UK from Dubai to attend AD , hope this helps anyone correct me if im wrong :)

I think there are a number of factors that influence where Emirates hold their open days. If there is a lot of interest online (applicants applying on Emirates Career website) then they are likey to hold an open day there. In the case of Melbourne, maybe there has been little interest in previous months and hence the company has not scheduled an open day.

I have noticed a big recruitment drive in Germany also which could contribute to fewer assessment days in other parts of the world as recruitment teams are tied up there.

I'm sure there will be another open day in Melbourne soon. I very much doubt a QF/EK code share agreement would impact on recruitment in Australia. If anything we may see a recruitment drive in the coming moths as EK tries to 'woo' Australian travelers

Attending An OD In A Different Country
 

Hi guys!

I'm wondering if it's alright to attend an OD in a different country, say in the U.S. perhaps? I'm a Filipino and Emirates hasn't held an OD here since 2009. I heard they already have too many Filipino crew. So I'm contemplating whether they would still accept me, given the fact that I'm not a U.S. citizen. I can't apply in countries near home since most of them require full fluency in specific languages. :*

@ Captain Bundy: Good luck with that haha.

@ idreamtofly: If it hasn't changed over the past few months, you have to be an arabic speaker if you apply directly in Dubai.

@ Scottish - Your looking at somewhere between 3-5 years for SFS and longer for PUR if your very good and lucky.

@ Mel - You can reapply but I would email your old CCM (if they are still there) usually the reapplication time is only up until 1 year.

@ Sesame - They're not prejudiced against americans so yes they do hire yanks.

Can anyone give me any information about the male version of pictures for the interview? How should they look?