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Awww... Ozzie 747 I feel for you, really I do 
I've had peeps over at my place and had to clean up after them the next day... nothing that grotty, just shoe stains on the carpet and spilt drinks etc (I don't wear shoes in the house... hate, hate, hate it!)
I've had peeps over at my place and had to clean up after them the next day... nothing that grotty, just shoe stains on the carpet and spilt drinks etc (I don't wear shoes in the house... hate, hate, hate it!)
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Oh yeh, and this other time I had a gf over and just had to babysit my bro's 8mnth-old kid, and every couple of crawls it would dribble little bits of vomit on my cream carpet. Ended up keeping a bucket of warm water on standby the whole time
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Gee - things are moving quickly
Hey guys,
I just heard on the "grapevine" that Virgin have already started calling people up to go to their medicals. I know one person who went for the VBRD on June 15, and has already been called up and sent an email about where to go for the medical ALREADY
!!! I know that would be a great sign ... is there anyone else out there who has been already called up by Virgin to go for the Medical? 
I went for my VBRD on Friday 16th June... I wonder how long my rejection email is going to take!
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I just heard on the "grapevine" that Virgin have already started calling people up to go to their medicals. I know one person who went for the VBRD on June 15, and has already been called up and sent an email about where to go for the medical ALREADY
!!! I know that would be a great sign ... is there anyone else out there who has been already called up by Virgin to go for the Medical? I went for my VBRD on Friday 16th June... I wonder how long my rejection email is going to take!
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I Applied For Virgin and Havent Heard a Thing!
HI there this is my first post in this forum so i hope i have done it right... I was just wondering if someone might be able to help me. I applied for virgin blue ages ago and i have reapplieda few times including last week when they were accepting for melbourne based cabin crew. I have jnot heard anything regarding interviews etc... I was just wondering how long it usually takes before you get called for an interview, as i applied before the aplications closed on the 11/6?? Hope someone can help me..
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Hi!
I was invited to a VRD approx 3.5 weeks after I applied. I also applied when they were just taking interest for the role, not when they had a set deadline.
A lot of the time it depends on when they are recruiting, but in your case, it may be down to selection. Keep refreshing your application and ensure that you have all the details and prerequisites. Nobody here can really tell you how they select for these recruitment days, It's unknown.. though the recruitment team do tell us that thousands apply and only a few hundred are usually invited.
Don't give up. I am sure they are going to recruit a few more times this year! Good Luck!
I was invited to a VRD approx 3.5 weeks after I applied. I also applied when they were just taking interest for the role, not when they had a set deadline.
A lot of the time it depends on when they are recruiting, but in your case, it may be down to selection. Keep refreshing your application and ensure that you have all the details and prerequisites. Nobody here can really tell you how they select for these recruitment days, It's unknown.. though the recruitment team do tell us that thousands apply and only a few hundred are usually invited.
Don't give up. I am sure they are going to recruit a few more times this year! Good Luck!
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STF, with my experience, I got the rejection e-mail on the 5th day of the two week waiting period. At least they get back quickly enough for you to explore other options - Imagine waiting 13 days, that would be a huge let down!
The fact that they have already started contacting people to complete medicals so soon after the last interview doesn't surprise me. I think this because if they have done the reference check so soon for those they considered successful, like in my case getting the answer after 5 days including a weekend!, they would contact those they want to do the medical the same day I'd assume, or some time close to that. They are a pretty efficient team.
Good Luck!
And PS.. Iulia, have you heard anything yet!?
The fact that they have already started contacting people to complete medicals so soon after the last interview doesn't surprise me. I think this because if they have done the reference check so soon for those they considered successful, like in my case getting the answer after 5 days including a weekend!, they would contact those they want to do the medical the same day I'd assume, or some time close to that. They are a pretty efficient team.
Good Luck!
And PS.. Iulia, have you heard anything yet!?
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Arghhhhhhhhhhhh! Me gonna cry...
No peeps... haven't heard a single thing...! My manager at work is sick (she's pregnant) morning sickness and taking days off work, and I only put the work # on my resume, as I didn't have her house or mob... and my other girlfriend who used to manage over me at a shoe store promised she'd txt me as soon as she got a call from Virgin (she's my second referee) far out... I went on the Thursday 15th June to my VBRD also, and haven't heard nuffin! No email, no calls to my referees... I'm goners... I feel like crying, I think I will go huddle in the shower all alone and cry... so upset... I wished they'd send the rejection emails sooner, tomorrow will be one week since my VBRD! You'd think they'd reply sooner to those they're wanting to reject... oh bummer... so upsetting, knowing that those successful are already recieving results... 
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Good questions STF...
How LONG will our rejection emails take... hmmm... with Sylphie it ws 5 days (including weekend) well... tomorrow is my 7th day waiting... wahhhh!!!
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Heya!
Well... I did a booboo mistake when I applied first with Virgin (before the close date of 11/6)... I accidentally but my yahoo id with my hotmail address... as in, my yahoo id.hotmail.com i confused the two around! And then I went back into my account with virgin and changed the email address to the proper yahoo.com..... hope it all makes sense! Anyway perhaps you should double check that your contact details are exact
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yeah that makes sense thanks for your reply. I did check all my details and they are all correct. I applied last november abd have not heard a thing, im begining to feel that its not gonna happen... Its weird
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How available did you make yourself when you applied?
In saying that, what I mean is did you say you were willing to re-locate if your chosen base was unavailable? And did you choose more than one base to work from? This may also be what they take into account when they send out invites.
In saying that, what I mean is did you say you were willing to re-locate if your chosen base was unavailable? And did you choose more than one base to work from? This may also be what they take into account when they send out invites.
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Iulia, you may get an e-mail in another weeks time and the news might be pleasant. With my e-mail it may have just been a case of having a date set for a ground school so they got the e-mails out for medicals faster?
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Don't Panic just yet!!
I know how everyone is feeling because I am feeling the same way. Although, from past groups, I heard that the NO emails get sent out pretty much straight away, and the phone calls take a while longer... so if that is anything to go on... then no news is good news. HOWEVER, if they have begun calling referees and asking people to go to the medical ALREADY... then the next couple of days could be the decider. Either way, it was great to have come this far, but wouldn't mind progressing a bit further! 
All the best to everyone who is waiting. Its the waiting bit that is the worst 
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Me again - sorry
I just forgot to add, Iulia you need to be more positive GIRL! 
Don't be negative just yet. Just wait until you have an answer one way or the other, and then you can decide what you are going to do.
I might just see you in ground school yet
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Don't be negative just yet. Just wait until you have an answer one way or the other, and then you can decide what you are going to do.
I might just see you in ground school yet
STF - again.
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Hmmm.... (Iulia contemplates....)
Interesting... it would seem much more plausible that they'd send out the NO emails (as STF nicely put it) sooner then they'd start doing the reference checks... its just fistrating because tomorrow will be one week since my VBRD and if I'm gonna gt a NO email, I'd rather have gotten it sooner... its like, if you're gonna kill me, do it quicker rather then slower.
Okai maybe I'm being a bit over dramatic here... but you all gt my drift
Anyhow... a thing I'll really be devastated about if I get the NO answer is that I'll no longer have anything to contribute to my new lovely thread where I've met all you lovely helpful peeps! I'll really miss that... my bf is a comp geek, I literally have to peel him away from his LCD screen and the study room (its like his lair) and these past two weeks, I've been huddled on the couch with the laptop glued to my lap and constantly checking PPRuNE (you may have noticed, I'm often online).... so sad to have to part y'all for lack of having anything else to contribute...
Hoepfully I'm wrong and in a weeks time I can whack myself over the head for being such a grumpy... fingers crossed!!!
Okai maybe I'm being a bit over dramatic here... but you all gt my drift
Anyhow... a thing I'll really be devastated about if I get the NO answer is that I'll no longer have anything to contribute to my new lovely thread where I've met all you lovely helpful peeps! I'll really miss that... my bf is a comp geek, I literally have to peel him away from his LCD screen and the study room (its like his lair) and these past two weeks, I've been huddled on the couch with the laptop glued to my lap and constantly checking PPRuNE (you may have noticed, I'm often online).... so sad to have to part y'all for lack of having anything else to contribute...
Hoepfully I'm wrong and in a weeks time I can whack myself over the head for being such a grumpy... fingers crossed!!!
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Originally Posted by Iulia
... a thing I'll really be devastated about if I get the NO answer is that I'll no longer have anything to contribute to my new lovely thread where I've met all you lovely helpful peeps! I'll really miss that...
Plus, you will always be able to help others on this thread if they happen to be lucky enough to get an invitation. Any help is good help as I discovered when I got here.
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Yeah I kow how you feel. Though the day I got the e-mail I thought I'd be a LOT sadder than I was. I was probably a little shocked. I immediately sent off my application to JQ and did one for Guest Services for DJ. The next few days I fet a bit down because I felt I was back to square one, but then I realised I was probably better off than some of my competition at my next interview so I'm just excited to get an invite again sometime soon.
Ultimately I want to work for Virgin, I have to get there somehow.
Ultimately I want to work for Virgin, I have to get there somehow.
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True... well I have already applied for Qantas now and Jetstar, but both will reject me because of my height, of this I am certain. I'm only 158cm... you're probably way taller Sylphie (I think we may have discussed your height before... hmmm) so yeh... I'll probably never even get an invite because of my height. Too bad... but Virgin's the best, I feel they don't really mind height unless of course... you're really unusually short... I guess height cannot be labelled as discriminatory, since really it is necessary in the job of a F/A.
unless of course... you're really unusually short... I guess height cannot be labelled as discriminatory, since really it is necessary in the job of a F/A.
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Hey guys, I just got the email of rejection. Supposedly they were delighted in having met me, but unfortunately I cannot progress to the next stage... whatever... and another bummer is that I'll never know where I went wrong as they cannot provide feedback.
Shame... no other airline will want me, I'm under the height requirment!
Shame... no other airline will want me, I'm under the height requirment!