What's best fax or snail mail?
 

Hi,

just wondering if anyone has any (informed!!?) steer on whether it is best to fax or post CV's to airlines?

Any ideas?

Gaz

I must admit that when I was in management, I always preferred to see an original, well presented CV on quality paper, rather than a faxed copy. It gives a good initial impression and also means that it's more likely that the person you've addressed it to is the only one who will initially review it, as oppsed to half the office staff who also have access to the fax machine.

I know that a lot of employers encourage the use of email as a form of sending CVs, and there's nothing wrong with that, provided you send it as an attachment and don't type it out in the email text box.

Just a tip - there's nothing more irritating than reading a CV that goes on forever, don't forget that the recipient will be reading 100s of them over a year, even more if specific jobs are advertised.
Keep the CV to no more than 2 pages long, once you think you've fine tuned it, go through it and check it again, ideally, get someone who's used to reading them as an employer to do so.
Stick to relavant facts about yourself, why you want to join, your knowledge of the company, and how your asperations match what they can offer and what you can give them in return.
Finally, re read it before you go into the interview, you wouldn't believe the number of candidates who when I've questioned them about statements in their CVs can't remember what they put down on paper!

Best of luck.:ok:

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Sorry, wrong thread.

As previous. Everything which needs to said can be said in the top third or half sheet of paper including a photograph.
Name, address and contact details, Licence details and type ratings, total hours and multi-pilot/multi crew hours, nationality and age.

Paperwork Redux
 

At large airlines the trend is definitely towards filling out an online application as a preliminary step; If called for an interview, only then is a hard copy presented.
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Don't Go Overboard

While I agree with most of what's been said re the resume/cv, you really don't want it to be more than ONE (1) page long. The initial reviewer probably has hundreds to go through and each will have about 30 seconds attention.
Nowadys you don't need photos (pleeeze!), not unless you are going for a F/A position as well! Most "personal" stuff should be left out such as age (some countries have laws against age discrimination), marital status, number of kids, hobbies etc. That's all stuff for the interview. You want to only accentuate your qualifications and experience for the job.
Keep in mind that the resume/cv is only a tool to get the interview and pique the interest of the recruiter so that you get that call!
I have had plenty of experience of this from the candidate's viewpoint and in two very different countries.