I just put up a post asking about the best way to distribute resumes, and oldtimer made a good suggestion about having some chief pilots or others in hiring positions give some constructive criticism about resumes that cross their desk.
So come one, come all, lets hear about the good, the bad and yes, the ugly!
Resume Woes!!!
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The answer to this question will vary a great deal. Depending upon what type of work you are looking for.
If it's an entry-level position you are looking for and you send one of those generic cover letters with a generic resume I will tell you right now you don't need to wait by the phone, because you are not getting a call.
If you have no internal reference, your not willing to stop by in person and all I know about you is that you are able to stick your name and time in the blank spaces, why would I pull your resume out of the stack.
It is imperative that your cover letter stands out when your looking for an entry-level position, otherwise it sits on the desk and other pilots get a hold of it and usually have a good laugh at your Hobbies and Interests, Awards and Achievements and your old job delivering newspapers.
Everybody knows the stories about people who found jobs by attaching a resume to a pizza box or writing it on an old work boot. Would you really want to work for anybody who took life so seriously that they didn’t appreciate a little bit of humour and imagination once in a while.
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If it's an entry-level position you are looking for and you send one of those generic cover letters with a generic resume I will tell you right now you don't need to wait by the phone, because you are not getting a call.
If you have no internal reference, your not willing to stop by in person and all I know about you is that you are able to stick your name and time in the blank spaces, why would I pull your resume out of the stack.
It is imperative that your cover letter stands out when your looking for an entry-level position, otherwise it sits on the desk and other pilots get a hold of it and usually have a good laugh at your Hobbies and Interests, Awards and Achievements and your old job delivering newspapers.
Everybody knows the stories about people who found jobs by attaching a resume to a pizza box or writing it on an old work boot. Would you really want to work for anybody who took life so seriously that they didn’t appreciate a little bit of humour and imagination once in a while.
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I remember a chap who sent in a resume, claiming to have some turbine time, which caught my attention. He claimed about 25 hours in a Caravan for an Air Carrier. Now I know you cannot fly a Caravan for an air carrier without Sim training or at least a PPC or PCC. So how did he get the Caravan time? If he logged the passenger time and expected me to be impressed, I was not. I was insulted. Did he think I was that dumb. His resume did not even make it to the laugh board.
The average pilot, despite the somewhat swaggering exterior, is very much capable of such feelings as love, affection, intimacy and caring.
These feelings just don't involve anyone else.
These feelings just don't involve anyone else.
