Resume, cover letter and interview prep services?

[abun]

Has anyone ever used Kit Darby or fltops.com for interview prep or resume or cover letter services? Any good or bad comments about either?

 

[atlcrashpad]

Has anyone ever used Kit Darby or fltops.com for interview prep or resume or cover letter services? Any good or bad comments about either?

Is this goof still talkin' bout a Pilot shortage jus round the korner?
100,000 Pilots needed soon..... send KD yo money an he'll send you sum outdated info.... bouyyyyyyyyy.......

 

[JetSpeed219]

I don't have any experience with either of those but I can highly recommend Kathy Sweeney, her website is http://awriteresume.com/.

 

[Amish RakeFight]

I don't have any experience with either of those but I can highly recommend Kathy Sweeney, her website is http://awriteresume.com/.

+1

She used to be on the board.

 

[Amish RakeFight]

Kathy Sweeney

Here's a link to her profile:

Username: Resume Writer
http://forums.flightinfo.com/member.php?u=13179

 

[suupah]

Here's a link to her profile:

Username: Resume Writer
http://forums.flightinfo.com/member.php?u=13179

your avatar makes me cringe

 

[LearLove]

IMHO at your hours and exp (commuter guy) you really don't need these services (unless your a complete goof). At this point in the game you should know how to make an aviation/professional pilot resume. There are plenty of examples on the web.

Resume:
1. List name/contact info in some prof format at the top (name/address/phone/email)
2. List licenses and ratings (leave the SIC type out unless you want to be laughed at)
3. List hours - total,PIC, SIC, SEL, Multi, Turbine/jet, Actual Instrument and Night (round to nearest 10 or 100: ex. 4876 total time = 4900)
4. List job history most current/present to last going back 10 years
5. List education, if no college list flight training or both but make it short
6. If it is not too crowded and you have room list some 2 or 3 hobbies/clubs. EX: AOPA, Billy Bobs Softball League or North American Man-Boy Love Club if that is your thing.

Most companies (majors) are now doing apps on the web so a cover letter is going the way of the 50 seater. But if you must there are plenty on the web. Pretty easy - 3 to 5 paragraphs about who you are, what you want, your qualifications and how you can be an addition/good employee for that company.

As for the interviews:

Most interviews are now TMAAT questions. These are all over the internet. The basic jist is they set you up with a situation and want to see how you handle it. The general way to answer these is to:

1. Address the situation WRT the question asked
2. Solve the problem/situation WRT question asked
3. End by telling how you and your co-workers (remember no I in TEAM) came out for the better, or the customer/pax went away farting roses or better yet how your actions helped line the CEO's pockets.

Sim ride - also going the way of the 50 seater but if you have to:

1. get the profile
2. practice on a desktop or chair fly

- really though, Your flying a SAAB and have an ATP. So it is reasonable to expect that you can: Run a checklist, T.O., Fly a radial, Enter a Hold, Answer some questions while flying instruments, Shoot an ILS or LOC and Land.

Any tech questions are likely to come from the ATP or COMM knowledge sector. Also from the AIM. Any a/c type question about systems will be general or if the company you are interviewing with flies what you are currently flying or have flown it may be more in debt.

So lets review:

1. Brush up your resume and logbooks (write a cover letter if you want an A++++)
*****1.5 Brown nose your friend at that airline to walk your stuff in - get a rec
2. Fill out apps. online
3. Get a Navy Blue Suit that fits (seriously if we are at this level and you already have a pilot job then your a lost cause)
4. Download all types of TMAAT questions. Practice them with your airline friends. Look through your logbook and pull situations from your flying past to use in the TMAAT questions
5. Review ATP and FAR/AIM gouge, know numbers and systems for your current turbine aircraft
6. Hand fly more often, get sim gouge (if applicable) and chair or desk top sim fly
7. Drop 10 pounds

it is all a crap shoot anyway. good luck. don't waste your $$

 

[CX880]

This is like asking for interview prep to be a bus driver. But then again I'm sure there are those too. Just send the app in and hope for the best, that's all you can do. It's a lottery.

 

[BrickTop]

Has anyone ever used Kit Darby or fltops.com for interview prep or resume or cover letter services? Any good or bad comments about either?

Save your money. If this so quoted "shortage" ever happens, regionals will be so desperate they'll take you resume on a dirty bar napkin.....

 

[Lynxman]

Hope everyone is right since this impending shortage is only what 2-3 years away?

 

[Data]

There are pilots that can't spell ridiculous or use words like 'their' and 'they're' properly, never mind the 'to', 'too' and 'your', 'you're' conundrum. My advice, use everything you can to make yourself look professional. Irrespective of what those on this board will have you believe, this is a multi-million dollar career...eventually, anything that gets you hired even a day sooner is that much more you will earn on the back-end. If you look at it strictly as an investment, it's still a smart option.

 

[JumpersAway]

Good point Data. As for the shortage coming up. Too many mainline retirements and too few regional pilots. The numbers don't add up. Even with the dwindling number of military folks, there won't be enough pilots. The Air Force is turning into the "chair force", as UAV's become more prevalent.

In short, if you can fog a mirror in a few years, you will get the job of your choosing.

 

[no1pilot2000]

Hey Crashpad..... you go bouyyyyyy.........

 

[CX880]

In short, if you can fog a mirror in a few years, you will get the job of your choosing.

Regional sure but not at the major level.

And there's a reason why the number for commercial pilots has gone down, because word is out. Flying for money sucks it's not what it used to be or will ever be, especially at the airlines.