AlbieF15
F15 Ret/FDX/InterviewPrep
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Fedex Hiring Info
Here is the "offical" word...a message to pilots at Fedex. I share it only to give insight into why NOT to call or pester hiring offices Here is the current info.
Current plans are to hire 24 pilots in June and 24 pilots in July and then assess the situation. That will bring the total this year to 168. Interviews are already set up for many of these positions. The Pilot Recruitment office (John Ryder's group) is swamped. Here are the guidelines for conducting business with them:
Guideline number one: Leave them alone.
If your friend is fortunate enough to get an interview, once they begin,i.e., the simulator, let them go through the process on their own. You shepherding them around is a distraction to them and an encumbrance to the process. If they fail the simulator portion, they will be told immediately. If they are successful in completing the simulator portion, then they will continue with the rest of the process. Once they complete all phases, they will receive notification of the outcome within a few weeks. You cannot find out the results for them and no information will be given to you. If they do not successfully complete the process, noinformation on the failure will be provided. The results are confidential
and there are no exceptions to the mandatory one year wait before they can be interviewed again.
If they are successful, they will be placed in a pool. There is no
guarantee for a class date in the pool, so don't ask when their class date will be. They will be assigned a class date in the same order with which they entered the pool. We like to keep some people in the pool so even though we stop hiring at some point, some people will remain in the pool until we start hiring again. They will then be contacted as to a class start date.
It is almost traditional here that pushing your pal's resume' is a part of the process. It still is as far as I am concerned. However, the people to harass are the RCPs and ACPs...not Pilot Recruitment. Many of the Chief Pilots either have or still do participate in the interview process. They know what we look for and how the process works. Prior to doing any promoting, you need to ensure that you have entered your recommendation in
the system. Without a personal recommendation from a seniority holder registered in the computer, your friend has very little chance of being selected. Do your part and make an entry...it's free.
All application entries are considered active for a year. If your friend's application is approaching a year old, it needs to be updated. That way we know he/she is still interested...and it won't cost him more $$$ to reregister. The information can be updated an unlimited number of times for free as long as the date is within a year of the last update. If the information exceeds a year, he/she is considered inactive and no longer
seeking a career with us. They will have to re-enter all the info plus pay the application fee all over again if they decide to reregister. While year old information is okay, a maximum of 6 months old information is desired.
Again, please leave the Pilot Recruitment folks alone. They are very, verybusy and do not have time to field questions and/or research requests
A couple points on above memo. Yes...insiders are quite important at Fedex. However..lack of tact can hurt you, too. Pick your refs carefully and understand the limitations they may have. Also...I wouldn't freak about June/July hiring being all that is forecast. We were told in Jan that all they "knew" for sure was that there would be a Feb class...but they would have to "assess"" the need. FedEx is VERY conservative and part of the reason they have never (and I hope they never) furloughed is they strive to say on the slightly lean verses over-manned side of the hiring equation.
As always, good luck to everyone.
Albie
Here is the "offical" word...a message to pilots at Fedex. I share it only to give insight into why NOT to call or pester hiring offices Here is the current info.
Current plans are to hire 24 pilots in June and 24 pilots in July and then assess the situation. That will bring the total this year to 168. Interviews are already set up for many of these positions. The Pilot Recruitment office (John Ryder's group) is swamped. Here are the guidelines for conducting business with them:
Guideline number one: Leave them alone.
If your friend is fortunate enough to get an interview, once they begin,i.e., the simulator, let them go through the process on their own. You shepherding them around is a distraction to them and an encumbrance to the process. If they fail the simulator portion, they will be told immediately. If they are successful in completing the simulator portion, then they will continue with the rest of the process. Once they complete all phases, they will receive notification of the outcome within a few weeks. You cannot find out the results for them and no information will be given to you. If they do not successfully complete the process, noinformation on the failure will be provided. The results are confidential
and there are no exceptions to the mandatory one year wait before they can be interviewed again.
If they are successful, they will be placed in a pool. There is no
guarantee for a class date in the pool, so don't ask when their class date will be. They will be assigned a class date in the same order with which they entered the pool. We like to keep some people in the pool so even though we stop hiring at some point, some people will remain in the pool until we start hiring again. They will then be contacted as to a class start date.
It is almost traditional here that pushing your pal's resume' is a part of the process. It still is as far as I am concerned. However, the people to harass are the RCPs and ACPs...not Pilot Recruitment. Many of the Chief Pilots either have or still do participate in the interview process. They know what we look for and how the process works. Prior to doing any promoting, you need to ensure that you have entered your recommendation in
the system. Without a personal recommendation from a seniority holder registered in the computer, your friend has very little chance of being selected. Do your part and make an entry...it's free.
All application entries are considered active for a year. If your friend's application is approaching a year old, it needs to be updated. That way we know he/she is still interested...and it won't cost him more $$$ to reregister. The information can be updated an unlimited number of times for free as long as the date is within a year of the last update. If the information exceeds a year, he/she is considered inactive and no longer
seeking a career with us. They will have to re-enter all the info plus pay the application fee all over again if they decide to reregister. While year old information is okay, a maximum of 6 months old information is desired.
Again, please leave the Pilot Recruitment folks alone. They are very, verybusy and do not have time to field questions and/or research requests
A couple points on above memo. Yes...insiders are quite important at Fedex. However..lack of tact can hurt you, too. Pick your refs carefully and understand the limitations they may have. Also...I wouldn't freak about June/July hiring being all that is forecast. We were told in Jan that all they "knew" for sure was that there would be a Feb class...but they would have to "assess"" the need. FedEx is VERY conservative and part of the reason they have never (and I hope they never) furloughed is they strive to say on the slightly lean verses over-manned side of the hiring equation.
As always, good luck to everyone.
Albie
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