Your thoughts on job boards

[matchthehatch]

I'm looking for any thoughts on the value of some of the various pay-for job posting web sites. Has anyone actually gotten a job through one of these sites? I'm only familiar with a couple, but would like to hear the good and bad about any and all. Thanks for all of the help and answers I've gotten here.

 

[Hippie]

OK,

Paying for Avjobs info on the net is like paying for porn on the net, why? There’s so much of it out there for free if you look hard enough.

If you are looking for a corporate gig, just remember that most all companies that will have a flight department will also have a website, go there and book mark it, find the jobs section, if they need a pilot it will most likely be listed there.

Most charter ops will have the same, start compiling a list of places that you want to work for, that are hiring and that you meet their minimums check them almost daily, start sending them resumes.

I see no need to pay for info that is readily free if one spends the time to find it.

My take on these pay for job info boards is that no one goes there, traffic is low, no money from banners adds etc… so the owners of the site in an attempt to keep it running goes paid membership.

The next step will be the scaling down or altogether closing of that website.

One of your best sources of info is right here, I’ve seen several good and great jobs posted and more than a few folks have been hired up from info they gleaned from here.

Save your beanies and sped them elsewhere.

Hippie

 

[CCDiscoB]

I can tell you what company in Africa is hiring, how about that? Seriously, I would say they aren't worth it. I agree with what Hippie wrote.

I do pay for one site, AEPS. It's only $12 a month and I have someplace to go for info. They e-mail you also. It's a way to gauge the industry. AVJobs is NOT worth the money. They don't e-mail and seem to half about half the jobs the other sites have.

I'd say in a year I've seen 2-3 jobs that interested me that were exclusively on AEPS. Is that worth $144 a year? I'd say no. I've been thinking about quitting.

 

[rice]

Speaking of Job Boards.

Does anyone have any info regarding the DA-2000 job posted on climbto350 today?
And yeah I am to cheap to pay for it.

Thanks guys!!!!!!

 

[BoDEAN]

Most charter ops will have the same, start compiling a list of places that you want to work for, that are hiring and that you meet their minimums check them almost daily, start sending them resumes.

Hippie: Do you have any tips for finding out just "what" charter companies exist at a given airport? Would it be a matter of looking in an A/Fd? I think that is an obstacle for me. Most of the companies are hidden on the airport, and it's hard to tell if they have a charter operation or not.

 

[Flywrite]

Gizbug,

Try www.guides.com they have a directory of most charter companies by state and city.

 

[BoDEAN]

Thanks!

 

[Publishers]

Magazine

When I published the magazine for AEPS, I commented on this many times.

The value of AEPS is not in the job posting. That is also what is wrong with most of the other sites.

The value is that companies come there and search the resumes for personnel because they DO NOT WANT resumes sent to them.

Secondly, AEPS is set up so the companies can do their own posts. If you look at it often, you can see the mistakes some company made trying to post.

Climbto350 is legitimate but lacks the universal number of companies that use it for searching. They rely on posts that may or may not be original.

The fact is that there are a ton of flying and other aviation positons that are out there you will not find on your own, unless your whole thing is to be at a major or large regional in whcih case you would be wasting your money being on one of these paid for boards.

 

[conquest]

AVJOBS

I have found all my flying jobs from free job postings (findapilot.com. If AESP is listing a job that you have to pay for, anyother one will have it for free on their sight.

 

[WMU_Drew]

Don't throw away money, AEPS has been advertising that ASA and Skyway are looking for pilots (Its been a hot topic on the regional board) but ASA isn't hiring new people until 2004 and Skyway still has people on furlough with no immediate plans of recalls.