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Posted: 11/14/2014 5:24:30 PM EDT
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Well I've never had occasion to do it but my gut would say...contact el hefe.
At the very least, you have the opportunity to set yourself apart from the stack of resumes that came through regular channels. At the very least, you will have established yourself as proactive and interested. Just be obsequious in the email...that's shooting yourself in the foot. 
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Posted: 11/14/2014 9:39:53 PM EDT
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DO IT...TODAY
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Posted: 11/14/2014 9:46:14 PM EDT
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If you do it, make damn sure it's well worded, grammatically correct, and relevant. Any message in written form is an opportunity to help yourself or hurt yourself. Do everything possible to make it the former rather than the latter. Nothing casual here.
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Posted: 11/14/2014 10:00:15 PM EDT
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In the old days we would intercept and temporarily detain the chief pilot at his local bar and after sufficiently inebriating him obtain incriminating photos of hisownself having sex with two goats and a pair of identical twin black twin sisters from the Detroit so as to guarantee employment. Later he would be thankful and want to do it again.
No guts, no glory 
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Posted: 11/15/2014 12:35:22 AM EDT
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Spend the money to buy a stamp.
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Posted: 11/15/2014 10:24:52 AM EDT
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Spend the money to buy a stamp. This. Email gets screened by secretaries and admin assistants, personally addressed letters do not. maker sure your resume and stuff is in the electronic system though. |
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Posted: 11/15/2014 4:39:42 PM EDT
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This. Email gets screened by secretaries and admin assistants, personally addressed letters do not. maker sure your resume and stuff is in the electronic system though. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Spend the money to buy a stamp. This. Email gets screened by secretaries and admin assistants, personally addressed letters do not. maker sure your resume and stuff is in the electronic system though. Oh that's a good point. Thanks! ETA===> the applying/hiring process in the corporate world is entirely different from the airline world, in my experience anyway. |
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Posted: 11/18/2014 3:39:48 AM EDT
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Sorry I'm late to the thread. The answer is Yes. Contact him. It is difficult to be too forward.
You have to go a little out of your comfort zone. He's going to hire someone he knows. You need to make sure he knows you. |
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Posted: 11/18/2014 11:23:50 AM EDT
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Spend the money to buy a stamp. I'd say FedEx it overnight. Whenever you get an overnight FedEx envelope, people say "what's this?" and enjoy pulling that little strip to open it. I wouldn't send it certified mail since they usually contain bad news. I read a book a long time ago when I was a 19 year old unemployed college graduate called "What Color is Your Parachute?" I guess there's an updated version of it now; there's nothing earth shattering it, but it contains the statistics of how job seekers look for work and how companies do their hiring. http://www.amazon.com/What-Color-Your-Parachute-2015/dp/1607745550/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1416324138&sr=8-1&keywords=what+color+is+your+parachute&pebp=1416324142424 |
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Posted: 11/18/2014 10:29:25 PM EDT
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I've done just that, sent my resume with a personal note. The next day I received a call from the principle asking me to fly to his lacation to meet ASAP.
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Posted: 11/24/2014 10:08:43 PM EDT
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Well, sent emails to the chief pilot and director of aviation.
I chose to go the email route for time..... it's a holiday week and I didn't finish my HS-125 recurrent until this past weekend (and didn't finish my SMS class until late Friday) so I used those as things to contact them about. I considered FedExing letters next day but with this week being what it is I felt email is something these 2 probably have access to 24/7. Anyway, thanks for the advice guys. |
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Posted: 11/24/2014 10:45:43 PM EDT
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Is this for that railroad company flight department?
If so, then absolutely call the guy/gal. My son the railroad engineer says that railroaders admire a go get'em attitude. |
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