Ep115: A Wake Up Call…You Need Help
Ready 4 Pushback
Nik Fialka
4.8 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2024
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Elevate your aviation career by bringing your A-game to interviews! Tune in to this episode, where we delve into the significance of seeking professional help during the hiring process. Gain valuable insights that can set you apart and help secure your dream job in the aviation industry.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE
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How much does interview coaching cost, and is it worth it?
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The right mentality pilots must possess to gain an edge during the hiring process
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Things you need to bring for an interview
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You need to invest in yourself and you need to go hard every day. |
| 0:11.0 | Most pilots don't understand what career opportunities are available in the world of aviation. |
| 0:17.0 | They're making career decisions based on advice from friends or posts on internet forums, |
| 0:23.0 | meaning they are taking huge risks with their livelihood without having all the details. |
| 0:28.2 | This podcast was created to help you understand the aviation industry so you can find your dream job. |
| 0:35.1 | Let's get ready for pushback. |
| 0:37.3 | Here's your host and my dad, Nick Fialca. |
| 0:41.2 | Hey, pilots, how's it going? It's Nick. It's another solo episode and here we are together again. |
| 0:49.4 | I know you missed me. I certainly missed you. And today's solo episode comes from a conversation that I had with |
| 0:59.6 | a regional airline pilot that was sitting on my jump seat. And I was talking, they wanted to go to |
| 1:05.9 | a major, and they had an interview in a week, and they were going to go in cold and I typed it out as soon |
| 1:13.5 | as he said it. He said, if the airlines are hiring like crazy, why should I get help? I'll be okay. |
| 1:20.7 | And that detached from reality statement just blew my mind. All of this pertains to how to prepare for an interview, |
| 1:34.1 | how to get your application review. The things my team and I do at Spitfire Elite, that's our |
| 1:40.5 | bread and butter. Like we help people get to do those things. And to hear somebody, |
| 1:45.8 | they don't know that I work for Spitfire or that I have a podcast or all of these things, |
| 1:53.0 | some captain and some jumpseater, and we're having a conversation. And man, I was like, |
| 1:58.8 | whoa, I got to talk about this one because I want you to know this. |
| 2:02.9 | I started reaching out. I talked to a couple of the hiring directors at some of the majors and a whole bunch at the regionals. |
| 2:09.7 | And I'll tell you this, guys, from what I hear, people are failing interviews at a crazy big rate. There are 10 people coming into |
| 2:22.2 | interview, 20 people coming into interview, and five of them get sent home, 15 of them |
| 2:28.1 | get sent home, all of them, but two get sent home. And it's happening more and more often because people are not bringing the fire. |
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