API Recruiting Tips, Aviation Director

posted by Sheryl Barden on August 10, 2017

6 Signs You Need Help with Aviation Recruiting

One might ask, why do hiring managers contact API? What’s their rationale? Oftentimes, it’s because they need help with their aviation recruiting needs and have exhausted all other options on

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API Recruiting Tips, Aviation Director, Aviation Industry, Pilot Shortage, Retention, Sheryl Barden, Succession Planning

posted by Sheryl Barden on July 10, 2017

Pilot Shortage: How We Got Here & What’s Next

Since publishing my pilot compensation blog, Aviation Personnel International (API) has been flooded with phone calls and emails. Rightfully so, business aviation leaders and their HR partners (or aircraft owners)

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API Recruiting Tips, Chief Pilot, Job Seekers, Resumes & Cover Letters

posted by cgadmin on July 5, 2017

20 Aviation Job Interview Questions to Nail

With so many critical changes occurring in the aviation industry—most notably the pilot shortage—we’re hearing more and more from our API Registered Professionals. Many are telling us they are relatively

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API Recruiting Tips

posted by Sheryl Barden on June 7, 2017

Climbing the Aviation Career Ladder

Nearly everyone in business aviation that we come into contact with here at API is “upwardly mobile” and looking toward the next rung of the career ladder. The only alternative

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API Recruiting Tips, Aviation Director, Compensation, Hiring Employers, Pilot Shortage, Resources, Retention

posted by Sheryl Barden on May 15, 2017

Pilot Compensation is Key to Attraction & Retention

What’s the No. 1 reason Part 91 flight departments are losing their qualified talent? It’s pilot compensation. That’s according to 41 aviation directors who participated in a 2017 survey conducted

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API Recruiting Tips, Networking, Resumes & Cover Letters

posted by cgadmin on April 10, 2017

Apply Online, Network or Use an Aviation Placement Agency?

The process of applying for your next aviation career opportunity has been turned inside out and upside down. We have the internet to thank for this! But understanding the most

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API Recruiting Tips, Hiring Employers, Job Seekers, Pilot Shortage

posted by Jennifer Pickerel on March 4, 2017

How Aviation Job Seekers Can Stand Out Amid a Talent Shortage

There’s little doubt we’re in the midst of the long anticipated talent shortage. And this shortage applies to nearly all disciplines within aviation—be they in maintenance, pilot, cabin crew or

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API Recruiting Tips, Aviation Director, Leadership Development, Onboarding

posted by Sheryl Barden on February 26, 2017

Hiring the Right Business Aviation Professional, Part II: Onboarding

In the first of our business aviation hiring series, my colleague Jim Lara and I examined the best approaches to take when making a great hire and ensuring that the

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Aircraft Scheduler, API Recruiting Tips

posted by Sheryl Barden on February 10, 2017

Traits of a Successful Corporate Aircraft Scheduler

The role of an aircraft scheduler is often a complex one, involving a myriad of responsibilities well beyond the actual scheduling of the aircraft. Whether a scheduler’s role is filled

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API Recruiting Tips, Aviation Director, Hiring Employers, NBAA Events

posted by Jill Henning on February 10, 2017

Why Your BizAv Organization Might be Failing to Retain “A” Players

One of the more fascinating things to come out API’s “Innovation Zone” panel at last year’s NBAA-BACE, was our survey results from roughly 40 bizav organization leaders. API's survey—which was

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