Aviation Director, Job Seekers, Leadership Development, Resources, Sheryl Barden

posted by Sheryl Barden on January 16, 2020

Your Personal and Professional Annual Report

Completing an annual report is a terrific exercise to help finish the year strong. Not only will it enable you to reflect on what you’ve accomplished over the past 12

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Aviation Industry, Compensation, Hiring Employers, Pilot Shortage, Retention, Sheryl Barden

posted by Sheryl Barden on November 4, 2019

Benefits as Retention Tools in Bizav

Employers are using benefits and incentives as creative retention tools to hold on to business aviation professionals. As some business aircraft pilots continue to pursue what they believe to be

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API Recruiting Tips, Aviation Industry, Job Seekers, Leadership Development, Networking, Resources, Resumes & Cover Letters, Technology

posted by Jill Henning on August 28, 2019

New to Job Hunting? What You Need to Know

Lately, I’ve been hearing from a handful of aviation candidates who are new to job hunting.Some of them feel like job-hunt novices, mainly because they’ve been at the same company

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API Recruiting Tips, Aviation Director, Aviation Industry, Chief Pilot, Compensation, Hiring Employers, Jennifer Pickerel, Job Seekers, Leadership Development, Pilot Shortage, Retention, Sheryl Barden

posted by Jennifer Pickerel on July 29, 2019

Pilot Pay, Benefits & Quality of Life are Keys to Retention

Are pilot pay, benefits and quality of life the keys to retention during the talent shortage?Here at Aviation Personnel International, we happen to think so.After all, business aircraft owners and

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API Recruiting Tips, Aviation Industry, Jennifer Pickerel, Job Seekers, Leadership Development, Mentoring, Networking, Pilot Shortage, Retention, Sheryl Barden, Women in Aviation

posted by Sheryl Barden on June 26, 2019

IAWA GA Forum Recap: Women in Aviation

Just what are the opportunities for women in aviation? And will the pressure around identifying and recruiting great talent ever let up?Those are a few of the questions I wanted

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API in the News, API Recruiting Tips, Aviation Industry, Job Seekers, Leadership Development, Mentoring, Millennials in Aviation, Pilot Shortage, Retention, Sheryl Barden

posted by Sheryl Barden on June 26, 2019

Bill Garvey’s “Fast Five” with API’s Sheryl Barden

Earlier this year, I (Sheryl Barden) had the pleasure of being interviewed by Bill Garvey, the Editor of “Business & Commercial Aviation,” one of the industry’s premier trade publications.In every

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API in the News, Aviation Director, Aviation Industry, Chief Pilot, Compensation, Hiring Employers, Job Seekers, Networking, Pilot Shortage, Retention, Sheryl Barden

posted by Sheryl Barden on May 2, 2019

Six Ways to Find and Keep New Pilots

We are now in the third year of an unprecedented shortage of pilots, and the situation is not going to get better quickly. There simply are not enough pilots in

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API Recruiting Tips, Aviation Industry, Aviation Maintenance, Chief Pilot, Compensation, Hiring Employers, Job Seekers, Pilot Shortage, Retention, Sheryl Barden

posted by Sheryl Barden on April 12, 2019

How to Evaluate Your Total Compensation Package

One of the most pressing issues facing business aviation is the shortage of pilots and maintenance professionals. And because of those shortages, most aviation organizations are modifying their total compensation

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Aviation Industry, Job Seekers, Leadership Development, Mentoring, NBAA Events, Networking, Resources

posted by Jill Henning on March 18, 2019

Networking your Local Network

It's unfortunate, but I often hear from aviation pros who suddenly find themselves in an unplanned career transition. Life was great, and things were "status quo." But then an aircraft

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API Recruiting Tips, Aviation Director, Aviation Industry, Hiring Employers, Job Seekers, Networking, Resources, Resumes & Cover Letters, Sheryl Barden

posted by Sheryl Barden on March 15, 2019

Caution! Business Aviation Job Postings Ahead!

Here at API, we frequently get emails and calls from job seekers asking, “Did you see the latest job posting at XYZ Company?”Sure, sometimes we know about the latest aviation

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