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

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Aviation Industry, API in the News, API Recruiting Tips, 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

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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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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

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API Recruiting Tips, Aviation Director, Aviation Industry, Leadership Development, NBAA Events, Pilot Shortage, Productivity, Sheryl Barden

posted by Sheryl Barden on February 18, 2019

Striking a Work/Life Balance for Schedulers and Dispatchers

In the fast-moving world of business aviation, “duty calls” at all hours of the day and night. Especially for Schedulers and Dispatchers. When does a global 24/7 operation stop? When

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

posted by Sheryl Barden on December 14, 2018

Corporate Aviation vs. Airlines: Two Pilots Weigh In

Several corporate aviation workforce issues are hot right now. And retaining our pilots and maintenance technicians is chief among them. That’s why I decided to interview two pilots who left

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

posted by Sheryl Barden on November 28, 2018

Pilot Shortage Is Real And Worrisome Long-Term, Recruiter Barden Says

  I was in a deep leather chair on the fourth floor of the University Club on San Francisco’s Nob Hill viewing a downtown obscured in a smoke haze generated

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

posted by Sheryl Barden on March 12, 2018

The High Cost of Pilot Turnover

Lately, a lot of us are talking about aviation retention strategies—especially with the critical shortage of qualified talent. So, the question is: why should an aviation director take heed? For

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Aviation Director, Aviation Maintenance, Compensation, Hiring Employers, Job Seekers, Pilot Shortage, Retention, Sheryl Barden, Succession Planning

posted by Jennifer Pickerel on November 13, 2017

SURVEY: The Business Aviation Maintenance Shortage

Are we in the midst of a business aviation maintenance shortage? The answer is a resounding “yes,” according to 89 percent of business aviation maintenance leaders surveyed by Aviation Personnel

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