Checklist for Success

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Despite going into it with a wealth of technical experience, many pilots find the airline pilot selection process frustrating. Besides the technical expertise, today's airline pilot must also demonstrate highly developed leadership, decision-making and communication skills. Discussing one's abilities in these introspective areas requires a different kind of interview preparation than most pilots have experienced.

This is where Checklist for Success comes in very handy. In this book, Cheryl Cage ? whose name has become synonymous with exceptional career guidance ? takes you from application through to the interview. She not only offers a thorough interview preparation but illustrates her points by stepping aside to reflect on her own experiences in counseling aspiring pilots, furloughed pilots, and career changers. The method and information Cheryl provides will not only make reaching your highest aviation career goals less frustrating, but shorter!

This Sixth Edition has been revised and updated to reflect current hiring practices, and covers electronic interviewing and social media issues in job-searching.

Checklist for Success includes chapters dedicated to:

• How to Get the Interview
• Nine steps to a successful interview
• Demystifying the Process
• The Interviewer
• The Applicant
• Self-Assessment
• Physical Presentation
• Presentation of documentation
• Collection of information
• From the Professionals
• Common Concerns of Applicants
• Before/during/after checklist
• Sample interview questions
• The Results