I'm about to do the unthinkable and get a JOB!

Thanks Sandi.

I hope your son is doing okay.

A longshot, but if he is in AZ, let me know and I can help out.

Neighbor said he'd pound on my door at 4 AM when he goes to work so I'm all set.

Thanks again.

Jim

I think you should at least try it out. I have worked for the airlines in the USA for 7 years. The pay was never good, but being able to fly where I want when I want was great. I miss it! I was into shift trading, to get a longer span of days off.

The downside to airline work is... no retirement package, most US airlines anyway are in bankruptcy and most positions are hard laborous work.

GG.

Originally Posted by Jim Kaiser

I've been spending a lot of time thinking about this and weighing the pros and cons and I've determined that there is a job out there that I REALLY want.

It's an airline job. I really have no desire to do the actual job but the flight benefits that are included seem way too good to pass up.

I'm in a position where my businesses pretty much run themselves without me and I've got lots of free time.

I want to be able to do a lot of traveling to a lot of places that tickets would normally cost 2K round trip for me and my son.

I wouldn't mind working part time if I knew that I would be using thousands of dollars worth of flight benefits every month.

I'm about 5 minutes away from my local airport and one of the big airlines here is having a "job fair' tomorrow and they will be doing interviews and hiring on the spot. I'm 100% confident in my ability to nail any interview for a job that I'm qualified for.

My question here....

I've never had a resume and I guess I need one for this thing. Since I haven't had a real job in nearly 20 years, mine may look a little strange.

Does anyone know of a good resourse online that might help me create a killer resume?

Any input is appreciated.

Jim

Thanks for the kind offer, Jim. Much appreciated.

Now, go get that job! Best of everything.

Sandi Bowman

Thanks for understanding, Jim. My brain still isn't sharp enough to do a proper job for you or I would've at least tried for you. Can't concentrate very well yet.

Good luck on the interview!

Sandi Bowman

WOW - That was an interesting experience and one I learned a bit about myself from.

The first thing I learned is that I'm not half as good in the interview process as I thought I was.

On my own turf and from the other side of the desk, I'm really good.

As the interviewee, I totally botched just about everything this gal asked me. I was really, really bad.

I'm a bit pissed off at myself for that and not going to let it get the best of me. Now it's like a challenge to me. I found something that I suck at and can't wait to try it again to see if I can do it better.

The other thing I learned about myself is just how important these flight benefits are to me.

The only position they had available was a reservations agent. 40 hours a week at $8.21 an hour with a crazy schedule, and I still went through the interview process knowing that.

Honestly, now that I've had time to think about it, I'm really glad that I didn't get the job.

I just wish it had been my choice and not theirs.

Grrrrr

Movin on to the next one.

Jim