Gold card holder failed mixed fleet assessment :(
Feb 12, 2015, 11:34 pm
#16
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+1. I agree, it is very important to give unsuccesful applicants feedback. Not only does it protect your reputation as a decent employer it also helps people develop. I have seen people that I have rejected for a role go away, train, develop and improve their approach and come back and be successful a few years later.
Feb 12, 2015, 11:51 pm
#17
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+1. I agree, it is very important to give unsuccesful applicants feedback. Not only does it protect your reputation as a decent employer it also helps people develop. I have seen people that I have rejected for a role go away, train, develop and improve their approach and come back and be successful a few years later.
Feb 13, 2015, 12:14 am
#18
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Feb 13, 2015, 12:40 am
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Feb 13, 2015, 12:52 am
#21
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Feb 13, 2015, 1:00 am
#22
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..and if you are puzzled by perceived status of employment, I offer you a fully-fledged medic friend who joined BA's cabin crew.
Feb 13, 2015, 1:28 am
#25
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Which is why interview training (which I have been on) includes training on how to provide feedback, in a way that is helpful but avoids perpetual argument.
Feb 13, 2015, 1:34 am
#26
Join Date: Jan 2011
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Especially as anyone interested in understanding how they performed is a more interesting candidate to start with. Plus, bunging in 6 or so will get the information on a Data Protection Act request in any event.
Feb 13, 2015, 1:34 am
#27
Join Date: Jul 2013
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If it's an ambition SohoBoy has why not go for it?
There is quite a few staff who hold FF cards due to spending their hard earned money on proper tickets, just like yourself.
I am sorry you did not make it through this time Sohoboy, but nothing stops you from trying again. Don't give up just yet.
My recruitment days were, well, quite a while ago
, and yes it was very hard and nerve wrecking.
Feb 13, 2015, 1:36 am
#28
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Feb 13, 2015, 1:37 am
#29
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Welcome to Flyertalk thiz
Commiserations SohoBoy1A, I'm sorry it didn't work out (and the lack of feedback is a shocker - one of the most useful interviews I did was for Cargill, the privately owned agricultural company, many years ago. I didn't get the role, but my goodness they clearly showed their workings out - very useful). Try again in a year, the fact that you are so keen must count for something. I suspect - from the way you have described it - they are doing some form of positive competence assessment - looking for you to demonstrate particular abilities and competences via the role plays.
Incidentally, as I head off into my dotage and consider alternative career options to keep me out of boredom, joining Mixed Fleet has gone across my mind too!
Feb 13, 2015, 1:38 am
#30
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Why wouldn't it?
If it's an ambition SohoBoy has why not go for it?
There is quite a few staff who hold FF cards due to spending their hard earned money on proper tickets, just like yourself.
I am sorry you did not make it through this time Sohoboy, but nothing stops you from trying again. Don't give up just yet.
My recruitment days were, well, quite a while ago, and yes it was very hard and nerve wrecking.
If it's an ambition SohoBoy has why not go for it?
There is quite a few staff who hold FF cards due to spending their hard earned money on proper tickets, just like yourself.
I am sorry you did not make it through this time Sohoboy, but nothing stops you from trying again. Don't give up just yet.
My recruitment days were, well, quite a while ago
, and yes it was very hard and nerve wrecking.
Last edited by SohoBoy1A; Feb 13, 2015 at 1:47 am