Have you ever wonder why you are not Getting an Aircraft Maintenance Job? There are lots vacancies being posted in the field of Aircraft Maintenance. But candidates those who applied wonder why they never got any call or any response for the the Advertiser.
To be honest, it’s very very tough to get a job in the field of Aircraft Maintenance, specially in south Asia and south East Asia. There is a huge supply of a Aircraft mechanics. This is due to number of Aviation training centers throughout the region. Unfortunately, there is huge gap between supply and demand. Infact supply is five times higher than the demand. It is reported that 98% of graduates of AME in south Asia ( India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) are Unemployment in their first year of graduation.
More than 80% are unemployed in the second year. This is an existing problem.
The Aviation colleges make up news to attract new students. There are no shortage of Aircraft mechanics in south Asia. There will be no shortage in Middle east in the near future. These are the only places where a south Asian can possibly find employment. Europe and USA may face shortages. But these shortage can be easily filled with local talents.
its very very hard to find a job for an fresh Aircraft Maintenance Engineering graduate.
Here I am going to share with 5 points why your application didn’t go through. These points are never shared in public.
1. The Job is merely an advertisement.
2. 90 percent of Aircraft Maintenance jobs are through connection.
3. Advertiser failed to declare information on work permits.
4. You don’t meet the Required Qualification.
5. You may not fit in the demography
6. Employer already filled the vacant position.
The Job is merely an advertisement.
A job vacancy is a strong advertisement for any Aviation organization. It gives an impression that oragnisation is expanding and in a strong financial position. We found out few organization advertise jobs time to time, but in reality there are no open positions. Strangely, we found a one or two companies laying off staff while they post for new recruitment.
90 percent of Aircraft Maintenance jobs are through connection.
Aircraft Maintenance jobs are about whom you know rather than what you know. Specially in Asian and African region. Most Genuine recruitment can happen in a Aircraft Maintenance only during a recruitment hunt. Where the company, go to different base and recruit actively. Otherwise, 90 percent of the jobs in Aircraft Maintenance are through connection. Some companies will not even look at your application, unless your “reference inside” insist the recruiting team to look into it.
There is much less likely your friend who got that job with his Talent. We all know that. If you didn’t know..now you know.
Advertiser failed to declare information on work permits.
Not all jobs are for all. This is a reality. Every organization want to fill their vacancies with local talent. Even if they don’t find, it is a big hassle to get you a work permit. European citizens enjoy a vast geographical region with expanding aviation. Non-Europeans are very less likely to get a job in Europe. Singapore, where you can find lots of opportunities, are restricted to only PRs and Singaporean nationals. If you find a vacancies in Malaysia, dint bother applying if you are not a Malaysian.
You don’t meet the Required Qualification.
There are chances that you don’t meet the requirements. We have received plenty of applications, irrelevant and unqualified. This will give HR a tough time in short listing candidates.
It is fairly tough to look for Quality Engineer in aviation. Since quality Assurance personal from every department will apply for that post, we find them unqualified. It is also difficult find engineers or skilled and experience Technician on a particular Aircraft..
You may not fit in the demography.
This point connects to earlier point of whom you know. Like everywhere, Aviation in no strange place for racism. We have found several companies only majority of the candidates from one set of group. This can be race, religion, language, tribe or nationality. Isn’t that obvious to everyone? It is not. The recruiter use 80 20 rule to manipulate statistic. We found there are organization we had recruited candidates through “recommendation” from a religious institute. Though we found it strange, we are surprised to see lots of organization have these pattern of one “set of group” dominating.
Employer already filled the vacant position.
There are occasions, where employer post advertisement for vacancies after unofficially recruiting. Strange is it? Every organization has a HR policy to fill a Vacancy. The recruiting manager select the candidate through connection and post advertisement for the job. Then they randomly pick few candidates and do a interview for formality. Then the pick the obvious candidate. This is actually a waste of time for the candidates. But this happens.