“I have been told NO”
This is how the message arrived on my mobile first thing in the morning.
It always took me back to that conversation in the past at Friars Court in London with Sarah.
People break down at first when we send them a “we regret to inform you that your application will not be progressed at this time”
“Normal. It always hits your ego when we are rejected.”
“Yes, but you have to make your students know a few things.”
(Now it’s when I paid attention)
That we look for certain profiles, that there are things that we can teach and others that are very expensive, and that the message always says “AT THIS MOMENT”.
“Elaborate the answer Sarah”.
Sometimes they send profiles of which we already have many, a certain aesthetic (understand that airlines also sell that we are global, you are not going to hire all the brunette tcp of 1.72m height,brown eyes, shy and medium hair, that “physical uniformity” is more for the Far East), so we vary the appearance, the personality and even the passport.
The second part is that we cannot teach certain things because they are expensive or take too long.
We can’t get into paperwork for passports and special visas, we would need a whole section in each company and the bureaucracy in each country is unique and indecipherable.
We cannot teach languages, if we are looking for people who speak Hindi or German, someone’s who is “willing to learn” is not good enough. That is what an airline that is changing its internal regulations does, such as Discover.
German airlines have always “protected themselves” by asking for German (that makes the number of employees from other countries less), which is something very common in the world.
If they don’t have enough people and the planes they have ordered keep arriving, they have to adapt to the market and that forces them to relax the entry conditions.
So, we have to gather 2 types of requirements to enter.
Legal regulations (for example, knowing how to swim or passing the medical examination) and internal regulations (they ask for 1.65m to enter, but if there aren’t any candidates..they will lower the condition).
Therefore, if it complies with the regulations, the “AT THIS MOMENT” is a point to take VERY into account.
It is important that the mentees (your students) know that by meeting basic requirements, with good English and with the market offer that is coming our way (he crossed his fingers and winked at me), they will have many opportunities.
It is a rising market.
So it is almost never a “they told me that it was not, complete”.
Now it’s Qrewmentor’s business, lift your spirits, polish areas of improvement and try again.
Until then, may you find peaceful skies
Enrique. Qrewmentor Team
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