United Airlines mechanics told they will be leaving after Christmas

United Airlines mechanics told they will be leaving after Christmas

Job firm offers aid to displaced airline personnel worldwide


With airlines around the world shutting down and laying off workers, AviaNation is reaching out to help these displaced workers find new employment in the industry by giving free access to its world-wide database of job postings


Delray Beach, FL December 4, 2008 — For the second time in less than a decade, there is turmoil in the field of aviation. In 2001, it was due to layoffs as a result of the effects of 9/11. Airlines downsized and underwent bankruptcy protection, as passengers stayed home out of fear and uncertainty.

Five years later, just as things were starting to improve, the price of petroleum started climbing, turning the industry into a survival of the fittest. In the US, Aloha Airlines, American Trans Air, Champion Air, Eos, Maxjet, Skybus have all shut down operations and released thousands of employees into a job marketplace already experiencing a slowdown. L’Avion in France shut down, Air Canada is closing crew bases, Alitalia is in bankruptcy, and Indian and Asian airlines are feeling the strain as well.

Throughout it all, AviaNation has been giving applicants access to its worldwide database of jobs, for free. “We have been in online aviation job placement for over 15 years” says AviaNation.com’s Tim Kirkwood, “and we know how hard it can be to find an aviation career in an environment such as we have today”.

Granted- the free jobs are available only after AviaNation members have had a two-week head start on applying for them. Many of these jobs still remain active long after being posted. “Our responsibility is two-fold: To provide the most and best jobs for our members, and to provide sufficient applicants to our member companies to ensure they continue to post their openings on our website” says Kirkwood.

Job-seekers can also post their resume on the website for free. Any company around the world who searches the database can see the applicant’s resume, and contact them directly.

AviaNation does not come between the applicant and company in the hiring process, nor do they take any money from the employer or applicant once they’re hired. AviaNation’s entire revenue stream comes from their active members who pay to see the jobs during the first two weeks they are posted, as well as additional search enhancements. These tend to be the motivated applicants that employers are looking for.

Employers can register and post their aviation job openings for free on the website, and have the ability to ask pre-screening questions, post blind ads, and even have their jobs simultaneously posted on their own employment web page.

Anyone wanting to see the posted jobs can use this web address:
http://www.avianation.com/student or simply click on the FREE JOBS link atthe bottom of the home page at www.AviaNation.com.

Applicants wanting to post their resume can access the resume input form at this web address: http://www.avianation.com/resumes or by clicking on “Free Service” in the FOR JOB SEEKERS box on the home page at www.AviaNation.com.



ABOUT AVIANATION.COM: AviaNation.com is one of the premier job posting web sites for pilots, flight attendants, mechanics, and all other aviation jobs. With their world-wide database of companies posting jobs, and 54,000 resumes from around the globe, AviaNation is the one-stop location for an aviation career.

ABOUT TIM KIRKWOOD: Tim has been an aviation professional for over 30 years, active in aviation job placement for over 15 years, and is the author of The Flight Attendant Job Finder & Career Guide, a career guide book for US and Canadian flight attendants- now in it’s third edition.

Contact information:

Tim Kirkwood
AviaNation.com
timk@avianation.com
561-843-6006

Sure sign of recession...
:eek:
November: Most jobs lost in 34 years
December 5, 2008: Payrolls shrink by 533,000, bringing 11-month decline to 1.9 million. Unemployment soars to 6.7%

]
The economy shed 533,000 jobs in November, according to a government report Friday - bringing the year’s total job losses to 1.9 million. November had the largest monthly job loss total since December 1974. “No one expected such a drastic number," said Tig Gilliam, chief executive of placement agency Adecco. “This is a real wake-up number." According to the Labor Department’s monthly jobs report, the unemployment rate rose to 6.7% from 6.5% in October. Though lower than economists' forecast of 6.8%, it was the highest unemployment rate since October 1993.

Economists surveyed by Briefing.com had forecast a loss of 325,000 jobs in the month. November’s monthly job loss total was greater than October’s revised loss of 320,000. Payroll cuts in September were revised up to 403,000. The revisions brought the 3-month job loss total to 1.3 million. That’s equal to two-thirds of this year’s total job losses and the third highest three-month job loss total since World War II.

November’s report provided the first glimpse at how employers reacted after the peak of the credit crisis, reached in mid-October. With credit largely unavailable and expensive, consumers scaled back their spending, dragging down manufacturing and construction businesses. Travel has also been trimmed, with would-be vacationers opting to stay close to home.

Accordingly, job losses were spread across a wide variety of industries. Manufacturing lost 85,000 jobs, the leisure and hospitality industries cut 76,000 jobs, and construction employment shrank further by 82,000 jobs. In a bad sign for the ongoing holiday shopping season, retailers slashed payrolls by 91,300 workers last month. Professional and business services, a category seen by some economists as a proxy for overall economic activity, had a 136,000-job drop in employment. And financial services jobs fell by 32,000.

[url=http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/05/news/economy/jobs_november/index.htm:
MORE[/url]