Delta Air Expects 65,000 Applicants for 1,000 Job Openings

[girl gone mad]

Delta Air Lines Inc., the world’s largest carrier, said it anticipates getting about 65,000 applications for its 1,000 airport job openings as millions of Americans continue to look for work.

The airline is hiring workers at its 25 biggest U.S. airports to help with planes that are flying with near-record percentages of seats filled and cope with weather disruptions, Chief Executive Officer Richard Anderson said today in a weekly recorded message to employees.

The company often gets “many multiples” of applications when it has job openings, he said. Delta has about 81,000 employees and previously said it plans to hire about 240 pilots.

U.S. airlines employed 18,756 fewer workers in May than a year earlier, according to the federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The industry’s total workforce was 557,400 people for the month, the agency reported.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-16/delta-air-lines-foresees-65-000-people-applying-for-1-000-jobs-across-u-s-.html

[Better Today]

1. Well there goes the 6 people looking for each job available, which I've thought was bogus

for over a year. Around here every job I've interviewed for has informed me that they have received no less than 150 applicants.

[tech9413]

2. I guess you and I are some of the few who saw through that myth

I quit working in 2002 because the industry had become a joke. I still keep my ear to the ground to see what's out there. Everything I've seen over the years says that at minimum 50 applicants for any worthwhile job is standard. For less skilled jobs, I could see 150:1 as quite possible.

[Better Today]

3. Ouch, I was talking about skilled job, accountant/office manager/ general mngr.

[geckosfeet]

4. Yes. It's a republicon wet dream.

[Kat45]

7. Same here.

I've had the same experience, and these are jobs that never got a shitload of resumes.

[rucky]

5. Next businesses will start selling jobs to the lowest wage-bidders. n/t

[girl gone mad]

6. They do sell internships..

which are seen as a gateway to a high paying job in select industries.

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