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Understanding the Online Recruitment System for Spirit Airlines Employees

One of the key ways in which modern airlines acquire new employees is through online recruitment. Spirit Airlines has not been left behind in this trend: as it has a rather nicely crated online recruitment system. This is a system that can be taken advantage of by anyone who is interested in working for Spirit Airlines — which happens to be one of the fastest growing low-cost carriers in the world. The manner in which Spirit Airlines’ online recruitment system works is simple. Firstly, the people who are interested in working for the airline are given a chance to browse through the currently open jobs. Subsequently, should one find a position they are interested in, and which they feel adequately qualified for, they have a chance to apply for the same straightaway.

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Getting to the Spirit Airlines careers page

In order to get to the Spirit Airlines careers page, the best approach is to first go to the Spirit Airlines website homepage. Once one gets to the Spirit Airlines website homepage, the next step is to scroll downwards, to the bottom end of the page. At the bottom end of the Spirit Airlines website homepage, there are four columns of links, entitled ‘About Spirit’, ‘Agents & Team’, ‘News & Press’ and ‘Customer Service’. If one focuses on the first column of links, the one entitled ‘About Spirit’, it becomes clear that the third link in that column is the ‘Careers’ link. This is the link that one needs to click on, in order to be taken to the Spirit Airlines careers page.

Browsing through the currently open positions on the Spirit Airlines careers page

When one gets to the Spirit Airlines careers page, they are bound to encounter brief information about the company. Scanning through the page with one’s eyes, it is hard to miss the red button labeled ‘Find a Job’. This is the button that one needs to click on, in order to be taken to another screen, where they can proceed to browse through the currently open positions.

Applying for Spirit Airlines jobs

While browsing through the list of the currently open positions, one may happen to encounter a position that looks interesting (going by the title). Upon encountering such a position, what one is supposed to do is to click on the position’s title. They are then taken to a screen with more information on that position. At the bottom of each position’s description/information screen, towards the bottom right hand corner, one encounters a red-colored ‘Apply Online’ link. This is the link that they need to click on, for an opportunity to apply for the said position at Spirit Airlines.

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How American Airlines Promotes Career Development for its Employees

American Airlines is one of those companies that are keen on promoting their employees’ career advancement. To ascertain the truthfulness of this statement, you just have to look at the numbers of American Airlines employees who joined the company at very low levels, and who have advanced to remarkably high positions over the years. This is significant, given the fact that there are many other companies – including airlines – where employees are known to stagnate in the same position for years, even decades. The truth of the matter is that American Airline has some deliberate mechanisms in place to promote career development for its employees. Those include:

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Classroom training resources: American Airlines avails various types of classroom training resources to its employees — these being resources that the employees can take advantage of to advance their careers. Through the classroom training resources, the American Airline employees are given the know-how they need to perform their current jobs more effectively. And by performing their current jobs more effectively, the employees in question are able to position themselves for promotions and other forms of career advancement.

Online training resources: American Airlines places at the disposal of its employees various online training resources. These too are resources that the employees can take advantage of to move their careers to the next levels. The American Airlines employees are able to access the said online training resources at greater convenience, compared to the classroom training resources. Through these resources, the employees are able to acquire the skills necessary to perform their current jobs well. That in turn puts them in a position to be promoted. With the skills hence acquired, the American Airlines employees in question are also able to advance their careers outside the airline (when the time comes for them to leave).

Encouragement of career advancement: Within American Airlines, the culture is such that employees are encouraged to aspire for career advancement. This is significant, given the fact that there are certain other companies where people are (directly or indirectly) discouraged from aspiring for career advancement.

Internal job application opportunities: on the American Airlines employees website, there is a tool for internal job search. This is a tool that the American Airlines employees can take advantage of, to apply for higher positions within the airline. More remarkable is the fact that there are numerous people within the airline who have actually taken advantage of the said tool to advance their careers internally. This is significant because, as we alluded to earlier, there are many other companies – including airlines – where office politics and other factors make it very hard for people to advance their careers internally.

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The Four Main Ways in Which the Virgin America Airline Motivates its Employees

Any person who has had the opportunity to travel on the Virgin America airline will attest to the fact that the airline’s employees are usually very highly motivated individuals. This sets Virgin America airline apart from many other airlines, whose employees tend to suffer from (apparent) chronic apathy. This also sets Virgin America airline apart from certain other airlines, whose employees always seem to be keen on doing the minimum necessary for them to keep their jobs. And the trend is repeated at other Virgin airlines, including Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Australia, where the employees seem to be exceptionally well-motivated.

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A question naturally comes up, as to how Virgin America manages to keep its employees so well motivated. The answer to this question is easy to find, thanks to the fact that the Virgin Group CEO, Richard Branson, is never shy to speak about the strategies employed in the various companies that are under the Virgin umbrella. Reading through the various articles and books that Richard Branson has written on matters to do with employee motivation, it becomes clear that there are at least four main ways in which the Virgin America Airline (alongside the other airlines under the Virgin umbrella) manages to keep its employees highly motivated, namely:

  1. A positive company culture: the company culture at the Virgin America airline (as well as the other companies under the Virgin umbrella) is highly positive and vibrant. Effort is made to ensure that the employees have fun at the workplace. Even more effort is made towards ensuring that all tasks are performed with the ultimate objective of maximizing customer satisfaction. The end result is a situation where the employees are very well motivated on an ongoing basis.
  2. Competitive salaries: the Virgin America airline goes out of its way to ensure that it offers its people salaries that are competitive. Virgin America airline employees may not command the topmost salaries in the industry, but the packages they are offered certainly tend to be good enough to keep them well motivated on an ongoing basis.
  3. Competitive benefits: beyond the salaries, Virgin America airline employees get to enjoy several competitive benefits, ranging from medical insurance to free travel benefits, 401(k) contribution opportunities and so on. The entire benefits package available to Virgin America airline employees seems to be good enough to keep them well motivated on an ongoing basis.
  4. Opportunities for advancement: it is easy for employees to lose zeal for their work, once they realize that they are stuck on dead-ends. Aware of this fact, progressive companies such as Virgin Airlines (and all the other companies under the Virgin Group) tend to go out of their way to ensure that their employees have opportunities for career advancement. The employees therefore have something to look forward to — and this seems to have the effect of making the employees to be well motivated on an ongoing basis.

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