After looking at job search engines for a while and coming up short, I decided to go directly to companies' websites to find careers. I went to a few sites for some companies I liked, but did not really find anything interesting. The number of jobs in aviation management is very, very low. I basically know that I will not work in the airline industry. I decided to set my sites on something with a bit more job security and a little more practicality.
Air BP is looking for an Aviation Marketing Manager near its headquarters in Wayne, NJ. I believe this job would be a good fit for me. It would be a good use of the skills and education that I have acquired at this university. Unfortunately, the position for CEO was unavailable when I checked for it.
This job would give me valuable experience in the aviation industry. Also, the job security at oil companies is incredible. The industry is constantly expanding.
Even better, my father used to work for BP. He has plenty of connections in that building from visiting it hundreds of times over the 15 years he worked there. One of the vice presidents of operations was on a first-name basis with him.
I'm also pretty familiar with the company personally. Many times they'd allow my father to drag me along to business meetings (some on cruise ships) for free. Of course, I never had to actually go to the meeting part. My backpack is from BP. I have a flash drive that says Air BP on it. The calendar in my room with planes on it is from BP. Every time I go kayaking, I remember it was bought by BP. The pen I use is a BP pen. All of my golf balls say BP on them. BP bought us five go-karts as promotional devices. My mouse pad is a BP mouse pad. My old laptop was purchased by BP. I can't tell you how many hundreds of hats, shirts, and collectibles we have that say BP. I really could go on.
Overall, it's a pretty good fit.
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I liked how you did not limit your job search to just the search engines. Going directly to a companies website is definitely a good way to find out what a specific company is looking for.
ReplyDeleteThe job market seems to be at its minimal, no matter which area you are looking in. It seems that BP would definitely be a good company for you to look into becoming a part of seen as you may have a connection to get your foot in the door.
We have so much to look forward to as college graduates, a degree and no job!