working out for Disney

HouCuseChickie

HouCuseChickie

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That is an interesting looking machine. My wife has this elliptical she uses almost every morning and it has held up well for about three years now. It does not rattle or squeak and is very quiet when in use. She said awhile back something to the effect that "if this thing ever wears out I'm getting another one." I think she was talking about the elliptical and not me.

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I remember the first time I saw the name brand version of what I just bought. It's not quite as brutal as a step mill, but it looked scary. Ultimately, it simulates rock climbing and is one of the more intense cardio machines. I'm going to have to build up, since I'm not ready for 30-60 minutes on it.

I've seen good reviews on the Schwinn machines. I was actually considering one, but I'd have to reconfigure my gym since space is an issue in here and the Schwinns have a bigger footprint.
 
Sans Souci

Sans Souci

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Hello-

Yesterday was a lower body workout and today was yoga. I am hoping to get out for a walk later once the remaining slush melts away (and it warms up).

I got a "Thanks but no thanks" email about the flight attendant job I applied for last month. I had a feeling I wouldn't get an interview. In the meantime, I saw American was hiring for FAs. So, I spent the last two days tweaking and word-smithing my resume and cover letter with keywords to make it though the filter. I applied just about an hour ago. I read online if you make it to the next level, you get an email with an assessment within a couple of hours. I am not holding my breath. I have employment gaps because my husband was traveling to NYC twice a month and London every other month for 2 weeks at time. My son has Asperger's and I needed to take him to different appointments. Then we were moving back and forth across the Atlantic. If I could get an interview, I could tell them how my experiences working in social services and in hospice would be an asset in working as part of the cabin crew. I know they are not traditional customer-facing jobs, but I have had to deal with and resolve much more sensitive issues than someone who is irate because someone is using 'their' arm rest.

EDIT: After I posted this, I got an email to take a personality assessment. I just completed it and I'll see what happens from here.
 
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epcotisbest

epcotisbest

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Sans Souci said:
Hello-

Yesterday was a lower body workout and today was yoga. I am hoping to get out for a walk later once the remaining slush melts away (and it warms up).

I got a "Thanks but no thanks" email about the flight attendant job I applied for last month. I had a feeling I wouldn't get an interview. In the meantime, I saw American was hiring for FAs. So, I spent the last two days tweaking and word-smithing my resume and cover letter with keywords to make it though the filter. I applied just about an hour ago. I read online if you make it to the next level, you get an email with an assessment within a couple of hours. I am not holding my breath. I have employment gaps because my husband was traveling to NYC twice a month and London every other month for 2 weeks at time. My son has Asperger's and I needed to take him to different appointments. Then we were moving back and forth across the Atlantic. If I could get an interview, I could tell them how my experiences working in social services and in hospice would be an asset in working as part of the cabin crew. I know they are not traditional customer-facing jobs, but I have had to deal with and resolve much more sensitive issues than someone who is irate because someone is using 'their' arm rest.

EDIT: After I posted this, I got an email to take a personality assessment. I just completed it and I'll see what happens from here.
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Oh, sorry to hear about the job application, but good luck with the next one. When I was hiring, gaps in employment were not a real negative, especially for valid reasons. In fact, I found more reliable, dependable employees who wanted to return to the work force than those just starting out. Life experiences count a lot. Sometimes HR departments don't see that for some reason.
 
Sans Souci

Sans Souci

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epcotisbest said:
Oh, sorry to hear about the job application, but good luck with the next one. When I was hiring, gaps in employment were not a real negative, especially for valid reasons. In fact, I found more reliable, dependable employees who wanted to return to the work force than those just starting out. Life experiences count a lot. Sometimes HR departments don't see that for some reason.
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I think because I got the assessment, I might have surmounted that. I am thinking there might be more "grace" with employment gaps with flight attendants because it is a pink collar profession. One of my aunts went to work for American as a FA when my cousins finished HS.

I am not sure about getting to the next level though. I had to answer "agree" or "disagree" to statements such as "I always take criticism well." I can take criticism well, but not always, you know? If someone is nasty, then I don't take it well. Who can take it well ALL THE TIME? I am not going to lie on a job application. But I guess others do. shrugs
 
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HouCuseChickie

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Sans Souci said:
I am not sure about getting to the next level though. I had to answer "agree" or "disagree" to statements such as "I always take criticism well." I can take criticism well, but not always, you know? If someone is nasty, then I don't take it well. Who can take it well ALL THE TIME? I am not going to lie on a job application. But I guess others do. shrugs
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I'm sorry about the job. I really despise those kinds of canned interview questions. There's often no great honest answer to some of them, but some "genius" usually made up the script as well as the ideal replies, that usually only come up if someone lies. Ultimately, we all know that criticism comes in all different forms. In a work environment, we'd like to hope it's constructive, but even then, you get some people who lack the professionalism and people skills to deliver said criticism in a manner in which it's helpful to the growth of the employee. And I'm sure the script-makers for the interviews don't build in the possibility for legitimate answers that go beyond a yes.

On to bigger and better things!
 
Sans Souci

Sans Souci

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HouCuseChickie said:
I'm sorry about the job. I really despise those kinds of canned interview questions. There's often no great honest answer to some of them, but some "genius" usually made up the script as well as the ideal replies, that usually only come up if someone lies. Ultimately, we all know that criticism comes in all different forms. In a work environment, we'd like to hope it's constructive, but even then, you get some people who lack the professionalism and people skills to deliver said criticism in a manner in which it's helpful to the growth of the employee. And I'm sure the script-makers for the interviews don't build in the possibility for legitimate answers that go beyond a yes.

On to bigger and better things!
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It was the "always/never" qualifiers that got me. Nobody is 100% all of the time. My friend is an FA and she said I should have lied. OK, then--promoting dishonesty, what a wonderful industry.

I also worry with psychometric testing that questions are engineered to filter out the liars. It is what it is. It just kills me because I am lurking on FA message boards and some of these people are stressing out about learning airport codes and struggling to learn military time and I can't get an interview.

Ugh.
 
HouCuseChickie

HouCuseChickie

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Sans Souci said:
It was the "always/never" qualifiers that got me. Nobody is 100% all of the time. My friend is an FA and she said I should have lied. OK, then--promoting dishonesty, what a wonderful industry.

I also worry with psychometric testing that questions are engineered to filter out the liars. It is what it is. It just kills me because I am lurking on FA message boards and some of these people are stressing out about learning airport codes and struggling to learn military time and I can't get an interview.

Ugh.
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Unfortunately, I think so many industries and interviewers are just in a "tell me what I want to hear" mode. Sadly, many of the people who are brought in also aren't the best candidates, but they gave the answers that the company wanted to hear.
 
Sans Souci

Sans Souci

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HouCuseChickie said:
Unfortunately, I think so many industries and interviewers are just in a "tell me what I want to hear" mode. Sadly, many of the people who are brought in also aren't the best candidates, but they gave the answers that the company wanted to hear.
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It's my fault for over-thinking this thing. :hilarious: I'm a social worker and when I see the words "never" or "always", I think "black or white thinking." That is considered a cognitive distortion.

I am also committing a cognitive distortion by jumping to conclusions. Until I hear otherwise, the ball is still in play.
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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Sans Souci said:
I got a "Thanks but no thanks" email about the flight attendant job I applied for last month. I had a feeling I wouldn't get an interview. In the meantime, I saw American was hiring for FAs. So, I spent the last two days tweaking and word-smithing my resume and cover letter with keywords to make it though the filter.
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Sorry the first one didn't pan out, but it's good that your 2nd application seemed to be what they were looking for, or they would not have asked you to take the psychometric tests. Those tests are nuts to begin with, and it's probably natural for most applicants to stretch the truth. After all, no one is perfect, and they probably expect that people will say they handle most situations well. Probably, if the responses don't swing too much in one direction or the other, they assume you're a fairly well balanced individual.
 
Songbird76

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Sans Souci said:
Hello-

Yesterday was a lower body workout and today was yoga. I am hoping to get out for a walk later once the remaining slush melts away (and it warms up).

I got a "Thanks but no thanks" email about the flight attendant job I applied for last month. I had a feeling I wouldn't get an interview. In the meantime, I saw American was hiring for FAs. So, I spent the last two days tweaking and word-smithing my resume and cover letter with keywords to make it though the filter. I applied just about an hour ago. I read online if you make it to the next level, you get an email with an assessment within a couple of hours. I am not holding my breath. I have employment gaps because my husband was traveling to NYC twice a month and London every other month for 2 weeks at time. My son has Asperger's and I needed to take him to different appointments. Then we were moving back and forth across the Atlantic. If I could get an interview, I could tell them how my experiences working in social services and in hospice would be an asset in working as part of the cabin crew. I know they are not traditional customer-facing jobs, but I have had to deal with and resolve much more sensitive issues than someone who is irate because someone is using 'their' arm rest.

EDIT: After I posted this, I got an email to take a personality assessment. I just completed it and I'll see what happens from here.
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Well, that's positive that you got an assessment! Congratulations! And good luck!
 
Songbird76

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Sans Souci said:
I think because I got the assessment, I might have surmounted that. I am thinking there might be more "grace" with employment gaps with flight attendants because it is a pink collar profession. One of my aunts went to work for American as a FA when my cousins finished HS.

I am not sure about getting to the next level though. I had to answer "agree" or "disagree" to statements such as "I always take criticism well." I can take criticism well, but not always, you know? If someone is nasty, then I don't take it well. Who can take it well ALL THE TIME? I am not going to lie on a job application. But I guess others do. shrugs
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Or maybe they are looking for that honesty. I don't think ANYONE takes criticism well ALL the time. You have to be careful with things that say Always or Never. Maybe they are looking for the people who aren't just going to tell them what they want to hear and pretend to be perfect. Who knows...I can't imagine why they would word it that way and expect people to check "agree".
 
Sans Souci

Sans Souci

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MinnieM123 said:
Sorry the first one didn't pan out, but it's good that your 2nd application seemed to be what they were looking for, or they would not have asked you to take the psychometric tests. Those tests are nuts to begin with, and it's probably natural for most applicants to stretch the truth. After all, no one is perfect, and they probably expect that people will say they handle most situations well. Probably, if the responses don't swing too much in one direction or the other, they assume you're a fairly well balanced individual.
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I was worried about looking "too perfect," which means someone is lying. It's out of my control and there is nothing I can do to change the outcome. I just put it in the back of my head and if it happens, it happens.

The training is 7 weeks straight and I would be away from my husband and son. Plus, I don't have control of where I'll be based. That means I would have to fly stand by on my own time to get to work. They could potentially place me on the west coast and I'd likely be stuck there for years until I gained enough seniority to transfer to Philly.
 
Sans Souci

Sans Souci

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Songbird76 said:
Or maybe they are looking for that honesty. I don't think ANYONE takes criticism well ALL the time. You have to be careful with things that say Always or Never. Maybe they are looking for the people who aren't just going to tell them what they want to hear and pretend to be perfect. Who knows...I can't imagine why they would word it that way and expect people to check "agree".
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I can't stand these tests. I try to reverse engineer them and I end up shooting myself in the foot. It is what it is. :)
 
Sans Souci

Sans Souci

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Hello-

I did a 50 minute you tube video this AM. It was mix of lower body strength training, hiit and pilates. It went by quickly. I am going for a walk in a bit.

I was invited to go to WDW next week, but flights are so costly on such short notice. I usually fly Southwest, but they are sold out, plus they are in some big labor dispute that made them ground a significant number of their aircraft. I also read they weren't weighing the cargo before flights. I'm kind of bummed, they were my go to when flying in the US. So, I am looking at Spirit and Frontier. I have never flown an ultra low cost carrier before, so I am unsure. It's only me flying, so I am not worried about where to sit or what boarding group I'm in. I don't bring a carry on and I check one bag. Plus, I might get called to a video interview for AA next week. I'd like to be home for that, but I don't want to put my life on hold for that either. I'll see how I feel at the end of the day. :)
 

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