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CAREER DEVELOPMENT How to Select Aircraft Maintenance Technicians AMT speaks with Jet Professionals on current hiring trends for aircraft maintenance technicians ooking for a new job or a change in career direction? Are you in need of hiring the right people for your organization? Where to begin? To learn more on the latest hiring practices, trends, and what skills potential employers are seeking By Ronald Donner in today’s aircraft maintenance technician, AMT spoke with Bryan Maloney with Jet Professionals. AMT: Hello Bryan. First tell me about Jet Professionals. JP: Jet Professionals, a wholly owned sub- Technicians like these at Signature TECHNICAir in St. Paul, MN, may need the skills and training to maintain both rotary and fixed wing aircraft. sidiary of Jet Aviation, a General Dynamics company, was founded in 1983 in the U.S. and is a respected industry leader in global busi- ness aviation staffing services. In 2008 the company expanded its services and created Jet Professionals Technical. We also expanded services to Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), the Asia markets, and opened an office in Basel, Switzerland. AMT: Which segments of aviation does your company primarily work with? JP: Our business model was built on the premise that we would focus on corporate aircraft Part 91 flight departments, and related service centers, MROs, and OEMs. AMT: Do you work for or represent the employer or the perspective employee? JP: We do both. We offer an assessment that measures behavior and motivation in a real environment. Both the employer and candidate participate in this assessment. This measure is proven and has been extremely successful in JP placing qualified individuals. AMT: When a corporate flight department approaches your company looking to hire technicians, how do you begin your selection? JP: The hiring manager completes an assessment. The assessment provides objective information about the behavioral demands of the job. JP has candidates take a similar assessment to find particular attributes that would be a match to the hiring manager’s assessment. We begin sourcing for a particu- lar position using our database along with aviation web sites and network within the aviation community. When necessary, JP often posts to NBAA and various search engines. After identifying potential candidates, we try, when we can, to meet candidates face to face, and complete a portfolio including the inter- view summary, resume, and assessment. If possible, we may visit the client to share the top candidates with them. Once the client has a chance to review the portfolios, usually phone interviews occur. The next step is to bring candidates to the client for a face-to-face interview and JP assists with setting up inter- views. Once a hiring decision is made, JP does the background checks, which include crimi- 10 August 2011 Aircraft Maintenance Technology • www.AMTonline.com • www.AMTSociety.org