Do you admit you're a skydiver in job interviews?

[Deuce 1]

So you're sitting there in your best interview suit. When they say "tell us a little bit about yourself" Do you crack a maniacal grin and say "Well, I split my off time pretty much between RW and Free flying, and I just set up my camera helmet" or do you keep quiet about it until they've ordered your business cards?

[freakshow 0]

I threw it into an interview just the other day....Haven't heard back on the job yet so don't know if it's good idea or not I figured it was a good heads up when I have to try and explain why I can't work weekends
B.L.

[PhillyKev 0]

Tell...in fact play it up. It shows that you are able to perform under pressure, are accountable for your actions, capable of planning ahead, don't believe in failure...etc. Of course you may need to explain some of this stuff, but if you do it eloquently it can be the thing that sticks in the interviewers mind and makes you stand out from the crowd.
cielos azules y cerveza fría
-Kevin

[nacmacfeegle 0]

Hell yes!
I'm a safety consultant for 'high risk' engineering applications...fires and stuff, I design and build large oil installations mostly offshore.
Its all about 'managing hazards' in a mature and open minded way.
Besides, most of the work I get involves no interview at all, its all about reputation, and experience.......
plus what Phillykev said.
Cya
D
GR# 37
Remember how lucky you are to see and touch the sky; the blind may only dream.

[PhreeZone 20]

>So you're sitting there in your best interview suit.
So... does this suit have grippers, no grippers, camera wings? You have to be prepared to do your best so you better stick to the suit you are most comfortable in.... for me thats my freefly.
If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will....

[Sebazz1 2]

Oh shit this is a skydivers forum?? Shit I thought this was an AA forum?? I definately do not tell my employers or prospective employers I am an alcholic. Let alone an alchoholic skydiver............
Honestly.........It depends on the job
Sebazz........

[SkydiveMonkey 0]

After turning up to my interview in a skydiving tshirt with a 6 pack, they wouldn't need to ask !!
In reality, I would. Show's you have a personality.
Let's go play chicken with a planet !!

[rgoper 0]

D:
i've NOT gotten a couple of assingments because i skydive. but to address the posts, yes, my jump numbers, etc...are posted in my resume. i interviewed with an offshore oil company not to long ago, and was told they felt my skydiving would not give them the "comfort" level they needed to ensure i'd be around from start to finish on the project, ignorant, right? fukkin' suits!
Richard
"Gravity Is My Friend"

[quade 4]

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. . . or do you keep quiet about it until they've ordered your business cards?

Unless, specifically asked about anything that could be considered "hazardous", it's probably best to not even mention it. The health benefits package may not cover such things and there's no reason to tip your hand until you find out. Also, some people might think skydiving is a generally risky thing to do (not unreasonable BTW) and that you'd be a risk in the workplace as well.
However, if you saw that the boss had a photo on his desk of him doing 4-way with Airspeed, you'd probably be safe. In fact, you're probably his new best friend.
If there's a photo of him doing a tandem, I'd still be cautious about bringing it up. It may have been the only jump he'll ever make. Maybe the experience scared the shit out of him, but he has the photo to impress the whuffos. In either case, he might not want to be reminded that one of his underlings has more stones than he does.
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[Deuce 1]

My best suit is now my Pit Special, cause Sebazz wore it one day. I think if either of the women on the panel say anything with the word "first" in it I'll jump up, knocking over my chair, point and shout "BEER!" That shoud do it!

[jdhill 0]

Tell them in the interview? Hell, its on my resume... if it is hang up for them, I don't want to work there anyway... it will just cause problems later. It would be bad if I walked into the boss and ask for the afternoon off because 20 or so Hooters girls are doing tandems and they need an extra video guy, and he said no you can't have off and what are you talking about? Tandems? Video Guy? You do what?
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[Sebazz1 2]

Duece that suit fit me very well. I should have stole it cause we all know if I order my own suit I won't have it till I've put on more weight and I have to order another one.
By the way did you ever wash your hand after I shook it??
J/K <----------- Extreme sarcasm and joking around
Sebazz........

[freeflir29 0]

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Tell them in the interview? Hell, its on my resume

Me too.....along with "US Army Sniper Course" "Naval Gunfire spotting course" "US Marine Corps CQB" etc etc etc.....
"Here I come to save the BOOBIES!"

[jdhill 0]

Yeah, things like electronc warfare, voice intercept, and interogation tend to bother them too.
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[Deuce 1]

Heck no! Gareth lets me do big ways with him now. I think he's mistaking me for you, until I funnel the 10 way. I pulled him out of an 8 way zipper and when he looked down at me I could see he was thinking (in his English accent) "Oh shit! That's not Sebastian! That's JP, what the bloody hell is he doing here!" When we get back down he sniffs me and your scent throws him off long enough to let me front float the next load!

[freeflir29 0]

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interogation

I hate intel pukes!!!! In fact I don't think I have ever liked anyone that went anywhere near Ft Huachuca. Not my thing.....
"Here I come to save the BOOBIES!"

[jdhill 0]

Eloy is near Huachuca
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[Zennie 0]

I'm with Josh. Might as well know if they're gonna have problems with it up front, because they will eventually find out and I'd rather work somewhere that didn't have a problem with it.
I got the inevitable "So what do you do in your spare time?" question during the interview for my current job and I said, "Well, I like to read, golf, cook, play with computers, jump out of airplanes..." His eyes bugged out. But it wound up being good fodder for discussion during that and other interviews.
It's funny. Now when anyone does a tandem they all come running up to tell me. It's kinda cool. "Zero Tolerance: the politically correct term for zero thought, zero common sense."

[nacmacfeegle 0]

Fek Richard...unbefreakinlievable. Where do these suits come from.
What business is it of theirs what you do in your own time..
Where do these fuckwits draw the line
avalanche surfing?
shark wrasslin'?
Skydiving instills many qualities such as-
Meticulous attention to detail and constant vigilance
mental focus
physical fitness
teamwork
the ability to master new skills
situational awareness
commitment
the ability to make correct decisions at the correct time
etc
All of which are sadly lacking in many of the suits I have had the displeasure of dealing with.
Besides if its good enough for George Bush sen, and Prince Charles its good enough for me, throw that one into a interview if they give you a hard time about jumping.
I wouldn't want to work with someone in our line of business that could not keep their cool under a high stress situation. Would you want a spineless ignorant suit around you when you are riding a potential blowout? Or would you rely on one of these ponces to pull you out of a nasty spot in a far off country thats in the midst of a civil war....Do want to be sat next to a panicking spineless tosser when a chopper is about to ditch in the North Atlantic?
I'd say they did you a favour man.....
Cya
D
GR# 37
Remember how lucky you are to see and touch the sky; the blind may only dream.

[rgoper 0]

**Do want to be sat next to a panicking spineless tosser when a chopper is about to ditch in the North Atlantic?**
this is EXACTLY what was going through my mind when i did the interview (Conoco, Houston) *dikheads* i'm thinking, hell, i could get blown up, drown, or crash into the water flying a cheezy sikorsky S-76, or a huey, and they're worried about what i do in my 14 days off? f*ck em, i didn't want to go over there anyway, i'm probably fixing to be sent to the oman desert for saudi-aramco. (don't want to go there either!) these cheezy engineering firms think they can just send you anywhere, anytime they want, of course you won't refuse but so many assingments (you know the drill) you would think they wouldn't have an objection, and my boss asked if he could remove that part of my resume, i refused. so it has caused me some difficulties, but f*ck the establishment! i'll get to work soon enough, and then i'll be gone for months, jonesing for freefall......................
Richard
"Gravity Is My Friend"

[nacmacfeegle 0]

"jonesing for freefall"
All too familiar with the sensation, but think about the leave time
Cya
D
GR# 37
Remember how lucky you are to see and touch the sky; the blind may only dream.

[rgoper 0]

D:
i'm with ya on that one! Richard
"Gravity Is My Friend"

[SBS 0]

if it is hang up for them, I don't want to work there anyway... it will just cause problems later.
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I concur...I think that goes for any relationship, business or personal.
Steve

[wlie 0]

I'm getting a custom one-piece-tuxedo RW for my wedding.
My girlfriend says no. But that was before her tandem. Now she's thinking of doing FJC. I hope she changes her decision.

[quade 4]

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if it is hang up for them, I don't want to work there anyway... it will just cause problems later.

The only problem is that when you interview with a large company, you're not always interviewing with the person that has the final say in who gets hired, but you may be talking with a person that can keep you from talking to that person. If this weasle human resources person thinks that you're too risky, you may never get the opportunity to even meet the person that would be OK with it and would have the ultimate say.
For instance, if I walked into my company and tried to get hired for the position I currently have, I probably wouldn't get it. I know that most of the folks in HR wouldn't think I was "company material". I'm tellin' ya, these guys are weasles and don't even have a clue as to what I do, but they'd make a decision based on 10,000 things that have nothing to do with it.
My boss, on the other hand, is somewhat more tolerant. Besides myself, we also have a stunt driver on staff and we've used numerous freelancers that have a somewhat risky past as well. None of these people would be considered if they had to pass the HR screening process.
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