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Another detail I neglected to mention- All of the jobs I applied for online recieved 3,000-8,000 applicants.  I was fortuneate enough to recieve 2 phone interviews in the three months I tried to use online job services, but the sheer numbers of applicants make it REALLY HARD to get a job when you're just a name on a resume.

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I lost my job as a corporate pilot in December of 2010, and I was fortunate enough to regain employment with a different flight department on the first of this month.  I was greatly benefited by the Oregon unemployment department for the 3 months between jobs.

My new employer is someone I met 3 years ago in a hotel workout room in Colorado.  We didn't keep in touch after that, but when I called him to find out if his flight department needed pilots last winter, we immediately picked up where we left off, and had a great conversation.  A month later he had a position for me, and I'm excited to be the newest pilot at N2 Air Charters.   I will forever treat strangers in strange places as my potential employers of the future.

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