Emirates - Open Day

Como alguns de vocês devem saber, em Setembro do ano passado decidi participar no Open Day da Emirates. Para quem não sabe é um dia aberto em que a companhia recolhe candidaturas e selecciona candidatos para o processo de recrutamento. A oferta de emprego era para assistentes de bordo e implicava que fossemos viver para o Dubai.

Combinando a minha paixão por viajar com o meu espírito aventureiro, achei que fosse o emprego ideal para mim. Obviamente tem os seus contras, entre muitos outros ter de ficar longe da família, mas na altura nem considerei muito a hipótese porque me parecia extremamente longínqua.

No entanto, num total de cerca de 130 pessoas, eu fui um dos 12 finalistas que chegaram à entrevista final do longo processo que durou 3 dias. Tentem imaginar um concurso dos Ídolos, é muito semelhante!

Infelizmente (ou não) e depois de mais de um mês de uma espera agoniante, recebi o temido Unsuccessful Email. Claro que quando me lancei neste desafio não estava à espera de sequer passar ao Open Day, mas as esperanças foram aumentando e esta primeira publicação, de um conjunto de três, foi escrita como forma de contornar o stress e de apurar o inglês já enferrujado.

Decidi publicá-las aqui porque talvez possa ajudar alguém que esteja interessado em participar nesta experiência incrível. Como já disse acima, está em inglês, mas um dos requisitos do emprego é ser fluente em inglês portanto, é apenas lógico que percebam (ahah). Aqui vai ;)

I’ve kind of jumped into Emirates Open Day in a parachute, without any real expectations. I had the time to spare, since my internship wasn’t scheduled to start before October 12th and I was curious about that amazing cabin crew way of life so I’ve decided to have a little fun.

In September 17th, I entered Porto Intercontinental Hotel dressed in a cheap suit and filled with courage, but as I went down the stairs of the hotel lobby with my cousin, I took a glimpse of the 130 people who were there, all dressed up in expensive business attires, full of experience in the area and stories to tell. At that moment all my braveness was gone and I told my cousin that I just wanted to leave the place as soon as possible, because I’ve started to compare myself with all that crowd and didn’t feel like it was worth the try, I thought that I was to be putted aside right on. Still, we’ve managed to calm ourselves down and handed our CV’s to the recruiter. She asked me if I was willing to give up my current studies to be part of Emirates and I promptly said yes. She told us to return in the afternoon to see if we were selected to the Assessment Day. And that was pretty much it. We’ve returned home kind of relieved to leave that stressful environment and sure that neither of us would be selected.

In the afternoon we’ve returned to the hotel and once we’ve approached the place where the results were on display I saw my name highlighted. I was not expecting that, at all. I don’t remember exactly how many people were excluded in that stage but were more than half, sadly my cousin included! I was in complete shock and started to consider the possibility more seriously.

• What to bring? 

- A passport photo; 

- Europass CV with raw and simple information, no more than two pages; 

- Cover letter! Now, this is very important, I really think that was my cover letter that got me through Assessment Day, tell them how much you love to travel, that you are very open-minded regarding other cultures and describe your previous work/internship experiences in a client oriented manner, highlighting costumer service. 

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