Emirates Airlines is a company that once started with two rented aircrafts and now owns over 225 planes. The company’s aircrafts travel to more than 220 destinations and have 70000 people on staff. It is not hard to see why a job of the HR Specialist in the airline with one of the biggest fleets is not simple but definitely exciting.
The employee of Emirates Airlines talks about the process of finding qualified candidates and shares some details about the inner workings of the company. “We have 171 nationalities, to be able to communicate easily with customers and people all over the world,” says the Human Resource Specialist of Emirates Airlines, while describing the diverse team of the company. The candidates can come from any part of the world as long as they are qualified. The international airline carrier needs people from different nations to create a diverse and universal team of specialists. It is one of the conditions that can help the company to have the most comfortable services for its clients. The airline has many teams that are responsible for different business areas.
“When my manager gets a notification of a vacancy from a department the first thing she does is check on each member of the team,” says the HR Specialist. The manager does it to see the workload of each employee and decide who has to lead the new project. People from HR are very involved with other employees. Each candidate is picked by the HR department and its members who work together to choose the most suitable person.
The process of picking a new recruit follows a number of steps. First, the HR team contacts the manager and asks for more details about the open vacancy. Then, the department creates an ad, which opens to the public for two weeks to apply. Ths short period of time is enough for Emirates Airlines to receive plenty of candidates. After the ad closes, the HR department starts to sort out the candidates. The best ones are picked by the manager who checks every qualified candidate. In the end, the team becomes bigger as a new employee joins a team of professionals.
The company awards its employees if they choose to stick around. The HR specialist notes “their amazing benefits of getting free tickets, and allowing your friends and family members to get tickets at a lower price” and says that Emirates Airlines is the best option for someone looking to join the business. After all, the candidates who are truly capable of becoming the part of the team of Emirates Airlines are not going to regret their choice. While the company thinks about its employees, it does not forget about the environment as well. Certainly, the comfort of its clients does not need to go against the state of the planet. The company has many programs that protect the environment, and Emirates Airlines wants to create even more ways to keep the earth clean.
The company had an only downfall, from which is recovered and continued to improve. Its growth was not stopped by the single accident that happened in 2016 when the flight ek521 resulted in a crash. All passengers survived, and the company focused even more of its efforts on the safety and comfort of its services. Now, the HR Specialist mentions that every aircraft cannot leave the ground without a crosscheck by a group of engineers and dispatch officers. The airline does not lose the sight of the future and gets ready to change the fate of safe flying even more.
Emirates Airlines’ plans for the future are positive and ambitious. “The main thing that we are aiming to achieve is to go paperless for the sake of the environment” is a statement that shows the company’s respect for nature. This goal is something that not every company can hope to reach, and it is clear that Emirates Airlines does not look for an easy way of promoting environmental safety. This bold idea is a sign of real concern about the environment.
Of course, the HR Specialist mentions the clients of the airline right after that, noting that their comfort is also a priority the company cannot ignore. Comfortable aircrafts are an integral part of the service. A specific department responsible for dealing with emergencies, however big or small, is always present on each flight. Moreover, the company offers special benefits for people with small children and infants and persons with disabilities. Indeed, the airline lets people know the true meaning of comfort. In fact, Emirates Airlines cares for the passengers even after they leave the plane. The Loyalty program of the company offers bonuses not only for flying but also for hotels, cars, bus tickets and more. The service remains the main attraction of the airline, but these little benefits are also a nice addition.
The company that started in 1985 with two aircrafts now has one of the biggest fleets and employs more than 70000 people. While “Emirates started small,” now it is a place where one would love to work. People of many nations are coming together to deliver the services that define the word “comfort,” and Emirates Airlines is always looking for new members to join its diverse and highly skilled team.