Elon Musk's space exploration technology company is now hiring. Yes, you read that right. SpaceX is looking for candidates who have an appetite for exploration.
The SpaceX vice president of human resources, Brian Bjelde recently put up job listings on the career site, Glassdoor clearly stating, "We're out there looking for people that want to help us achieve that goal of making humans multi-planetary".
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This is what SpaceX aims to achieve as a team spearheaded by the visionary Elon Musk himself.
It is high time that humanity went beyond Earth. Should have a moon base by now and sent astronauts to Mars. The future needs to inspire. https://t.co/6HjDQnRSA5
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 13, 2017If you are not aware then let us tell you that SpaceX has been rated as one of the top places to work in on Glassdoor for two consecutive years now.
Beside an appetite for exploration, what are they looking for in a candidate?
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Bjelde said he looks for three things in candidates: passion, drive, and talent.
He further added his team really wants to learn what makes you tick, what motivates you to do your best work and how you like to be challenged. "Resumes gauge the ability to write a bulleted list of achievements, and that's not always indicative of success — the resume is not going to be sitting in the seat doing the work on Monday," Bjelde said.
If you are planning to send yours in he has a recommendation for you. He is suggesting you make your resume more personable is to discuss a failure you've experienced in your career so far and discuss how you overcame it.
If you are wondering what kind of person would be sitting on the other side of the table; here is what Bjelde has to say.
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He says recruiters involved in this activity should always be focused on hiring people better than themselves.
He further added,"If you're given the opportunity to grow your team and you seek out someone better than yourself, then you're going to make the company better”.
What kind of tests could you face at the time of your interview process?
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On Bjelde said, "If you're hiring someone to be a world-class welder here, then we actually bring them in as part of the interview and give them a welding assignment to understand their talent with this task. We do the same thing with our engineering groups, and with any role in which the work activity can be distilled into a practical examination."
If this doesn't inspire you to join SpaceX then nothing can
"We're not all here to serve Elon Musk and his needs — rather, he's there to serve ours," Bjelde said. "It's rare, and it's a breath of fresh air to have a leader who sincerely cares. It's not about the bottom line or making a dollar to him — it's about the mission," said Bjelde.
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