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Southwest Airlines flooded with job applicants
DALLAS >> Southwest Airlines Co., which last hired flight attendants from outside the company in 2011, received applications at a rate of 80 a minute earlier this week, amassing 10,000 resumes for 750 openings.
The deluge of applications came in two hours and five minutes at Dallas-based Southwest. In recent years, other airlines have also seen interest in flight attendant positions. Delta Air Lines Inc. got 22,000 resumes for 300 of the jobs in December 2012 and US Airways Group Inc., now a part of American Airlines Group Inc., attracted 14,000 applicants when it hired 420 attendants in 2010.
On the Move
RevoluSun has hired Julie Lawrence as project developer for its Big Island division. She also is president of Akamai Home Loans and was previously a special-education teacher at Kealakehe Intermediate School.
KITV has announced:
>> Russell Elwell has been promoted to general sales manager. He has been with KITV for 27 years and has extensive experience in Hawaii television sales.
>> Colleen Ching has been named local sales manager. She has worked in Hawaii media for eight years.
Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert has hired attorney Madeleine M.V. Young to serve in its Estate Planning Practice Group, where she will focus on trust and estate litigation involving complex business disputes.
