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Aviation Recruiter Ed Jenkins Shares Newcomer Insights
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Ed Jenkins Aviation Search Group
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Ed Jenkins, managing director of Aviation Search Group, a direct-hire aviation recruiting company, joined the business—and the wider aviation community—in March 2024. His career background involves working as an executive recruiter in the business sector. At NBAA-BACE 2024 (and at home), he is focused on filling leadership roles for companies looking for executives to keep their Part 91, Part 135, FBO, flight school, or private charter operations running without a hitch.

When a recruiter reached out to him about filling the role at his current company, he was intrigued by aviation. “I thought that aviation would be an amazing field to get into and to explore, and it's been even better than I imagined,” he said. “It’s such a cool industry and there’s so much opportunity.”