Hi,
Welcome to day two of the
Get a Cruise Ship Job™ Mini-Course, where you'll learn
"5
Little-Known Secrets
Guaranteed to
Help
YOU
Get a Job on a
Luxury
Cruise Ship!"
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Hopefully you've had a little time to reflect on the first days
lesson I sent you a couple of days ago. By now you should have
your main 'reason' for wanting to
work onboard a cruise ship
planted firmly in your mind.
We'll
use this 'reason' to make sure you pick the job that's right for
you... and we'll use this same reason to get you really fired up
and motivated to go out and actually get a job on a cruise ship!
Now it's time to press on with secret #2 for achieving the
ultimate dream job - working onboard a luxury cruise ship and
visiting some of the most exotic destinations on earth!
So let's get back to the mini-course...
SECRET #2: Know
EXACTLY what a cruise line
employer wants in a successful candidate
Before
you apply for any new job or take a job application further, you
should always think carefully about exactly what it is your
potential employer is looking for in a successful candidate.
This has two benefits:
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It will
help you decide if the job is really for you.
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It will
help you to decide exactly how to put over your own personal
skills and qualities to best effect.
So let's
take a look at exactly what cruise line employers are looking
for in a potential candidate:
Experience
Having some kind of land-based experience in your desired job is
always going to be an advantage - but it isn't always a
necessity!
There are many positions onboard that don't require any
experience
whatsoever. But bare this in mind, cruise line employers
especially like people who can show a broad range of experience.
For example, if your job involves contact with the public then
demonstrating your experience of serving the public in several
different ways would be considered an advantage.
High Standards of Service
All functions on board cruise ships are carried out to a
high standard. So it is important that you can carry out your
work to a high standard too.
For example, the service provided in the Hotel, Catering and Bar
Department onboard is often similar to that of a four or five
star hotel.
Professionalism
It is important to be professional about your work. That is,
you need to demonstrate that you always take pride in your work
and in achieving excellent results every time. This is not
always easy when you are working long hours in a fast paced
environment like the cruise line industry.
Reliability
This is a big concern for most cruise line companies.
Interviewers are very wary of recruiting new crew members whom
they suspect might 'jump ship' in port when the novelty wears
off! Cruise line employers need to satisfy themselves that you
will stay for the full duration of your contract.
Once you have joined a ship you cannot easily be replaced in a
foreign port. The expense and hassle involved in flying
you back home and then being a crewmember down is something they
really try to avoid.
For this reason you must give the clear impression that
you are a highly reliable individual and have every
intention of staying for the duration of your contract.
You should also imply that you intend on making this a long-term
career move rather than a 'one-off' contract. Whatever you do,
don't make the cruise line think that you are doing this for a
bit of fun - even if you are!
High Standards of Presentation
It is very important that you are immaculately turned out
when you work onboard a ship. This applies particularly to crew
who have direct contact with the passengers - but also to
behind-the-scenes crew too, to a lesser extent. Again, if
you consider that many cruise ships operate to the same
standards of service as a top-class international hotel, then
you will have a good idea of the type of person the employer is
looking employ.
Enthusiasm
You really do need to show that you are hard working and
energetic. Shifts onboard can be much longer and more varied
than on dry land. In particular, you certainly wouldn't want to
give the impression that you are a nine-to-five type person and
couldn't bear the thought of working weekends!
A Cheerful Personality
You may find this a strange quality for a cruise ship
employer to place much importance on, but they do. Working
in the confines of a ship - and living and socializing onboard
too - can be quite stressful and demanding.
However
since many of the passengers have paid a lot of money for their
cruise, it's very important that the crew are pleasant
and professional with them at all times. It is equally important
that you are a fairly cheerful and easy going person off-duty
too, so that you can do your job professionally when you are on
duty.
It's important that you keep these points in mind at all stages
of your application - from the initial application form right up
to the job interview.
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It's simple. If you follow this advice, then in the
eyes of the cruise line company you will be the type of
person that they are looking to employ. |
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