Cruise ships employ people who are over the age of 19. If you are 18 years old, you can begin your application for a cruise ship position, because sometimes it can take a while to be offered a job aboard a cruise ship. Firstly, you need to be aware of how to write and cover letter and resume in crusie ship format. If you are unaware, please refer to the Recruisement Cruise Ship Employment Manual. In addition, you need to provide a recent photo of yourself and outline any languages that you speak, as well as your professional experience. Please ensure that all of the information included is related to the cruise ship position at hand. Many cruise ship agencies only glance at your resume for a couple of second, so ensure that it is clean and tidy and free of errors.

You may be wondering what you are doing wrong. Why is it so difficult to find a job on a cruise ship? The answer is that you may be going about it the wrong way. You need to make yourself the Captain, in order to steer yourself in the right direction. You have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, and a port to seek, so it is time to get started. Cruise lines receive hundreds and thousands of applications every week; therefore, you need to make yourself stand out from the rest. If you want to speed up the process, be sure not to engage in any of the following time wasters.

 

Top 10 Time Wasters

 

1. Paying money to post your resume on the internet to a cruise ship recruitment agency

2. Submitting a resume that does not identify your skills related to a cruise ship position

3. Submitting a resume that is not addressed to a specific person or department

4. Not having any knowledge of cruise lines

5. Not following up on your application with the cruise lines

6. Calling up cruise ship hotlines

7. Submitting a resume to a cruise ship company without a cover letter or photo

8. Not applying for a specific position on a cruise ship

9. Not keeping a log of cruise line contacts

10. Waiting by the phone for your messages to be returned by the cruise line