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Cruise ship employment, the best job you could ever find!
Cruise ship employment fulfilled many people dream including myself, to travel the world and get paid for it!
Good, you must have decided to work onboard a cruise ship, when you have reached here! Let me guide you further with my experience, here are the few important things you have to know.
A career onboard a cruise ship can offer a wide range of job opportunities for you. It can be financially attractive and enable you to travel to exotic ports all around the world in a job you will enjoy.
However, finding a job on a cruise ship requires many research, time, and the right qualifications to get you the right cruise ship job that suit you.
There are three most important things that you must have:
It is very important that you can speak & understand English as most cruise ships cater to Americans and English-speaking travelers.
Especially if you work in the front line divisions like Food & Beverage, and Cabin stewards in Hotel, you actually get PAID from the guests directly.
Yes, passport is the most important travelling document in cruise ship employment; all the personnel working onboard a cruise ship must have a valid passport.
Once you obtain an Employee Agreement with a cruise ship company, you will need to apply for C1 Transit & D1 Seaman and B2 Visitor Visa from the United States Embassy. Most cruise ships do visit United State Of America’s ports of call.
Good cruise line employment agencies, they make a lot of seamen dream come true!
Thanks to many good cruise line employment agencies, a lot of seamen dream had come true - working on large resort cruise ships and traveling to see the world, it is the most wonderful time in their lives!
I am strongly advise that you to apply directly to the cruise lines that interest you, this is the best way.
However if you have good referred recruitment agencies near your place by good seamen now working on board, that will be great too!
Almost all major cruise lines have their own recruitment agents established in particular regions of the world. When you apply directly to the cruise lines, their nearest agents will contact you.
All the good cruise line employment agencies will make sure that the applicants are fit for the job they applied.
There are some trusted agencies had been appointed by the cruise lines, to do the full interview on their behalf.
The human resources department of the cruise lines would not be able to manage all the jobs application from all over the world, that is the main reason why good recruitment agents are very demanding nowadays!
With lots of new cruise ships coming up over the next few years, employment in the cruise industry has become more exciting.
Cruise Ships sail to worldwide destinations, including the Caribbean, Alaska, South America, The Pacific and Europe.