Do online resume distribution services work for cruise ship jobs?
[ Posted February 25th, 2008 ]A popular question we get asked is:
"Do online resume distribution services work for cruise ship jobs?"
In other words, if I pay a website $50 to blast my resume out to hundreds of different cruise line companies, will I get hired?
Let’s face it, most of us want the quick and easy option! We’re all looking for the magic pill that will help us ‘lose weight’ or ‘make money’ in the minimum time…and it’s no different when people try to get jobs in a glamorous business like the cruise industry.
Ideally they want to push a button and get hired immediately - and on the surface "resume broadcasting" appears to be that "magic pill".
Unfortunately, cruise line companies HATE this type of approach more than anything!
In fact, blasting your un-targeted resume out by email to 300+ cruise line employers in one go, would not only NOT get you hired, but it would also help to get your name and email address permanently blacklisted by their junk email filters (this approach is also known as SPAM!)
What’s more, distributing your resume to hundreds of cruise line companies in one go is a very ineffective way of selling yourself for a job. You are not giving yourself the opportunity to portray yourself in the best possible light and you’re not even applying for any particular job onboard!
Far better to take the "Rifle Approach" of preparing a decent cover letter and resume that is targeted to a specific position on board and is addressed to one cruise line company at a time. I would wager a bet that a single resume sent like this would beat a resume blasted out to 300 different cruise line companies hands down, everytime.
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Please consider posting them to the cruise ship jobs discussion forum
Neil Maxwell-Keys
Author - "Get a Cruise Ship Job!"
Founder - www.WorkOnCruiseShips.com
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