Is Your Cruise Ship Jobs Resume Working for You?
[ Posted March 11th, 2008 ]Ask any cruise ship recruiter what THE most important thing is when they are looking at candidate applications, and they’ll tell you "the resume".
The resume can be make or break as to whether you’re considered for an interview, so it’s important that your resume looks good and also sells you in the best possible way.
Here’s our ten top tips for making your resume work for you:
1) If you’re applying for several different positions onboard, especially if they are with different cruise lines, then tweak your resume slightly to focus on the specific parts that are relevant to the company and position that you’re applying for.
2) Keep the layout simple and use a clear font such as Arial, Times or Tahoma - do not use anything fancy like Comic Sans MS.
3) Keep it to a maximum of 2 pages in length, if possible.
4) Use powerful bullet points below each job title when describing your work history.
5) Check for typing or spelling errors and get someone else to check it too. Automatic spell checkers are not always accurate.
6) Make the sentences short and succinct - you can expand on the details during an interview.
7) Avoid humour. You might think you’re the next Jay Leno, but a potential employer probably won’t!
8 ) If you use figures and statistics (e.g. to describe sales revenues) then be prepared to be able to prove them.
9) If you’ve got gaps between jobs then make sure you give details of these, even if it was to go off travelling.
10) Play on your strengths, but don’t exaggerate. Your resume should be used to make yourself sound highly employable, but sounding too good to be true will turn off most cruise line recruiters.
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Neil Maxwell-Keys
Author - "Get a Cruise Ship Job!"
Founder - www.WorkOnCruiseShips.com
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