You might not realize this, but around 97% of cruise ship vacancies are NEVER advertised.
This means a large majority of positions are filled BEFORE they ever get to the advertising stage – by people who simply sent off their CV/resumes and put themselves in front of the cruise line for the position they really wanted.
If you’re serious about working on cruise ships, then don’t wait for the jobs you want to be advertised…
Just apply for them anyway!
I know from all the emails we get that too many applicants are sitting around waiting for their ‘dream job’ to be posted to some job site – when the reality is the job they want has already been filled by somebody who just took a chance and applied for it anyway.
Indeed, this is exactly how I got hired!
So, as well as looking out for vacancies to appear on in our cruise ship vacancies department (which is updated daily, by the way)… it’s also extremely important to be proactive and apply directly to as many cruise line companies as you can.
You’ll find full contact details for every major and minor cruise line, concessionaire and agency listed in our regularly updated A-Z Cruise Line Contact Directory. On top of this you’ll find insider contact names and direct email addresses in our discussion forum (this is the kind of info cruise lines really don’t want you to have!).
Don’t wait around – apply now!
I have to say that this was something that I had noticed trying to get onto a cruise ship is one of the hardest things to do, and you are so right the best way is to just send in ones CV and apply for everything you are bound to get something even if its not what you wanted to start with but you can always start there and once you are in then apply for the job you want.