If you’ve been trying to get a job on a cruise ship for any length of time then here’s a short, inspiring message which also contains a valuable lesson.
It was posted to our discussion forum by Karen from the UK who fly’s out to Gibraltar next week to join her ship the Aurora (right). She will spend this summer getting paid to cruise around the Mediterranean and America!
Here’s what she had to say:
"It has been a while as to be honest I ALMOST gave up. I have been bashing away since early December, then I was advised some positions can be a 3-5 month wait so I thought ok I will chill for a while… but the more I struggle each day to get of bed and do my current job which I am so BORED with, the more I started thinking ‘I best take action and just keep going…’
"Finally it has paid off!! I have just been hired as a Digital Living Presenter and they are flying me out to Gibraltar on the 26th April to join the Aurora on the 27th. Neil, thank you to you and your team I would have never been able to do this without your support, encouragement and wonderful website!"
You can read Karen’s original message on our forum and also find out more about how she got hired as a Digital Living Presenter.
The moral of the message is this: with the cruise industry you just never know how long it will take you to get hired. We’ve had so many members who were hired within days (literally) and many others who landed a job on a cruise ship within months.
Either way, the people who always succeeded in the end were the people who, like Karen, simply refused to give in and just kept going until they landed their dream job.
While Karen is intelligent enough to know that it will be a big life adjustment at first and even hard going at times (varied working hours and homesickness!). At the same time she knows she’s in for an amazing adventure… she’ll get to meet all kinds of new people, visit exciting, exotic destinations and enjoy a great life experience.
And that’s a goal definitely worth pursuing with determination and persistence!