So how do you make yourself stand out from the other hundreds of other applicants that are applying for the exact same cruise job that you are?

For starters, you need to do one thing that the majority of cruise applicants fail to do.  Write a thank-you letter immediately.

One of our members wrote on the Discussion Forum this past week about his success story.  DJigor75 shared on the Forum about his Skype interview with NCL for the position of Disc Jockey.  His interview was on Thursday February 4th.  He explained that he wrote a thank-you email immediately after the interview.
This is what it said,

“I would like to thank you a lot for our interview…I had a great time and I hope to be part of the NCL crew.  You are a great interviewer and you made me feel very comfortable during the conversation.  I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.”

On February 9th, five days after the interview, DJigor received an email from NCL that said,

“I am pleased to advise you that you’ve been approved to be hired and deployed in the next opening, upon successful completion of the final clearance steps…”

It’s the little things that will give one applicant an advantage over another applicant when it comes to applying for a cruise job, even if they have the exact same skills and experience.

For more resources, members can read,

How to Write Effective Thank You Letters to Cruise Line Employers

How to Follow up Correctly