Working on Cruise ships is demanding. You get a lot of drop-outs in the first few months, you could be working more than 12 hours a day and days off? What was that again – a day off? Nope! But it can have some amazing advantages for sure, meeting great people, getting off in ports, a great social buzz and of course the wages and being able to save!
If I was to apply from scratch for work on cruise ships here´s what I would do… Continue reading
February 2010 – September 2010
Ship Name; Oasis of the Seas
Position; Sports Staff.
Sails: Caribbean.
If you want to know how to get a job on a cruise, read this first.
My Cruise ship episode was intense! I was thinking of a word to sum it up, I’m not even sure if ‘intense’ cuts it..
When I got the idea to work on a cruise ship, it just seemed to make so much sense, I managed to get hold of the email for the UK agency for Royal Caribbean International from a friend. Well I thought I did, I actually spent the first few weeks sending emails to a misspelt email instead (thanks Andy) and only then did I really start to bombard them with my emails and CV’s and reasons to hire me.
It paid off because I finally got a reply from the lady saying we could have a chat over Skype. Continue reading
Evolve & Express 