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Cruise Ship Jobs – How Long Will It Take You To Get One?
Here is an inspirational message that contains a valuable lesson for you, if you have been trying to land a cruise ship job for any length of time.
It was written by Karen from the UK who got hired as Digital Living Presenter working for P&O Cruises on the Aurora which travelled around the Mediterranean and America:
“It has been a while as to be honest I ALMOST gave up. I started applying in December, but then decided to chill for a while when I was told that some positions can be up to a three to five month waiting period… but as each day became more of a struggle to get out of bed and just go to my current job, which I am so bored with, the more I thought, ‘I really must take action and continue…’
“Finally it has paid off!! I have just accepted a job as a Digital Living Presenter and will be flown to Gibraltar on April 26th in order to board the Aurora on the 27th!”
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 is an objective that is most definitely worth chasing with persistence and determination!
But approximately 97% of cruise ship jobs are NEVER advertised, and you may not even realise it.
Therefore most positions are filled even PRIOR to them being advertised – 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.
There are far too many applications who just wait for their ‘dream job’ to appear on an employment website – 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!
As well as looking out for vacancies to appear on job sites such as workoncruiseships.com, it is also extremely important to be proactive and apply directly to as many cruise line companies as you can.
Don’t wait around waiting for a job on a cruise ship to fall in your lap – just apply right now!
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Adventure Travel Questions:
I am an Australian who really wants an Adventure job/carrer?
I want an adventure job that’s off the beaten track and can let me travel world wideand is out doors most of the time. I typed in “Overseas Adventure jobs for Australians” but i cant find any websites that have what im looking for as they all cater for UK and USA residents.
Does anyone know good sources for me so i can take my first step? Websites, contacts, work places i may be able to talk to? That help can help me get out of the office and into life?
THANKS 
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