How To Sabotage Your Own Success When Applying for Cruise Jobs!

As the old saying goes: "You never get a second chance to make a first impression! ... exclusively for your cruise ship job applications which also tells the recruiter who you are and what jobs ... "Each week we receive thousands of emails from hopeful cruise job seekers around the world… [more...]

Date: 2009-01-31 12:13:41

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Cruise ship job offer rescinded

I was offered a job by Lindblad cruises, which I discussed here at length ... be successful on their ship, 12 hours a day, no more than 9 consecutive hours off at a time, for 2 months straight, with limited access to employment development and opportunities for job growth [more...]

Date: 2009-02-11 22:42:29

Luxury train travel in the U.S. a bust? Train cars for sale

Filed under: Arts and Culture, Business, Blogs, Transportation, News Last month, GrandLuxe Rail Journeys, ... or at the tourist attraction--and quick. Although, cruise ships have done a tidy job of making the journey ... ever been on a cruise ship, but from what I've heard there are several options geared to keep people [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 14:30:00

Bronze Life Cruise Ship Vacancies - Can Anyone Get A Job On A Cruise Line?

The Cruise line industry unlike most other sectors of the economy is going from strength to strength. No longer reserved for the rich and famous - lots of ordinary people take their holidays on a cruise and there’s lots more opportunities for employment to go with it.(Link) Share and Enjoy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-27 18:10:04

10 Reasons Why Tourism Matters to Seattle

During recessionary times, it’s easy to think that people should just stay home.  After all, you don’t really need to travel, do you? [ ... County comes from visitor expenditures. Tourism related business generate over 62,200 jobs in King County. The Port of Seattle hosted over 200 cruise ships sailings in 2008. Each cruise ship port of call [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 15:33:00

Bud Light Party Cruise Recap: The Rachelle Leah Interview

 I have had the honor of attending what I can only describe as the largest floating party ever thrown ... either. The ship’s cruise director did a great job making sure there was something for all tastes ... . Bud Light recently loaded up two Royal Caribbean cruise ships and took a small army of Bud Light [more...]

Date: 2008-11-15 23:34:05

A quick tip to force your cruise job applications to the top of the stack!

Here’s a great ‘Follow Up’ tip a former recruiting colleague of mine shared on our forums recently, that you can use today:When you apply for cruise jobs with several different companies, create a simple spreadsheet ... on cruise ships, it’s little tips like these that can make all the difference and make you stand head [more...]

Date: 2009-02-21 12:05:08

Unemployment Benefits for Musicians

Nationwide unemployment insurance first began in 1935 in response to the Great Depression ... , unemployment following/between cruise ship jobs, weeks of layoff during national tours (Broadway or other ... for unemployment insurance is determined by the length and compensation for your employment prior to filing [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 12:00:21

Blackwater joins fight against sea piracy

I knew this was coming; and what an appropriate company name for the job. clipped from washingtontimes ... ShipUS cruise ship outruns Somali pirates’ gunsAhoy there…Indian Navy destroys pirate ship in Gulf ... civilians dead, announced in October that its 183-foot ship, the McArthur, stands ready to assist [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 14:52:17

Thoughts on Marriage II

Thoughts on Marriage II, or Would You Go on a Cruise Ship that Didn’t Have Lifeboats on a Cruise Line Where 60% of the Cruise Ships Sink? ... me with complaints.Note 2: Most of the following does not apply if your wife is the breadwinner and your job [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 05:41:23

City scolded on im-port-ant plan

Brooklynites last night panned a nearly finalized city plan to bring a beer distribution trucking facility to a pier in Red Hook instead of an ... as a way to protect jobs and promote shipping to the neighboring port, where Phoenix will receive ... supermarket, cruise ship terminal and Ikea, the proposition of keg-laden trucks rumbling just a few blocks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 16:55:00

We Are Not Powerless: An Egyptian woman speaks

I thought I was prepared to see the women covered head-to-toe in burqas, but I wasn’t prepared for how it made me feel about being a woman ... , about the status of women in her country.  We were seated on the top deck of the TuYa Cruise ship ... or jobs and no way to support her children [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 16:09:39

Ruby Princess

First, a mea culpa. This is late as this voyage doesn’t officially start until noon today ... by. An omen? We finally got to Lauderdale, and went to the cruise ship entrance. Two guards ... This is my job!” Female Princes representative – “Let them in, we’ll handle it inside.” Female Guard – “ [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 19:01:55

Where is Nancy Drew when you need her?

Earlier this week, I was reading Ann’s Blog and she had a post that provided so much entertainment, ... with the owners instead of exploring the rest of the island with our “cruise ship comrades” ... have totally been worth the job sacrifice to have done it anyway considering [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 13:55:47

Sailing - Nearly!

After a huge meeting one day, a boss at my place decided my group should go on one of the cruises on one of the organisation’s ships for a few days ... word is I’m on the list for another cruise on the more modern ship this year….fingers crossed ... appointments and a ‘Sea survival’ course booked. Good job I learned to swim in the last couple [more...]

Date: 2009-03-04 13:12:29

Sixthman Newbie

For lack of a better intoduction, “Hi! I’m Mike!”  I just recently got the extraordinary opportunity to work with Sixthman as a freelance Production ... does the job description allow you to be on a cruise ship among some of the best musicians ... to be your own boss.  Not bad.  Why does it sound like I’m not that excited about a job that I dedicated [more...]

Date: 2009-02-24 03:20:16

Nextville

I lived most of my growing up years in the same Tennessee small town, and my dad worked in the same location for all of those years ... plans might be out of reach for some (an endless cruise in a condo on the luxury ship named ... -time jobs, or life-long interests they want to explore more fully. Although I am years away [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 04:05:38

Missing “The Big Picture” at Skagway

Skagway is doing a beautiful job of renovating the Railroad Dock and Small Boat Harbor area, but there is one glaring error that I have to show you ... the concept looks when it’s done properly. This is at the Icy Strait Point cruise ship facility at Hoonah, Alaska, taken during our 2006 cruise on the Radiance of the Seas. Only 1 ship visits per day [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 18:17:47

Picturing the perfect house

I am very big on visualization. It is a process that has worked for me for years and I am employing the same visualization exercise with this trip ... . Three months later, I was a deckhand on an amazing expedition cruise ship having exactly the Alaskan ... to get a good job to get to Alaska. Two weeks later, I happened upon a woman that I went to high [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 16:20:10

What have I been up to lately?

Since the cruise ship job fell through I have been looking for work, helping out where I can and teaching some. I had a very nice conversation with Nancy Douglas about teaching at her B&amp [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 00:45:50

Considering Dream Grand Med - Good Idea????

I'm considering the Dream Grand Med from Rome on October 15th, 2009. My concerns are: - We would be putting 5 (myself, DH, DSs - 11, 8, 3) ... about sailing on one of the first few sailings on a new ship? - Will a new ship be chaotic with everyone learning their jobs? - The only other cruise we've done was this summer on the Coral Princess [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 22:27:59

Pirates? Man, get a job.

C'mon man... If you’ve been paying attention to your television you’ve probably heard something about pirates being a problem off the coast of ... as they approach your vessel. Fine. They caught up. But if I’m the captain of a 10,000 ton cruise ship ... not talking small potatoes here. We’re talking oil tankers. Ocean liners. Cruise ships. Huge vessels [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 09:19:58

The Rules of 42

Republished, upon reader request, from another, older Newsome.Org page, to increase readability and consolidate content.  As an interesting (at least to me) aside- these rules were directly responsible for my receipt of a job offer to serve as a domino teacher on a cruise ship.  I didn't take it, but it was cool to get it. Note also [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 23:15:38

“Oh, I Like Her!”

When I first moved to the Boston area about 8 or 9 years ago, I didn’t know anyone except my two sisters who were already here ... butterfly, and was even called a “cruise ship director” by my family because ... . I took a job - sight unseen - just to get me out of New Jersey and the messy breakup I’d gone [more...]

Date: 2008-10-04 16:07:09

Always in the snow

This is for Kat who said I couldn't say I cut my hair and then not show a picture. ... to head to Portland in 11 days and then fly out to Florida and get on the cruise ship ... to lose money by keeping the job so now I am truly the ultimate snowboard bum of Mt. Bachelor [more...]

Date: 2009-02-23 16:47:00

Cruisin'

Heard about that cruise ship on which Mitt Romney was ‘schmoozing’ Republican insiders last week? ... : so very nice of me to go along, on her nickel, and spend a week on a cruise ship with her and help her get around. Mm-hmm, it was a tough job, but somebody had to do it. Seriously, thanks, Mom [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 19:00:00

Podcast: In which tornadoes, volcanoes, and hurricanes are contrasted

February 25, 2009 Iran's much-watched Bushehr nuclear plant is ready for testing ... ? Computers and the Internet The $27,000 football experience A guy waiting for a cruise ship to depart ... , which will do a magnificent job -- on its own -- of attracting businesses, as well as developing [more...]

Date: 2009-02-26 18:25:05

Chinese ship uses Molotov cocktails to fight off Somali pirates

crewman ARRG! Nice job, mates! The crew of a Chinese ship used water cannon, ... . - From dailymail.co.uk Related Posts: Luxury cruise ship outruns pirates Pirates hijack chemical tanker off ... grenades - when the ship was boarded by pirates on Tuesday in the Gulf of Aden [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 01:10:51

Hospitality jobs online

Hospitality jobs online By Mary Bush | December 23, ... services, railways, cruise ships and flight catering. Though the word hospitality itself conjures images ... standards whether implicit or explicit. Hotel jobs in India are often overlooked for growth opportunities [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 01:11:46

Faces at the Gate

We had such an exciting day today at the sendoff. I first walked up and noticed our Chaplain Donnie looked a little different ... ! His dream job would be a chaplain on a cruise ship. He loves to travel. Donnie is always at the gate [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 03:28:00

What Can 10 Million Internet Users Teach Publishers?

Sometimes the Internet seems like a vast, inexplicable sea of information. To continue abusing nautical metaphors, the old publishing model is a sinking cruise ship ... Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 16:54:41

‘This Day’ is All We Have

By Luellen Hoffman – While working in Miami Beach, I decided to take a break from the madness of my job, and planned to get up earlier than usual, ... cruise ship dotted the darkness with tiny white lights, guided by a few mix matching stars twinkling [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 10:08:43

Global Financial Crisis Affects International Labor Market

Global Financial Crisis Affects International Labor Market Nomadicasian 10 hours ago Region: United States After the US was hit by cold, ... jobs especially in cruise ship sector. The economic crunch would mak... more Views: 59 Rating [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 07:24:06

A Day in the Life of a Traveling Nurse

Depending on the assignment a traveling nurse accepts her day can be filled with the hustle and bustle of a busy emergency room or the laid back ... for various jobs, Have you ever wanted to cruise around the world? Well did you know a cruise ship [more...]

Date: 2009-02-22 13:26:51

U.S. Cruise Ship Passengers Recount Pirate Attack

ABC News' Lara Setrakian reports: Late-night calls are a matter of course in our jobs. I got one this week, just after midnight on Tuesday, alerting that the M/S Nautica, a U.S. cruise ship that had been shot at by pirates far off the coast of Somalia, would be docking in Oman [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 22:30:59

Thursday 12th February…I think I solved another problem

I know some of my readers, well Annie actually, complain and give me grieve about my comments on the weather so here is what I have decided to do ... is one of those manufactured towns, like Cancun, built in 1970 for the tourists and the big cruise ships ... and had a leisurely breakfast and did some odd jobs setting Ramona up for the month. Packed [more...]

Date: 2009-02-13 06:30:00

Mr. Mica: Is That A Field Mouse In Your Pocket Or Are You Just Glad To See Me?

Rank Repugnicant John Mica of some pack a' dumbasses in a clueless district in Florida returned to Earth on February 24th of this year to harrass, heckle and otherwise badger the crew of the cruise ship US Airways 1549 and their hero air traffic ... job on an innocent air traffic controller NATCA President Pat Forrey fired off a letter to Mica [more...]

Date: 2009-02-26 02:51:13

How to Travel Around the World for Free: 5 Tips for Free Travel

Traveling for free may seem like an impossible idea since we're taught that everything comes with a price ... for free are to find jobs on cruise and cargo ships, or look for gigs at ski and vacation resorts. Other [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 00:23:00

Cruise Ship Entertainer Loves Her Job (Des Plaines Journal)

Samantha Minella has been performing acting roles since Kindergarten. At Maine West High School, she was selected three out of four years to be in musicals. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 11:02:43

Four Meme

Four jobs I've had -1. Nanny2. Framer at Michael's3. Bad Denny's Waitress4. Running a large (212 kids) ... , on driving tours and long, slow, pointless journeys of exploration.4. A cruise ship ... daycare, eventually doing much of the director's job but receiving part-time pay.Four movies [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 06:52:00

WHICH NAVY WILL THEY CHOOSE?

My cabbage boat in the waterPreparing to sailThe ocean in the distanceStanding by the Aegis "missile defense interceptor" ... . She was a Lieutenant and her ship, the USS Cowpens, fired the very first cruise missile at Baghdad in the attack. Becky's job in that moment was to keep the ship on course. After the attack was over she went [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 00:51:00

SOUTH KOREANS ARE SOOOOO TALL

Debates last night: Obviously I thought Obama better informed, smarter ... my best idea is to get a job as a music director on a cruise ship, so I can float adrift on the open [more...]

Date: 2008-09-27 14:52:16

it was al, all the time!

I went to a careers expo at my old uni today, and found it to be a colossal waste of time ... ). I’m considering cruise ship work, although apparently they work you like slaves and if you don’t have the qualifications to get a cushy job (like security, entertainment or ship store) you end [more...]

Date: 2009-03-04 09:05:18

2012: Underbelly Of Unhappiness

You were warned the Olympian scammers were starting early ... London fraudster appears to have lured 550 Slovakian workers to London on the promise of jobs on the Olympic site and accommodation aboard 3 cruise ships at George V Dock, Stratford. Nigel Lewis [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 14:08:47

Stripping the Illusion

Hmm, my satirical blog has been really fun the last few days ... ) "But don't women get jobs stripping on cruise ships as a way to get their Equity card?". Now firstly [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 01:34:00

Grab Bag: Alaskan Cruise

(I worked briefly in one of the regional offices for a cruise line ... 4. “I couldn’t swim in the outside pool on the cruise ship because it was raining the entire trip ... . One of my jobs was to read all customer comment cards from the end of their tours and cruises [more...]

Date: 2008-08-14 08:05:34

Cruise lines cut prices and restructure itineraries

This piece showed up in the trades today. It is very informative and worth posting a link to the original article that was in the The New York Times. The writer does a good job summarizing ship deployments and offers a thorough review of current cruise trends. Enjoy. The New York Times [more...]

Date: 2009-02-16 20:01:00

Johannesburg : Cruise Ship job opportunities

Do you want to work on Cruise ships, contact me about this opportunity. [more...]

Date: 2009-02-18 07:35:24

The Professional Smile

I ran across David Foster Wallace on the Huffington Post, and out of curiosity, in Wikipedia ... as I am on the cruise ship Nadir : maitre d’s, Chief Stewards, Hotel Managers’ minions, Cruise Director — ... I’ll Never Do Again , 1997, p. 289) I deal with people, in my job, and I use the Professional [more...]

Date: 2009-03-02 06:57:16

What jobs out there allow a person to travel and write about their travel experiences?

I love the travel industry. There’s certain feelings I get when traveling to a new place and I want others to feel the same way I do about visiting ... a job, aside from being a travel agent, or tour director, or cruise ship director, where ... the lines of maybe a travel magazine who will pay people to travel or even a website? [more...]

Date: 2009-02-21 15:24:25

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