Here it is, Sunday evening. The kids’ lunches are packed and I’m facing the inevitable start-up of the week tomorrow morning. The good news, for me, though is that I don’t dread my job. In fact, I rather enjoy it! Which makes Sunday evenings not-too-terrible. What about you? Are you looking forward to getting back to work tomorrow, or are you fed up with the daily grind? If you are sick and tired of being sick and tired, maybe it’s time to throw some adventure into your life. Of course, adventure is great, but going bankrupt to pay for it? Not so much. That’s wh...

Common wisdom might tell us that cruising and the tourist industry in general is in serious trouble these days. According to this article from Time Magazine, it’s true that the cruising industry is swimming upstream, but they are fighting hard to stay afloat. (Okay, no more water analogies, I promise!) The Time piece reports that Royal Caribbean saw a 98% drop in 2008 fourth-quarter earnings and that onboard traffic during the winter months (typically the busiest season of the year) is down on some lines by 25%. That’s the bad news. The good news is that lines are enticing would...

Cruising is one of the fastest growing job sectors — in 2007 alone, ten new cruise ships were introduced. From deckhands to sailors and maintenance crew to service staff, the cruising industry has a diversity of jobs available to people seeking a short-term adventure or a long-term career. To help you set the course on your career, sail on over to JobMonkey’s Cruise Ship Industries. (You forgive my compulsion to use nautical imagery, right?) The site has teamed up with Cruise Job Finder to provide articles on cruise line job descriptions, working conditions, nautical terms, and mor...