Comments on: Sunday Evening Musing: Working on a Cruise Ship http://www.jobmonkey.com/blog/working-on-cruise-ship.html The Coolest Jobs on Earth! Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:52:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nicola http://www.jobmonkey.com/blog/working-on-cruise-ship.html/comment-page-1#comment-1450 Nicola Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:30:11 +0000 http://www.jobmonkey.com/blog/?p=2036#comment-1450 Valerie DEC 9th 2009 comment.....try Harding Brothers in Bristol UK. They have the shops on over 60 ships around the world. I work for them now and I did work for Starboard for 10 years. I'm almost 40 and I am not into the party scene every night either, I love my job and the people I work for are great!!! Good luck with your search. Valerie DEC 9th 2009 comment…..try Harding Brothers in Bristol UK. They have the shops on over 60 ships around the world. I work for them now and I did work for Starboard for 10 years. I’m almost 40 and I am not into the party scene every night either, I love my job and the people I work for are great!!!
Good luck with your search.

]]> By: Valerie http://www.jobmonkey.com/blog/working-on-cruise-ship.html/comment-page-1#comment-1406 Valerie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:45:42 +0000 http://www.jobmonkey.com/blog/?p=2036#comment-1406 My husband & I love cruising so much, that we'd love to quit our jobs and work on ships in the Gift Shops. We know it's not much money, but a great way to connect with people and see the world. Problem is, we don't know what our chances are of being hired? We are very youthful 48 & 51 years old. We've been told by ship staff & actual gift shop managers that we'd be great hires, as we are outgoing & want to make a long-term commitment. Although we haven't had much retail experience, we've been told it's easy to pick and it's all about sales. So, 1.5 years ago we interviewed at Starboard cruise company in Miami. Basically, within the first 5 minutes we knew that our chances were slim. The interviewer asked us if we liked to party and we said basically no and that we were professionals, etc. And he basically said, "Wrong answer! We love staff that party and do things together, etc." He also said that getting a gig as a couple was hard, etc. We were very disheartened and would welcome the chance to interview again. Any ideas on how to do this face-to-face, rather than submitting a resume that gets lost in the hundreds of applications they get daily? I'm a USA citizen and my husband, Australian. It seems as if they didn't want USA employees because of the taxes, etc. Again, I know the $$$ isn't great, but the perks far outweigh the minuses... Any hopeful tips would be welcomed! Thanks very much! My husband & I love cruising so much, that we’d love to quit our jobs and work on ships in the Gift Shops. We know it’s not much money, but a great way to connect with people and see the world. Problem is, we don’t know what our chances are of being hired?

We are very youthful 48 & 51 years old. We’ve been told by ship staff & actual gift shop managers that we’d be great hires, as we are outgoing & want to make a long-term commitment. Although we haven’t had much retail experience, we’ve been told it’s easy to pick and it’s all about sales.

So, 1.5 years ago we interviewed at Starboard cruise company in Miami. Basically, within the first 5 minutes we knew that our chances were slim. The interviewer asked us if we liked to party and we said basically no and that we were professionals, etc. And he basically said, “Wrong answer! We love staff that party and do things together, etc.” He also said that getting a gig as a couple was hard, etc.

We were very disheartened and would welcome the chance to interview again. Any ideas on how to do this face-to-face, rather than submitting a resume that gets lost in the hundreds of applications they get daily? I’m a USA citizen and my husband, Australian. It seems as if they didn’t want USA employees because of the taxes, etc. Again, I know the $$$ isn’t great, but the perks far outweigh the minuses…

Any hopeful tips would be welcomed!

Thanks very much!

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