I want to change my career and need some advice?! What is the best place to look for jobs on cruise ships???

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TINKERTOY ..... the 1 & only

I have not worked on a cruise ship but I have been on about 20 cruises and I usually talk to the staff, and usually about how work is going. A few things I have learned are that if you are hired you have to sign a contract to work for 8 or 9 months straight. And that means 7 days a week and usually 10 to 12 hours a day and sometimes with a split shift that starts early in the morning and does not end until 10 or 11 PM. There are no Saturdays and Sundays off and you may get to go ashore in port stops on on occasions but not at every stop. After you complete your initial tour then you get 2 or 3 months off before you are to report back to the ship.

All of the cruise lines operating out of the US have jobs information and a link on their web home page. So for a starting point you need to contact the cruise lines directly. On the cruise lines' web sites you will find a link to jobs, employment, human resources or some such link that will give you information about their positions. And there are no fees or charges for information. Some sites even have current vacancies they are recruiting for. Several cruise lines have new ships coming out soon so opportunities will be there. Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, Disney and some others will have new ships launched in the next couple years.

Here are some links:

Carnival Cruise line is the parent company for several cruise lines including Princess, Carnival, Holland America, Cunard, Seabourn Cruise, and Costa Cruises. Carnival's Corporate offices are located in Miami, Florida. So if you contact carnival you can also ask about the others.

CARNIVAL:
http://www.carnivalcruiselines.com/

PRINCESS:

CUNARD:

HOLLAND AMERICA

COSTA:
http://www.costacruise.com/B2C/USA/Def.....

Royal Caribbean is the parent cruise line for its partner cruise lines, Celebrity, Azamara, and some others. Their corporate offices are located in Miami, Florida. So in contacting RC you can ask about the others

ROYAL CARIBBEAN:
http://www.royalcaribbean.com/gohome.d.....

AZAMARA:

CELEBRITY:
http://www.celebritycruises.com/home .

NORWEGIAN:
http://www.ncl.com/

DISNEY:
http://disneycruise.disney.go.com/dcl/.....

BEWARE OF WEB SITES ADVERTISING CRUISE SHIP JOBS THAT CHARGE A FEE !!! They will take your money and you will not necessarily get a job.

Another thing to do is to contact the concession that run the shops on the ships like the spa, photos, souvenir, gift and clothing shops. Below are links for you.

http://www.steinerleisure.com/

and

http://www.hardingbros.co.uk/

Rosac

Depending of what you like to do.
And depending of the cruise liner .
but some of the best jobs are Hairdresser,receptionist,shops,entertain...
and travel department om board
You have to contact the cruise liner company's .
Or the GREY HOUND
cruise ship concessionaire work interview.

Or take a look at this address.

cruiseshipjobster.com

Good luck.

Tivogal

call the major cruise companies and talk to their personnel departments. princess, holland america,royal carribean, cunard.
all of these vessels are flagged in foreign(from USA) countries meaning that they do not have to abide by US laws ect. This means you most probably have 10 to 12 hour shifts in some cases, 7 days a week, no saturdays and sundays off. Some times you might be able to get off the ship in certain ports sometimes not.

best of luck with your career change.

Train Hard Live Well

Cruise ships? Very very demanding. Hairdressers for instance work 12-14 hour shifts 6-7 days a week for around Â£200 take home.
If you are looking at getting away from it all, try saving a few hundred quid and travel around where you're from, for instance Europe and work in bars etc.

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