Cruise Ship Jobs! [Paperback]

Cynthia Ossenfort (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2000

Have you ever dreamed of getting paid to travel all over the world? Of having a fun, exciting job that you enjoyed? Would you like to spend your free time exploring Caribbean islands and other faraway places? Congratulations- with this guide, your dreams can become reality! If you want to get a cruise ship job, this guide makes it fast and easy, utilizing a proven, streamlined system. Cruise lines hire thousands every year. Why not you? It's not hard or out of reach, so start today by ordering Cruise Ship Jobs!.

Cruise Ship Jobs! includes a complete listing of cruise lines, cruise-employment agencies and recruiters, job descriptions and qualifications, complete, step-by-step instructions to getting a cruise ship job - fast, plus many insider secrets: where most jobs are, what they pay, how to get the best jobs, life onboard, and more.

Cruise ships span the globe, traveling to more than 1,800 destinations worldwide. The best part: working on a cruise ship is one of the most exciting jobs available!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Cynthia has worked for Princess, Celebrity, Norwegian (NCL)and American-Hawaii Cruise Lines as Port Lecturer, Purser, Cruise Staff and Social Hostess. She has traveled extensively throughout the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, Hawaiian Islands and Europe while working onboard cruise ships. She thinks cruising is an awesome lifestyle or experience, and anyone can do it.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

Introduction

Have you ever dreamed of getting paid to travel all over the world? Of having a fun, exciting job that you enjoyed? Would you like to spend your free time exploring Caribbean islands and other far away places? Congratulations! In buying this book, you have already taken the first step towards making your dream a reality. A cruise ship job is an international job- you will work with people from all over the world, and travel to the most beautiful places on earth. Those who work on cruise ships are truly "global citizens".

Cruise ships span the globe, traveling to more than 1,800 destinations worldwide, awakening a sense of adventure and excitement as they head for exotic ports. The industry has an ambitious future- more than 50 new ships are being launched during the next five years! (For a complete list, see Chapter 4).

Each year the number of ships continues to grow as demand for cruise vacations rises. How does this affect you? All ships need to be fully staffed upon completion- cruise lines are continually searching for new personnel.

You may not realize what great career opportunities there are right now in the cruise industry. It is rapidly growing... (skip forward)

Here is the best part: Cruise lines hire thousands of new people every year. Never has there been a better time to embark upon a career in the cruise industry. Imagine tapping into this unlimited and growing field- the cruise industry is wide open with opportunity!

Cruise Ship Jobs was written to enable you to effectively pursue and obtain the type of international career and travel you want, at a minimal cost to you. Step-by-step instructions provide you with the information you will need to get a cruise ship job-fast. You could literally be on a cruise ship in one month's time. Working on a cruise ship is one of the most exciting jobs available!

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Cruise Career Institute? (February 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967092302
• ISBN-13: 978-0967092300
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,635,591 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Her "proven, streamlined system" in details., March 5, 2005

By 

Massimiliano Biaggi (Rome, Italy) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Cruise Ship Jobs! (Paperback)

Step 1. "Apply for as many cruise lines as possible".

Step 2. "Apply to all the relevant agencies and concessionaires".

Step 3. "Make your resume stand out in appearance and content". How? Don't ask her stupid questions because you should know already how to write a knock out resume.

Step 4. Call the cruise lines to confirm the mailing address is correct. Information frequently changes due to changes and growth in the industry". Then why she has NOT updated her book since 2000 year? Oh, I forgot that I have also no right to ask stupid questions. We have to pay for (inter) national calls although she could provide us with the current instead of 5 years old contact details. I have a better and cheaper idea. Go to the cruise lines web sites and you will find their complete and up-to-date contact information. So do you like her "step-by-step system"? Do you think that someone will call You for an interview if you follow it?

This reminds me for a caricature from a newspaper. At a bar are sitting very excited and laughing woman while next her is a skeleton, which is already covered with dust and spider webs. Under it was written: "He was waiting for her to stop talking." I hope that you will not die next to the telephone while waiting someone from the cruise lines to call you after following her "proven, streamlined system". If for some very odd reason you buy this small book, let me wish you good luck. You will definitely need it to get a cruise ship job this way.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars "Have a professional photo and make 30-50 quality copies.", February 7, 2005

By 

Robert Milius "Desktop Publisher" (Atlanta, USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Cruise Ship Jobs! (Paperback)

Since the outdated information and very brief style of presenting the topic are already discussed I want to point towards the actual advice in the book. Let's see her "Top 3 Tips to get the job."

1. "Apply to as many cruise lines as possible.

2. "Apply to all relevant employment agencies and concessionaires."

3. "Make your resume stand out from the rest in appearance and content."

Well, it seems that she doesn't care that a mass mailing costs a a small fortune and positive results are very doubtful. She tells you that your resume must stand pout BUT has written only 3 sentences on what to include in it and how to write it. With her "tips" your chances to "stand out" are zero! As a young and sexy lady she has definitely what to show on a 8x6 photo. However to "make 30-50 quality copies" will cost you another small fortune.

In the category's bestseller Cruise Ship Job in 14 Days the author advices to make one, maximum two resumes, which are targeted to a specific cruise line, position and hiring manager. Also he has written that The Professional Association of Resume Writers does NOT recommend sending any photos. That's why I prefer to skip the Numbers Game of Cynthia Ossenfort and follow "The LASER Strategy for Next Generation Applying" from Cruise Ship Job in 14 Days.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Brief. Like a cable., January 31, 2005

By 

Barbara Smith (Dallas, Texas) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Cruise Ship Jobs! (Paperback)

Let me show you an example from the book to support that it is written as a cable: "Chief Steward- Not entry-level. $2,400-$3,200 per month. Supervise Housekeeping Department." From her 3-4 cable-like sentences per job description there is hardly something new you can learn. Wherever you open her tiny book you will read something in this cable style. Disappointing. Nothing special. Only obvious, well known information. Practically useless.