How do I go about getting a summer job on a cruise ship? Every place I find online to apply it asks for a credit card number or other personal information that just doesn’t seem application appropriate.Any ideas where to apply?. Created by ska. travel-en - cruise-travel-en

cruise ship employment?

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Cruise ships do not do summer hiring. If you want to work on a cruise ship you need to think long term employment with an initial period of 6 to 8 months straight.

Normally persons who sign on to work on a cruise ship will sign a contract to work for 6 to 10 months continuously, depending on the position and cruise line. Then after that time you would get a month to 6 weeks off. Then you come back on ship for another long stint.

Cruise ship are used 24 hr a day 7 days a week and there is no downtime between cruises except to clean the ship and prepare for the next group of passengers to board. The ship will be in the departure port about 12 hour to discharge passengers, then load new supplies and passengers and then set sail again.

When the ship docks in scheduled ports and at the departure port you may or may not be able to get off the ship, depending on your job and work schedule. But crew members do occasionally get to take a few hours off in port stops and shop, go to the beach or do whatever. Its just that they do not have a firm regular schedule.

Go to this Royal Caribbean web link and click on the various options to see what the employment process is like:

http://www.royalfoodandbeveragecareers.c.../

Here's an example for an entry level position on Royal Caribbean:

TO JOIN OUR TEAM: (for entry level or management positions)

• Applicants must be 18 years or older

• Be able to speak, read and write English, fluently

• Be able to obtain a valid passport and United States C1/D visa

• Be willing to commit to at least a 6 month or 4 months on 2 months off schedule

• Be able to work with a diverse international crew

• Have related experience for the job applied

• Be flexible with your work schedule, job duties and job locations

• Be willing to share a cabin

• Be willing to work 7 days and up to a possible 70 hour work week

• Appreciate diversity among guests and crew

This is from the Norwegian cruise line web site:

" How long is the assignment?

Assignments vary depending on the position and brand. It can be anywhere between 4 months thru 10 months. Working on a ship means you live and work onboard. This also means it is a 7-day work week with 10+ combined hours per day. "

Source(s):

experienced cruiser who has talked to a lot of cruise ship employees.

http://www.ncl.com/nclweb/cruiser/cmsPag...

http://www.ncl.com/nclweb/staticPage.htm...

You need to go to the cruise line web sites. There you will find a link to jobs, employment, human resources or some such link that will give you information about their positions.

DO NOT use any other web sites that require you to pay a fee to register or get job information or referrals. Some cruise line sites may have current vacancies they are recruiting for.

Carnival is the parent company for several cruise lines including Carnival, Cunard, Princess, and Holland America. So contacting Carnival will likely get you leads to the other cruise lines also.

PRINCESS:

http://www.princess.com/index.html

CARNIVAL:

http://www.carnivalcruiselines.com/

Then Royal Caribbean cruise line is a partner with Celebrity and Azamara. So contacting RC will likely also get you leads to these others. Royal Caribbean has very good information about its positions. So if you go there first you will know what most ships have. Then if you have further questions you should write a letter to the cruise line and ask them; they will respond.

AZAMARA:

http://www.azamaracruises.com/07/azama.....

CELEBRITY:

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

ROYAL CARIBBEAN:

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

NORWEGIAN:

http://www.ncl.com/

DISNEY:

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