So You Want to Work on a Cruise Ship?
Cruise ship positions make for one of the most varied employment markets in the wide spectrum of jobs available. If you have previously snubbed the idea of working on a cruise ship due to what you might perceive as a very narrow range of positions, then it might be worth looking properly at the range of opportunities available out there – there are as many different cruise ship jobs as there are on dry land, and doing a job on one of the many cruise liners sailing the seas will give you a wider range of experiences than the average post.
When thinking of your CV, think about this: How cool will it look to the person reading it that you have not only done this job, but travelled so far in doing it, and gone to such lengths to pursue what you want to do. It takes a bit of mental strength to do a job that will take you away from familiar ground for long periods at a time – of course it does – but the rewards are increasingly making it worth the effort. The hardest step is actually getting on the ship for the first time to do the job, and once you’ve done that it becomes completely normal for you very quickly. Working behind a bar on a ship, for example, is hardly a change at all from working behind a bar on dry land. The major difference is in the mind, and it is more of an immediate hurdle than a huge mountain – however it may look from your initial position.
Cruise ship jobs are an increasingly popular way of making money on a gap year before going to college. With so much of what you would normally need to sort out for yourself already taken care of (accommodation, meals and the like), most of what you earn will be disposable income. If you are a good saver and put a little bit of money by from each pay check you get, you will soon find that there is a growing fund there that will be endlessly helpful when you start college. Working on a cruise ship can prepare you for college in more than one way. Not only will you be aided financially by the stint, but you will also find that it gets you used to living away from home, and that it also gives you an appreciation of working to support yourself – two major factors that students are likely to come up against.
Another benefit, and perhaps the most obvious, is that when you work on a cruise ship, you get to see so much of the world. Sure, you don’t get to have the same experience of it as the cruise customers, and there is a lot of hard work involved. But as long as you do your work you will find that there is time to do some sight-seeing on your down time – making cruise ship work extremely attractive to those of us who want to see some of the world.
Caterina Christakos is a published author and reviewer. Read her latest reviews of seven 7 jeans and various seven jeans styles.
Author: Caterina Christakos
Article Source: EzineArticles.com
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