I want to apply to work on a cruise ship how to apply? Do i need previous expirence if i want to work w/ youth

Question

I'm looking into applying to get a job on a cruise. I am thinking of applying to work with the youth staff but i can't seem to find infomation regarding of how to apply to work with youth onboard or if i need to have previous expirence working with youth? Pls help. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You need to go to the cruise line web sites and click on the link to jobs, employment, human resources or whatever they have that leads to employment information.  

The luxury cruise lines are:

REGENT SEVEN SEAS:

http://www.rssc.com/

RADISSON:

http://www.cruisingluxury.com/Radisson.....

SILVER SEAS:

http://www.silversea.com/

CRYSTAL:

http://www.crystalcruises.com/home.asp.....

Other cruise lines that most people go on:

CUNARD:

http://www.cunard.com/

HOLLAND AMERICA

http://www.hollandamerica.com/

CELEBRITY:

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

ROYAL CARIBBEAN:

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

AZAMARA:

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

NORWEGIAN:

http://www.ncl.com/

PRINCESS:

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

CARNIVAL:

http://www.carnivalcruiselines.com/

DISNEY:

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

Then there are some that operate out of Europe:

P&O:

http://www.pocruises.com/pocruising/Ho.....

STAR:

http://www.starcruises.com/newweb/main.....

COSTA:

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

MSC:

http://www.msccruisesusa.com/

I know that on Royal Caribbean's site if you go to the bottom of their home page and click on OUR COMPANY it will take you to a page where career opportunities are listed by category:  http://www.royalcaribbean.com/ourCompany...  

Then there are more links that will let you see and download job requirements.  Celebrity Cruise line is a RC affiliate and so you should be able to get similar information from them the same way.  here's a link to their jobs page:  http://www.celebritycruises.com/aboutcel...

Here's Norwegian Cruise line:  http://www.ncl.com/nclweb/cruiser/cmsPag...

Answer 2

Google cruise lines, all of them have a 'careers' section such for example, the two below: (it all depends where you want to travel)

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

http://www.royalcaribbean.com/ourCompany...

Do be very careful in your research of employers. Cruise companies tend to demand an awful lot from their staff: long, long hours in cramped quarters putting up with all sorts of behaviour from passengers. Many of them will confiscate your passport (or hold it 'for security'), will not pay you until your contract has ended and will not allow you to get off at different ports of call during your time with them. You can be a virtual slave and have nobody to complain to or help you out if you have problems onboard the ship.