Kitchen jobs on cruise ships!!?

Question

for a while iv been considering working on a cruise ship, iv looked on alot of sites and there rubbish, does anyone no any sites/information with working in the kitchen on cruise ships, i have 4 years experience.. thanks..

Answer 1

Contact the cruise ship lines directly.  Why waste time with third parties they don't have your best interest at hand they only have their own.

Answer 2

most cruise line websites have "about us" areas which will give you details of jobs available and open.

i would either call their personnel department or write an email to them.

you work for long long hours and get little pay is what  i have heard from alot of crew.

enjoy your day.

cruisecritic.com

Answer 3

I work on the cruise ships and I would suggest as some of the others have said, contact the main cruise lines and find out more. Also on the company web sites there are buttons to the vacancies, but all are not apparentt, some are called 'about us' etc. so keep searching. I also contacted a company that supplied a very good guide book with job profiles, how to get work, contact addresses etc and you got a bi-monthly news sheet with all latest vacancies. They are based in Glasgow, so plug it into a search engine, they were helpfull. The service does cost a few quid but in my mind well worth it.

But be prepared for some long work hours and not large pay as its made up with tips in the areas you are looking at.

Just done some research for you as it was a couple of years ago I used them and the company can be found on www.cruiseservices.co.uk

The other thing to think of is 10 hours a day is a good day in some jobs on the ships with 11 and 12 being more like it, with the accommadation and bar work, other jobs have less work time, or if you have experience in something and get offered a supervisors position, or go for administration on the Pursers side of life, the working hours are less. but the company I mention will check your CV and suggest the options.

Good Luck

Answer 4

patrick has a point, but many cruise lines contract their staffing, i.e. they don't employ galley staff themselves. So you may have to go through an agency, like it or not.

NB it's a galley not a kitchen! Not showing your ignorance of ships is a good start to getting a job!