Martide Blog – Page 41 of 66

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Do You Need to Know How to Swim to Become a Seafarer?

Must you know how to swim to work in a job at sea? What if we tell you that technically you can be a seafarer even without knowing how to swim?

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What Makes a Good Manning Agency in Maritime Recruitment?

If you're a small to medium-sized shipping company who wants to enhance your maritime recruitment operations and you're either looking to work with a manning agency for the first time or you're seeking to switch maritime recruitment suppliers you might be wondering what makes a good manning agent.

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Seafarer's Guide to Your Martide Message Inbox

If you've applied for seafarer jobs through Martide, employers and manning agents can communicate with you about your applications through our messaging feature. When you create an account with Martide you'll be given your own private inbox - here's how to get the most from it.

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How Martide's App Helps Solve Maritime Recruitment Challenges

Are you looking for a simple way to solve your maritime recruitment challenges? Martide has created a mobile app for seafarers that gives them easy access to all of your jobs at sea. It also allows you to stay in touch with them (and them with you) no matter where in the world you both are.

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What Seafarers Can Expect From a Professional Manning Agency

Unfortunately there are too many unscrupulous companies out there posing as maritime recruitment agencies, manning agents or crewing agencies whose sole purpose is to rip off seafarers

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Why Being Organized Increases Candidate Engagement

If your department is still using manual methods and physical filing systems, not only is this far more time consuming and inefficient, it also slows down the hiring process for your seafarers.

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Everything You Need to Know About Mining Ships

In this post we're going to be taking a look at one of the lesser known merchant ships: The mining vessel. So if you've ever sat down and Googled “what is a mining ship” or “what is a mining vessel” you're in luck!

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Inspiring Seaman Quotes in Tagalog

Inspiring seaman quotes in Tagalog! Wag mo hayaang sumasabay ka lang sa agos ng dagat. Minsan, dapat ikaw mismo ang kokontrol ng direksyon nito.

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Why You Must Harness the Power of Tech in Maritime Recruitment

Times have changed and deciding whether or not to "go digital" is no longer something you can afford to consider in maritime recruitment today. If you're not embracing technology in your shipping company, you're going to fall behind your competitors.