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How Up-to-Date is the Maritime Recruitment Agency You Use?

In shipping, not everyone is onboard when it comes to abandoning old practices and embracing new. Do your maritime recruitment agencies fall into that category? If you suspect the companies you use to fill your maritime jobs could be more efficient it's time to take a look at who you partner with.

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Why You Mustn't Trash Talk Employers on Your Seafarer Resume

Are you about to start writing a maritime resume? Perhaps you're thinking about dusting off your current seafarer CV to apply for jobs at sea after a period onshore. Whatever stage in your sea career you are at, trash talking a former employer on your seafarer resume is a real no no! Here's why.

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How to Read Candidate Body Language in Maritime Recruitment

Whether you're an employer or a maritime recruitment agency, some seafarers you interview might be nervous. Here's how to read body language so you can spot the signs of nerves and not jump to unfair conclusions about a person.

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Why Your Shipping Company Needs a Social Media Presence

Social media is a polarizing topic but whether you love it or hate it, one thing's for sure and that is that companies need it. And that includes your small to medium sized shipping company. Don't believe us? We look at some of the reasons why you should consider having a social media presence.

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4 Tips To Help You Interview Millennials in Maritime Recruitment

When you're looking for candidates to fill your seafarer jobs, you meet seamen ranging from cadets to experienced masters and chief officers. And somewhere in the middle of those age groups lie millennials. And you may find you need to adjust your traditional interview process to deal with them.

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10 Big Mistakes Not To Make in Your Seafarer Resume

Writing a maritime resume isn't something people do for fun. It's time consuming, it can be hard to know what to include and what to omit, and checking for spelling errors is a pain. So we're giving you a headstart by telling you 10 big mistakes people often make when writing a resume for a seafarer.

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Is Your Current Maritime Recruitment Agency Responsive Enough?

If you're a shipowner using maritime recruitment agencies to fill your jobs at sea, you need to know you're getting good value for money. Luckily there's ways to tell if the agency or consultant you work with is fulfilling their obligations, and one of those is looking at how responsive they are.

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How to Sell Yourself in a Maritime Resume without Showing Off

Have you written a maritime resume and found it hard to sell your skills without showing off? Boasting on a CV is a major turn off for most employers, including shipping companies and maritime recruitment agencies. But you still need to tell a potential employer what your strengths are. Here's how.

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4 Ways to Motivate Staff to Make Crew & Employee Referrals

If you're thinking about implementing an employee referral scheme in your shipping company to help fill your seafarer jobs, it's only going to work if you know how to motivate your staff to participate in it. So just how do you go about doing that? Martide has the answers.