Martide Blog – Page 63 of 66

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10 Ways You Can Celebrate Christmas When Working at Sea

When you work in a seafarer job, life at sea means being away from home, but at Christmas it can be harder than usual. Here are some coping tips.

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How to Minimize Resume Screening to Maximize Your Recruitment Drive

Do you ever find it hard recruiting for your seafarer jobs? Does anything frustrate you? Hate sorting through all the seafarer resumes? Well there are ways to minimize the time you spend screening whether resumes are paper or online. All you need is a little help from Martide and technology!

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3 Ways to Stop Candidates Ghosting You

You advertise your seafarer jobs. A candidate applies. They've the right qualifications, their documents are valid. You interview them and they're a great fit for your vessel. You negotiate salary, offer them a contract and then...nothing. They disappear. Welcome to the world of candidate ghosting.

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Are Seafarers Being Bombarded with Too Much Technology?

The maritime industry is packing up its sextants and paper charts and increasingly turning to automation and digitization. And while the new way of doing things may be quicker and more cost effective, it doesn't come without a price.

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9 Mistakes to Avoid When Interviewing for Seafarer Jobs

You need to be prepared when you're applying for seafarer jobs so here are 9 helpful tips to help you to nail that seaman job interview!

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4 Questions You May be Asked at Seafarer Job Interviews (And How to Answer Them)

You've been invited to seafarer jobs interviews. Now you need to impress the potential employer so they want to sign that contract. The best way to do that is to be polite, personable, professional - and give great answers to their questions. Martide tells you what those questions might be.

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3 Questions to Ask Candidates in Maritime Recruitment

One thing being talked about in recruitment for seafarer jobs at the moment is candidate experience. The theory is that by improving this and engaging better with potential employees, you'll be more likely to acquire top talent. And one way to do that is to ask better interview questions.

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Reduce Maritime Recruitment Costs with Cloud Computing

There are so many moving parts in maritime recruitment and crew management in this industry that adopting cloud computing and integrated crewing systems has to be the way forward. Here's how Martide can help.

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6 Steps to Creating a LinkedIn Profile to Find Seafarer Jobs

You've written your maritime resume, you're looking for your next contract - but is LinkedIn at the top of your list when you're looking for new seafarer jobs? Maybe not. But you shouldn't ignore LinkedIn just because you're not working a 9 to 5 job.