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Martide blogs for and about manning agents. If your work is related in any way to maritime recruitment, you should find something interesting to read here.

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How to Choose Crew Management Software: 12 Questions to Ask Before You Buy

It's easy to be distracted by impressive-looking features during a software demo. But if those features don't solve your problems, they're not very useful.

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Crew Management Software vs Spreadsheets: Which is Right for Your Company?

Spreadsheets are familiar, flexible, relatively cheap and everyone knows how to use them. But could you work smarter with maritime crew management software?

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10 Signs You've Outgrown Spreadsheet Crew Management

There comes a point when a spreadsheet stops making life easier and starts creating more work. And it could be costing your company more than you think.

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Why Spreadsheet Crew Management Is Costing Your Company More Than You Think

Spreadsheets are familiar and flexible. But they can be unwieldly when you're dealing with lots of data. Even worse, they could cost you more than you think!

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Maritime Recruitment Agencies: When & Why to Use Them

Wondering if YOUR shipping company should outsource your crew hiring needs to a specialist maritime recruitment agency? Read our blog to find out

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What To Do if a Fake Agency is Advertising Jobs in Your Name

If you've realized that a fake manning agency is advertising YOUR maritime jobs to unsuspecting seafarers, you need to take action. Here's how.

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What Makes a Good Manning Agency in Maritime Recruitment?

If you're a small to mid-sized shipping company who wants to work with a manning agency for the first time you might wonder what makes a good manning agent.

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Pros & Cons of Using Manning Agents for Maritime Recruitment

What are the pros – and what are the cons – of handing over your maritime recruitment needs to a manning or crewing agency? We take a look at both sides.

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How to Help Your Manning Agency Win More Clients

If you're a manning agency you have a lot of competition. How do you make sure you stand out from the competition and attract more clients and better seafarers?

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Why Manning Agents Need to Learn to Love Tech

Many manning agents are struggling to stand out amongst a sea of competitors. But what are the reasons behind this issue? And could technology be the answer?

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How to Choose the Best Maritime Recruitment Agency

Not getting results from your manning agency? Hiring a recruiter for the first time? Make sure you choose the right team by reading Martide’s blog post first.

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Why You Shouldn't Cheat on your Maritime Recruitment Agency

You may think that coming from a company who helps shipowners streamline maritime recruitment operations the title of this post is a biased. And you might be right! But stick with us as we explain why only working with one recruitment agency in the maritime industry makes more sense than you think.

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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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Is Your Current Maritime Recruitment Agency Responsive Enough?

If you use maritime recruitment agencies, you need to know you're getting value for money. Being responsive is a good benchmark to how effective your agency is.

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Is Your Maritime Recruitment Agency Finding You the Best Seafarers?

Finding the right crew to fill your seafarer jobs is hard if the maritime recruitment agencies you work with aren't doing their jobs properly. You need to be sure the seamen they pick from their candidate database are right. So let's look at how to choose a partner to help you fill your vacancies.

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Why Manning Agents Should Join Our Approved Partner Network

If you’re a manning agency wondering what the difference between our Existing and Approved Networks of manning agents is, read on as we explain in this post.