| Cruise lines are one the most attractive options for | | | | hairdressers, hostesses, musicians, dance troupes, |
| vacationers and adventurers. They seem glamorous | | | | technicians, therapists, disc jockeys, lifeguards, |
| and attractive to job seekers too. Cruise lines offer a | | | | housekeepers and so on. Higher positions have |
| variety of job openings for hundreds of people with | | | | officers, captain and other management staff who |
| varied skills. Managing and running a cruise line is no | | | | are highly skilled and paid very well. |
| joke. The jobs are similar to service industries like | | | | Health is an important consideration. People prone to |
| hotels. Cruise lines jobs are good for adventurous and | | | | sea sickness are wise to avoid taking up a job on a |
| interactive people. | | | | cruise line as the sea can be turbulent any time. Entry |
| Apart from work, employees get to travel to many | | | | level workers may feel confined in shared and small |
| locations which might be unaffordable otherwise. It is | | | | rest places. Most cruise lines demand a contract for |
| fun for people who like to meet new people and | | | | few months without any holiday. Physical fitness is |
| committed to please others. Food, accommodation, | | | | very important as work is quite demanding without |
| the journey back to home and many other facilities | | | | holidays after the voyage starts. Pay scales vary in |
| are provided and one gets to save a lot of money. | | | | different cruise lines. The more advanced the skills |
| One can also do it in between other jobs for change | | | | required, the higher is the pay. It also depends on |
| and fun as it is based on a contract for a particular | | | | quality, size and standards of a cruise line. |
| time period. | | | | Cruise lines are a fast growing industry with increasing |
| Larger cruise lines have specific positions for specific | | | | demand for manpower. To most people it seems to |
| tasks while smaller ones may have one person doing | | | | be a very attractive and glamorous job opportunity. |
| many things. Since cruise lines are like cities compact | | | | However, one must look at the pros and cons |
| with all kinds of services, they require people with all | | | | before entering such jobs. Because once you are on |
| kind of skills. There are many entry level jobs like | | | | sea, whatever may come, you have to be there. |