Where & How to Apply for Cruise Ship Jobs

Legitimate sites & hiring partners of the main cruise lines and how to start applying.

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Step by Step Guide

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If you are looking to start your life at sea please first read on How to Spot Cruise Ship Scam Job Offers & Avoid Losing Money

Where Do I Start?

Depending on the cruise line you will find some have their own application websites that require you to sign-up and create a profile and/or independent recruiters in each country, plus some will receive applicants' CVs via e-mail.

Some cruise lines only accept applicants for open vacancies while others welcome all applications for future consideration.

Putting together your CV for Cruise Ship Jobs, coming soon!

💡 Down below you will find links for the main ocean cruise lines, help me keep the list updated and complete by commenting down below, thank you!

Read "Is it a good time to apply for a cruise ship job?"

Main Official Web Sites

In the list below you will find links to the main cruise lines' web pages where you can search for current job openings, create a profile and apply for jobs directly.

I've listed the general sites for the three biggest Cruise Line Corporations and the Individual Sites for each company below. First those to apply directly, followed by recruiting partners listed on official websites and lastly third party job offering sites.

What position is the best fit for your skills? Have an overview of shipboard jobs, duties and requirements.

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💡 Click on each image to be directed to the site, let me know if any links are not working!

Cruise Line Groups

Sites for various lines belonging to the same corporation.

• Carnival Corporation

• Royal Caribbean Group

• Norwegian Holdings

Choose the company that best fits you, check out all the cruise ship companies available and their profile!

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Individual Cruise Line Sites to Register and/or Apply via E-Mail

On the following web pages, you will find cruise lines offering a description of the shipboard roles in their fleet and two ways to apply: direct links to send your resume sometimes only available for current positions and in some cases there's an address where you can send your resume regardless of current openings; or signing up to each site, creating a profile and applying via their portal.

• AIDA

• Azamara

• Carnival

• Carnival Australia

• Carnival UK

• Celebrity

• Costa

• Cunard

• Disney

• Dream

• MSC

• Norwegian

• Oceania

• P&O

• Regent

• Royal Caribbean

• Silversea

• Star

Full guide on how to apply for the Royal Caribbean Group cruise lines, coming soon!

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Hiring Partners & Concessions

Some cruise lines use hiring partners in each country to do the applicant screening for them (some do exclusively and some do besides the direct application option) as well some shipboard positions work via concessionaire partners like retail, spa, casino and sometimes photographers, in this case, you will be hired by them and allocated to one of the cruise lines they offer their services to.

Find Hiring Partners in Your Country

Concessions

These companies offer third-party services to multiple cruise lines and will place you wherever they need personnel trying to match your best fit. Mainly in the areas of retail, spa, photography, art auctions and casino. Here are some examples.

Lesser known specialty jobs onboard cruise ships and where to aply, coming soon!

Third-party Job Searching Sites

Some cruise lines directly point applicants to third party sites they actively post and search in like LinkedIn or Glassdoor.

Other private websites attempt to gather and post all current job offerings from various companies, but as I said many companies don't post their current vacancies and accept unsolicited applications so don't stop there! Do take advantage of their link lists for different cruise lines.

Always make it a priority to apply directly with the cruise lines or official hiring partners.

💡 I can't vouch for any of these sites myself.

I hope you found all this information useful and be sure to join the curious tribe to find everything you need to know to work on cruise ships!

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