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Re: Career change to marine employment
From: Brian Whatcott
Date: 2003 Jan 4, 12:11 -0600
From: Brian Whatcott
Date: 2003 Jan 4, 12:11 -0600
At 09:31 PM 1/1/03, you wrote: >I would like to ask the list for recommendations and actions in changing my >career to one involving travel and the sea. At this point I have no notion >of exactly what I would do, but if it involves travel and the sea I would >consider myself fortunate. I would appreciate advice from only those with >professional experience, I can speculate for myself. Any suggestions? > >Thanks in advance! > >Craig In monitoring specialist newsgroups and lists for some years, I sometimes see a note of this kind: which offers no insight into the available skill set, experience, or age of the questioner, yet will entertain only "Professional" responses. Here is what I can say frankly is a non-professional response. If Craig has skills as a waiter, he could probably wait on a cruise ship, and enquire from people on the spot as to the next step. Or like me, he could acquire a General Commercial Radio Op license with Radar endorsement, and try for a crew position. He could call a cruise company or a shipping line. I remember speaking to one or two people who got it into their head they would like to work a ship, so they went where the ships were, and hunted for a job - successfully. This seems like the appropriate way - but that's just speculation, of course. Hope it helps a little. It certainly does not hurt to hang out with people in the line you'd like to try. Specially if you are pleasant! :-) Brian Whatcott Altus OK Eureka!