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Your resume represents you when a captain or owner is trying to fill the open position aboard their luxury motor or navigation yacht.
Work on a Yacht - Do You Know How to Write Your Yacht Crew Resume to Get Your First Job?
When writing a resume for your first position as professional yacht crew, it is easy to screw up by focusing on the wrong information. However, it is valuable that your resume goes into the "must call for an interview" pile or you won't get the job! This article shows exactly how to get started...
First, all yacht crew resumes should contain a head-shot photo at the top, your nationality and visas held. Also, unless you want to regain an advanced position, like chef, engineer, or captain, your resume should fit on 1 page. There are two main questions population have when starting to write the actual content:
Question #1: What should I contain if I don't have "enough" boating experience?
Answer:
Resumes for all positions should include:
-All boating and water-related experience. (you might think of water-skiing just as a fun activity you did last summer, but it may be part of your job description).
-Boat handling (or "driving") feel is key, since you will drive the yacht's tender at some point.
-Anytime you breathed on the water, e.g dinghy racing, working at a marina, scuba diving, kayaking, life guard at beach or pool, etc.
-List any security or curative training, such as Cpr, first aid, Osha, etc.
-List any customer assistance work, even as a restaurant waiter or bartender.
-List anything that shows you are "handy," such as plumbing, repairing things, carpentry, varnishing.
-List boats that you've sailed on, e.g. 36 foot O'Day sailboat for weekend cruising, or 26 foot "beer can" race series, etc.
-Most importantly, Do anything you can Now to get more of this feel and build your resume.
Question #2: Can't I just tack the boating associated facts onto my existing work resume?
Answer:
A hiring captain or owner only tries to decide 3 important issues from your resume:
a) How much actual professional yachting feel and training do you have? (Direct Experience)
b) How badly does it seem like you want the job? (Desire)
c) Do you appear to understand why you want the job? (Attitude)
The hard truth is they do not care what you did before if it doesn't sass their concerns - period.
Therefore:
Write "Yachting Experience" as the first heading. (Then the second you have true professional yachting experience, even day work, turn the heading to "Professional Yachting Experience" and add each job under it.
Accept the fact that the 4 days of day work you did last week sanding decks on the 135 foot M/Y "Joe Blow" is more important than your 2 years as a Marketing Assistant - get over it. Placing "Yachting" first shows that you understand why you are there, your desire to learn, plus that you know how to properly sand teak decks, which will be more useful than knowing how to write a marketing report.
The lowest line is all of your previous work feel should occupy 25%-40% of your resume - no more. Then get very detailed on the definite skills you know when it comes to yachting and/or useful cross-over skills. Also, once you complete your Stcw training add it at the top of your resume - without it you won't get hired!
Now you should have a resume that you can enhance as you get more feel and compare/contrast to other resumes you see online for dissimilar ideas and phrasing, so you task the best image possible.
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