Are you not succeeding at finding a job? Maybe you are at fault and you haven’t realized yet

Some facts of finding a job you should know

• Recruiters take an average of 6 seconds to scan a resume. (The Ladders)
• Job seekers will spend an average of 11 hours a week looking for work.
  (Careerbuilder)
• On average, each a job offer attracts 250 resumes. Of those candidates, 4 to 6 will get called for an interview, and only one will get the job.(Glassdoor)
• Where are applications coming from?  Here are the top five sources:
  • Job Boards – 52.17%
  • Career Sites – 33.90%
  • Referrals – 3.07%
  • Internal Hire – 2.26%
  • Agency – 1.76%   (Jobvite 2017 Recruiting Funnel Benchmark Report)

• 41% of employers say that they might not interview a candidate if they can’t find them online. (Careerbuilder)
• 87% of recruiters use LinkedIn or Social Media to check candidates.

(Jobvite Recruiter Nation Report 2016)

• 91% of employers prefer their candidates to have work experience, and 65% of them prefer their candidates to have relevantwork experience.

(NACE Job Outlook 2017)

• Candidates don’t want to complete an application that will take longer than 20 minutes.(Careerbuilder)
• Average time-to-hire a new employee was 39 days in 2016, down from 43 days in 2015 (Jobvite 2017 Recruiting Funnel Benchmark Report)
• In 2015, 51% of those who did have jobs were searching for new ones or watching for openings. (State of the American Workplace Report Gallup 2017)
• 62% of employers are specifically looking for your soft skills. 
  (Careerbuilder)
• 93% of employers consider soft skills an “essential” or “very important” factor in hiring decisions. (Wonderlic.)

Are you still thinking you are doing the right things?

• By 2016, only 19% of recruiters were investing in a mobile career website.
  (Jobvite Recruiter Nation Report 2016)
• How many interviews come before an offer?According to recruiters: Three – 51% / Four – 22% / Two – 17% / Five or More – 9% / One – 1%

(2017 Recruiter Sentiment Study MRI Network) 

• In 2016, 1 in 6 candidates who applied for a job were asked for an interview.
  (Jobvite 2017 Recruiting Funnel Benchmark Report)

• 66% of job seekers said they would wait only two weeks for a callback after which they consider the job a lost cause and move on to other opportunities.

(Careerbuilder)

• What recruiters want  from job seekers:
  • Resumes Tailored to the Open Position – 63%
  • Skill Sets Listed First on a Resume – 41%
  • Cover Letters – 40%
  • Application Addressed to the Hiring Manager – 22%
  • Links to Personal Blogs, Portfolios, or Websites – 16%

    (Careerbuilder)

• Here’s what recruiters say will get a resume rejected in 2016:
  • Impersonal Applications (No Hiring Manager’s Name) – 84%
  • No Thank You Note After Interview – 57%
  • Resumes Aren’t Customized and Tailored – 54%
  • No Cover Letter – 45%
  • No Follow Up With Employer After Interview – 37%

    (Careerbuilder) 

• 4% of resumes errors come from mistakes in former job experience descriptions.
  (TheLadders) 
• 6% of resume errors come from the miscommunication of skills on a resume.
  (TheLadders) 

• 7% of resume errors involved missing accomplishments.

(TheLadders)

• 75% employers caught a lie on a resume.

(CareerBuilder, 2018)

• What recruiters say they look for on a resume:
  • Job Experience – 67%
  • Cultural Fit – 60%
  • Cover Letters – 26%
  • Prestige of College – 21%
  • GPA – 19% 

(Jobvite Recruiter Nation Report 2016

• How long does it take to get an offer? According to recruiters:
  • 5-6 Weeks – 35%
  • 3-4 Weeks – 31%
  • 7-8 Weeks – 23%
  • 1-2 Weeks – 8%9+ Weeks – 3%

 (2017 Recruiter Sentiment Study MRI Network) 

• Recruiters will disqualify candidates if they find evidence of the following on their social media profiles:
  • Provocative or Inappropriate Content – 46%
  • Alcohol and Drugs – 43%
  • Bigoted Content (Race, Religion, Gender, etc.) – 33%
  • Bad-mouthing Previous Company – 31%
  • Poor Communcation Skills – 29%

 (Careerbuilder)

• Recruiters will disqualify candidates if they find evidence of the following on their social media profiles:
  • Typos – 72%
  • Marijuana – 71%
  • Oversharing – 60%
  • Alcohol – 47%
  • Selfies – 18%

(Jobvite Recruiter Nation Report 2016) 

• Mobile job seekers reported searching for jobs in bed (52%), at their current job (37%), or in the restroom (15%)

(Jobvite Recruiter Nation Report 2016) 

• Conducting a phone Interview can add 6.8 – 8.2 days to the recruitment process.
  (Glassdoor)

YOUR CV

Your Personality your experience

There are hundreds of positions advertised online each day. Whether through a portal, a recruitment agent, website or Facebook. This is how most people get hired!

How do you get experience without a job? Don’t be put off by “must have one year experience”, if you have the right qualities and qualifications then yachts will want to interview you.

If you’re looking to become a stewardess, do you have experience working in hospitality, childcare, massage, beauty therapy or hairdressing? Any job that involves working with the public or unsociable hours counts as experience.

To become a deckhand, having skills such as carpentry, water sports instructor, yachtmaster, mechanic or electrician will help when looking for work. As well as skills there are three very important things to remember:

1. Attitude – Probably the word that is heard the most in this industry. Crew must have a good, positive attitude to their work. Captains don’t want to hear “it’s not my job”. This is not the attitude they like and you will soon find yourself in hot water.
2. Personality – Superyacht crew not only work onboard the yacht, but it is also your home where you eat, sleep and socialise. Living with your work colleagues and interacting with guests requires somebody with a great interpersonal and social skills. Are you somebody that can get on and have a conversation with anybody? 

3. Work ethic – Working hard, attention to detail and a positive work ethic are all qualities that captains look for. If you are somebody that clocks off at 5:00pm on the dot each day then you won’t last long in this industry. Once you have finished the task you have been set, then ask for more. Ask questions, be enthusiastic about your work. Remember it’s what you can do for the yacht not what the yacht can do for you…

CV Template

There are hundreds of positions advertised online each day. Whether through a portal, a recruitment agent, website Writing your CV can be stressful and from our experience people find it hard to write about themselves. CV’s are so important that we allocate a whole day of our Deckhand and Stewardess Courses to CV writing and interview techniques.

Your yachting CV is no more than two-pages long. Remember, the CV is a brief snapshot into your life so far, it is not a book about everything you have done and achieved.

Captains are more interested in your hobbies than your high school grades. Unlike a normal CV, a yachting CV requires you to detail gender, age, nationality, an image and even if you have any tattoos. This is considered discriminatory on a normal CV but it is normal practice to include this information on a yachting CV.

Online profile “Make sure you maximise all Facebook and Instagram security settings” Once the yacht has received your CV then they will do some due diligence. If you spend a lot of time online and are an active Facebook user then the yacht will soon find you and start digging.