Does anyone have any job leads?

[whereismycadetblad]

Hello all,

Wondering if anyone had job leads? Seems to be a bad time for Deck Officers (or maybe just me) but I can't get a job for love nor money. Any info would certainly be appreciated.

Cheers

[bridgemonkey]

It's very dry on the job front at the OOW level right now. There are the odd jobs coming up but most are temporary or require experience. I did see faststream had a post this morning about tanker vacancies at all ranks

[whereismycadetblad]

Yeah definitely very dry. Even the temp jobs end up getting filled in house. If this continues for a couple more months it's time to think about a career change I think. Cheers for the reply. I would think I'd need an endorsement to work on tankers?

[The Kraken]

Definitely very dry, the OOW wind farm role on Seacareer has 258 applications so far, I didn't think there would even be that many junior officers in the UK?! It's like the general job market post the 2008 recession.

[Inland Pirate]

If you saw the figures Newbie posted the other day, in the next 3-5 years there's going to be an awful lot of us without those jobs we were told we'd walk right into...

[Clanky]

Could you please PM me with contact details, I have been making a few enquiries around LinkedIn regarding jobs for newly qualified deck officers and while I have nothing concrete I have had some feedback which might at least be of some help.

I am travelling tonight and I will be blind drunk tomorrow, but should be able to get back to you by Sunday / Monday.

[TAL]

Have been chatting to a friend today whose younger brother just qualified end of March, got a Job with celebrity cruises as Third officer during the week... so there is jobs out there, just not an abundance of them unfortunately

[Midge]

Could you please PM me with contact details, I have been making a few enquiries around LinkedIn regarding jobs for newly qualified deck officers and while I have nothing concrete I have had some feedback which might at least be of some help.

I am travelling tonight and I will be blind drunk tomorrow, but should be able to get back to you by Sunday / Monday.

You are a kind person, I'm sure they will appreciate the effort.

[innes1981]

Clyde recruit Web page has a cpl 2nd officer vacancies at the moment.

[bridgemonkey]

Clyde recruit Web page has a cpl 2nd officer vacancies at the moment.

The fisheries one was up the other day with Seamariner. Apparently an immediate start which is interesting as it appears to be the same job. One that annoyed me was a trainee dpo job on the UK Chamber of Shipping website which was insisting that applicants would only be considered if they were of Filipino nationality.

[Midge]

The fisheries one was up the other day with Seamariner. Apparently an immediate start which is interesting as it appears to be the same job. One that annoyed me was a trainee dpo job on the UK Chamber of Shipping website which was insisting that applicants would only be considered if they were of Filipino nationality.

I thought there was something called discrimination laws in the UK and expected that to apply to adverts too?
We have only just enabled the race section of discrimination here, the other sections to follow and I thought we were bad. I could understand if it was an advert in another country.

[GuinnessMan]

Can we see a link or screen grab please? Not saying I don't believe you, just want to see some proof before we get the outrage bus going....

[Midge]

Can we see a link or screen grab please? Not saying I don't believe you, just want to see some proof before we get the outrage bus going....

I couldn't find it, maybe removed.
Why don't we see any jobs on French ships at all? Just thought they are very close lots of trade between the two, is there some kind of protection unions or something, being another EU country and the free movement of people etc just surprised I've never seen any.

[The Kraken]

I couldn't find it, maybe removed.
Why don't we see any jobs on French ships at all? Just thought they are very close lots of trade between the two, is there some kind of protection unions or something, being another EU country and the free movement of people etc just surprised I've never seen any.

Brittany Ferries' career site states: "Recruitment for onboard staff is handled through our Roscoff office, who have a permanent recruitment site. French and English language skills are considered a prerequisite for onboard staff". The link leads through to this page: http://corporate.brittany-ferries.co...es-emploi.aspx

[alistairuk]

I couldn't find it, maybe removed.
Why don't we see any jobs on French ships at all? Just thought they are very close lots of trade between the two, is there some kind of protection unions or something, being another EU country and the free movement of people etc just surprised I've never seen any.

Because you can't work as a deck / engine officer on French flagged vessels if you ain't french (basically).