As part of an effort to draw more young people to a career at sea, the International Maritime Organization has selected the theme #CareerAtSea for the upcoming Day of the Seafarer 2015, an annual day of recognition held every June 25th for the world's 1.5 million seafarers and the contributions they make to international trade and the world economy. The IMO says … [Read more...]
It Pays to Have a Good Reputation
How are you perceived at work? Are you thought of as a strong worker, a good leader, great team player, a follower, a loner, or a complainer? Over time, your pay will increase if your reputation is terrific. If it is not, your pay will suffer. There are actions you can take. Do you know what your coworkers think about you? Do you know what your boss thinks? There are … [Read more...]
Go Sail A Rust Bucket – 10 Reasons Why
Each year hundreds of cadets graduate America's Maritime Academies looking for a Third Mate job with the country's best shipping companies. Polar Tankers, Transocean, Matson... the names don't change and the number of positions set aside for newly licensed officers rarely widen. Only the top cadets will win these spots, the rest are left to join unions or sail with less … [Read more...]
The gCaptain FreeBoard – free and unlimited job postings for employers worldwide
We just launched yesterday! Please have a look around and let us know what sort of tweaking is needed to make this as useful as possible. … [Read more...]
Merchant Marine Jobs – 101 (or so) Tips To Find A Dream Job At Sea
Over the past few months the gCaptain team has been working hard to put together the internet's best Merchant Marine Jobs Board and, after finally launching it to the public in June, we have received great feedback from both job seekers and employers looking to hire. We are not maritime recruiters, therefore, the launch of the job board was no easy task or spur of the moment … [Read more...]
Google Books – Supercharge Your Maritime Career
For the past few years thousands of trucks have been showing up at Google's campus, discharging piles of books and picking up yesterday's delivery. In what is now called Google's Moonshot, the reason behind this strange occurrence was recently revealed.... Google Books. The NY Times gives us the background of the project: Google Book Search is the ambitious plan to digitize … [Read more...]