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Summary: Perfect match with Cruise Ship Job in 14 Days!
Review: After I read many reviews of books in this category I want to suggest to everyone the following. Instead of labeling books as good or bad let's use another criterion:
- books who have verifiable recommendations and reviews from different, independent sources and parts of the US and the World as prove that they really (over) deliver on their promises
- the rest who only pretend to do so and at the end leave you only with a bad taste in the mouth.
I am 100% sure that every objective reviewer will agree with me that Working on Cruise Ships is the most detailed and well written book on working and living onboard of a cruise ship. In addition I support the author's decision to include only few pages on how to deal with cover letter, resume and interview because there is another book- Cruise Ship Job in 14 Days, which is entirely focused on these 3 topics.
The best advice I can give you is to ask yourself what actually you are looking for. Information about what is to work and live onboard, how to apply and get a cruise ship job or both? In the first case your best bet is Working on Cruise Ships. In the second is Cruise Ship Job in 14 Days. In the third is to buy both perfectly matching books for A-Z coverage of the entire cruise ship employment topic.
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Summary: VERY INFORMATIVE
Review: HAD ALL THE NECESSARY INFORMATION AS WELL AS PERSONAL QUOTES FROM THE STAFF ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT SHIPS.
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Summary: Only 3 pages with tips on how to apply!
Review: I thought that this book in addition to description of the work and life onboard provides detailed information on how to write a cover letter and resume as well as to pass an interview. Unfortunately all I found about this were 3 pages with common sense tips. I think that instead of having 15 caricatures and funny pictures long 1/2-1 page the author had to provide detailed information on these 3 crucial for successful applying topics. That's why if you really want to get a cruise ship job search for another book.
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Summary: Highly Recommeded
Review: I've been looking for a book that tells you how it really is working on a cruise ship not just how to get the job. Written by an author who has been working on cruise ships for over a decade, I found her insights to be just what I've been looking for sprinkled with just the right about of humour to add the smiles while your reading. She addresses and dispels the myths and notions that many assume come with working on a cruise ship. In addition to telling you what it's like working on a cruise, she also tells you how to get a job on a ship. I've already mailed out my applications! Read this book if you want to know the reality of working on a cruise ship. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Very Informative
Review: Sandra Bow has done a wonderful job on this book. I was already eyeing it last year, before it was released. It hasn't disappointed me. Sandra has written in depth about working on a cruise ship. She lists 200 jobs, and goes in depth on a number of the mainstream jobs (i.e. hotel and restaurant staff, photographer, musician, etc.). She has many informative exerpts written by people who have worked in all types of cruise jobs, ranging from a Deck Officer to a Fitness Instructor. She also lists information about 46 cruise lines, and highlights 233 ships. She tells when they were first launched, how many people they accomodate, and what the pre-dominant nationality of the officers is. If you're thinking about getting a job on a cruise ship, I definately recommend you read this book. It is very informative, and was written in an excellent manner.
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Summary: Describes very well the life and work onboard
Review: This is the best book on what is to live and work on a cruise ship. It contains excellent personal stories of people who have worked there and it seems that the author has asked them specific questions because each story consist of several important answers. In "How to get a job with a Cruise line and travel around the world" there are also and actually more such stories, although they are usually defocused and often become autobiographical. Of course, they reveal information, which in a more guided manner will be omitted. That's why it is also a very good book about the life and work aboard.
Important: Both books contain only few pages with "tips" on how to write a cover letter and resume. So if this is what you are looking for the only book on the market, which is entirely focused on writing an attention-grabbing application and acing an interview is Cruise Ship Job in 14 Days.
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