Sea the world


You now know a bit more about jobs in travel, but what does a typical role entail? We spoke to Beth Jefferson, who works for Take Off headline sponsor MSC Cruises


How did you get into the travel industry?


I actually started out as a hairdresser, but when I was 18 I decided I wanted to see the world. My original plan was to go away for a summer, but I ended up spending four years travelling and working in Tenerife, Ibiza, in ski resorts and in Canada and America.


When I came back, I knew I wanted a job that would allow me to travel, and I signed up to a careers newsletter and went to a job fair in London.


why a job with a cruise line?


I looked at cabin crew, but jobs in the cruise industry really appealed as you get to go to lots of new places. I handed my CV to 12 major cruise


companies which were at the fair and spoke for a long time to the lady from MSC Cruises. Three companies ended up coming back to me, but I chose MSC as they have such a wide range of nationalities on board – both passengers and crew.


How long have you worked for MSC and where has the job taken you?


I’ve worked for MSC for two years as a bar waitress. My first contract was working in a British pub on a ship called MSC Meraviglia in the Mediterranean. After that I went to the Caribbean on MSC Seaside, and then I


heard a rumour about a


world cruise so I applied straight away. On the world cruise on MSC Magnifica, guests sailed for 119 days, travelling


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Jobs in travel


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