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there is a lack of crew with desired longevity of 1 year+ on one vessel. This is an ongoing issue around crew retention, where 6–10-month stints onboard seem to be relatively common these days.”
“At the start of the season the hospitality, specialist stew and the galley roles are very much in demand,” says Chloé Collet, Captain & Officer Recruitment Specialist Executive at YPI Crew.
Hardy notes a demand for carpenters and Lees reminds us of a perpetual need for engineers.
Carla Swaine, recruitment consultant at JMS Careers says, “We seem to be looking for a lot of stews at the moment but actually lots of boats also seem to be changing quite a few crew for various reasons such as yachts changing hands, and then the yachts crewing up from winter and refit skeleton crew etc. In March and April it’s go, go, go. This is a good thing and we have lots of entry level candidates - the real greenies.”
From a crew point of view, McKee reckons it’s hard to pinpoint a particular position more coveted than others; “I have seen a very large number of applications for all departments we are recruiting for at the moment. From an employer standpoint, we generally see an appreciable increase in requests for junior crew as the seasons change. Many seasonal yachts have started to look for seasonal and temporary crew in the build up to the summer Med season with an eye to having some of these positions become permanent depending on how the crew perform during the summer.”
PONTOON POUNDING
The numbers of new or ‘greenie’ crew pounding the pontoons in search of a first step are up reckon some experts; a result of greater exposure of the industry on social media and TV streaming services such as ‘Below Deck’ . Dykstra explains, “The normalisation of travel post-covid combined with the backlog of greenies who put their plans to join the industry on hold for a year or so between 2020-2022 has also increased the numbers.”
“This undeniable growth in interest,” says Lees, “has fuelled the dreams of many seeking what they hope will be a thrilling and rewarding career in this unique industry.”
But for new crew it’s a Catch 22 situation points out McKee, “Employers want experienced crew, but in order to gain experience, junior crew need to get a job, and so the cycle goes. There are a great deal of talented junior crew out there who are all eagerly awaiting a chance to prove themselves. I think it’s easy to forget that we once all started as junior crew and that someone took a chance on us, so the onus is on us to give others their start.”
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