RECRUITMENT
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necessary skills, maturity, and in certain cases certificates, to earn the right to step upwards in terms of responsibility and salary.” Don’t rush through the ranks advises Dobbin, experience in a previous role often pays dividends when taking the next step upwards. This advice is echoed by Lewis at YPI who sees crew looking to move too quickly upwards without the necessary real experience and graft. Delamare added, “This depends on the position, however, we believe key elements include dedicated, motivated crew who are loyal and fully invested in their work. A team player who will go the extra mile not just for him/herself but the rest of the crew. Crew who will continuously keep learning, invest in training, show initiative and most importantly are ready to move up in rank.”
“It is getting hard to find good senior crew with longevity and good solid qualifications and I am not sure why,” notes Weston and Lewis agrees that there is always room
for improvement in the general calibre of candidates. “Plenty of crew are registered at recruitment agencies and there are plenty of yachts looking for crew, but the challenge is putting them together.” Says Lewis, “there is always a shortage of talent. If we send a client a CV it is because we feel that person really deserves an interview. And yachts shouldn’t hang around waiting for a unicorn, unicorns don’t exist.”
Dobbin notes a shortage of Chief Stewardesses for large yachts. ‘“We often see large yachts of 90m+ struggling to find housekeepers with the right experience.” He has reason to note that crew tend to prefer to work on yachts under 80m where work is more multi-skilled and varied and yachts can get into ports. Delamare explains what HRcrew
have found so far this year, “It varies across departments and also yacht size ranges, however, for the larger yachts we have seen a shortage of experienced senior and chief stewardesses.” But continues to explain, “We are experiencing an increase of entry level candidates with many courses completed as well as many very well qualified and experienced commercial/Passenger/ Cruise ship candidates looking to make a transition to private yachting for the larger 100m+ yacht division.”
Dobbin and Blazy both point to a shortage of positions for yacht Captains, which Dobbin suggests might be the result of more people obtaining certificates or moving from commercial shipping. “Commonly,” he says, “Captains look to increase yacht size and the pyramid of yachts gets smaller towards the top so those looking to move from a 50m to 70m is difficult as there are less 70m yachts than 50m.” Says Blazy, “It has been a tough winter for many of the captains out there.” She sees several
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