How Does Carnival Cruise Line Recruit Employees?

Website

Carnival recruits a large number of individuals through their official website. The website has links to the specific jobs that are available at carnival, and people can find out about the company and its positions by looking around through the links.

Internet Ads

Another way Carnival recruits is to place online advertisements on websites that are both related or unrelated to cruise ships. For instance, Carnival might place an ad above, below, or to the side of the article text on websites such as cruisemates.com or cruisedirect.com, since they know that someone reading such an article would be interested in their jobs or services. These ads also can be placed on Internet sites that are unrelated to the cruise ship industry, such as a job posting site.

Audition/Interview Calls

When Carnival ships dock in city ports, it provides them with the opportunity to hold auditions and interviews in the port city. They thus may have advertisements in the port city's newspapers, or they may post fliers near the ship to let locals know about available positions. Those who are interested can audition or interview right on the ship, which sometimes helps the recruiter convince people to go through the process completely because the interested individual is in the cruise ship environment. According to cruiseshipjobs.biz, dance auditions require close fitting clothing (to not interfere with dance movements), a head shot and a resume. Singers require a resume and head shot, as well, and they are expected to have prepared two selections of contrasting styles, one of which must be rhythm and blues or rock and roll. CDs can be used for accompaniment for the singer auditions, but accompanists are also provided.

On-Ship Recruitment

When you are on a Carnival cruise, you have the opportunity to observe the various entertainment, hosting, maintenance and other roles necessary for the ship to function. For instance, if you see a performance of a musical on board, you get to see what type of production is done, what types of voices are used, and if the musical style meets your own. If a position is immediately available, Carnival lets those on the ship know, most often promoting the job opportunity as a great way to earn money while traveling and enjoying the sea. Interested parties would apply to the recruitment officer on board or to the general employment office and production or other manager observe and evaluate auditions based on quality, potential and ability to meet the audition guidelines.

Resources

• Carnival Cruise Recruitment Site