Cruise Career Compass

Welcome to Cruise Career Compass, your personal roadmap to exploring diverse opportunities in the cruise industry. In this episode, host Mackenzie delves into the realities of landing a cruise ship job, emphasizing the essential qualifications required for various roles in hospitality, entertainment, deck operations, and more. Mackenzie provides valuable insights on what to do, and what not to do, during the application and interview process, helping you avoid behaviors that could sabotage your chances.

Discover whether a cruise career aligns with your aspirations, as Mackenzie outlines the demands of ship life, including long hours, limited privacy, and the importance of adaptability.

Relationship coaches, Laura and Mackenzie, talk divorce and long distance relationships and how to remain intimate when your partner travels for work frequently. From episode 2 onwards, they will rotate shows between developing stronger bonds with your distant partner and the stickiness of divorce and separation. Follow them for their hilarious podcast intros which include meditation parodies.

Divorce Coach, Laura, leads us through the signs that indicated your relationship was over and coping tactics. Next week, Coach Mackenzie shares tips on how to stay intimate when you are miles apart.

Follow them for their hilarious meditation intros.

Join host Mackenzie as she discusses the Maritime Labor Convention (MLC).

Mackenzie highlights the Brazilian crew's legal battle, a move resulting in complex repercussions and she shares which cruise lines are hiring Brazilians! FIND ME ON IG @CREWSWITHKRISTA

Recruiter Mackenzie shares the 31 countries in Africa impacted by C1/D visa changes in this short podcast

Coach Mackenzie spent 6 years onboard as a manager and is a recruiter. She can coach you through the lens of what the cruise industry is looking for from step 1 all the way through to your next promotion, or your first one. Listen to logic. If you could do this alone, you would already have the job. This episode explains the value of hiring Mackenzie to help you achieve success.

Why can't Indian, Filipino Chinese citizens apply with foreign agencies? Why is it challenging for African candidates to get hired? Recruiter and Cruise Career Coach Mackenzie explains and tells you where to apply.

Former onboard cruise ship manager, turned Recruiter, shares her personal journey and strategies as to how she got the attention of a recruiter, passed the interview and managed politics and people to get multiple promotions

Contact Mackenzie at [email protected] if you have questions for the show!