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If you’re curious to find out the meanings of some more weird and wonderful words to do with shipping, sailing, seafarer jobs, merchant navy ranks and vessels, keep on reading as we explore some nautical words that start with E and F.

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By: Eve Church

How do you deal with issues and communicate with teams as someone working in maritime recruitment or crew planning when the people and the issues are geographically all over the place?

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By: Eve Church

Shipfitter jobs are exactly what they sound like: the job entails fitting the parts of a ship together. But that’s a deceptively simple description of this physically demanding and highly skilled job. If you’re interested in applying for shipfitter jobs in the maritime industry contact Martide now.

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By: Eve Church

Coupled with fickle weather, treacherous seas, and a dose of manmade error, life at sea can be challenging and risky. But that's where your ship's emergency signals and alarms can help. They can assist the crew in responding appropriately to a crisis or preventing an issue.

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By: Tricia Tan

In maritime recruitment, you can't rely on the best seafarers applying organically for your jobs anymore. To be successful long term you must be proactive, targeting the candidates that are a great fit for your shipping company and building a relationship with them.

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By: Eve Church

If you’ve been checking out our other blog posts about nautical terms, you might be interested in this post which covers maritime words and phrases that begin with the letter D. So let’s take a look at everything from DWT and davits to dunnage and duty!

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By: Eve Church

A hiring team will be responsible for the recruitment process from recruiting talent, interviewing seafarers to hiring the ideal seaman or woman for the position. So, if you want to lighten your load a bit, then it might be a good idea for you and your company to form a hiring committee.

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By: Nathaly Seruela

If you’re working in a seafarer job you don’t need us to tell you life onboard can sometimes be stressful. So how do you deal with that stress?

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By: Eve Church

From sourcing seafarers to scheduling interviews to checking documents and finding suitable candidates in time to meet change over dates, your to-do list is often a long and overwhelming one. Here are some tips that will help you save time and reduce your stress levels!

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By: Eve Church

The ATS was developed in the hopes of reducing the time and commitment required when a company is hiring. It helps in candidate selection, but the ATS also gives employers internal insight into their interviewing and hiring process.

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By: Tricia Tan