Over the last four years, major cruise lines launched dozens of new luxury cruise ships. Each cruise ship employs between 500 and 2,000 crew and staff members. Thousands of new cruise ship jobs are being created this year alone! In addition, over the next three years, up to 30 additional cruise ships are scheduled to be launched.
The fact is the cruise industry has been grown steadily and is set to boom as the economy continues to recover. In 2016, the cruise line industry experienced a nice increase in passenger traffic over the previous year and 2017 is looking like it will be even better!
This is all great news for you! There has never been a better time to be looking for work in the cruise line industry. Whether you are looking to work on for a cruise line for a short-term job change or a long term career, the cruise line industry has a place for you.
On average cruise lines employ one crew member for every two cruise ship guests. This means it takes about 1,000 crew members to staff a cruise ship that carries 2,000 guests. In addition, for whatever reason, turnover on the cruise ships is generally pretty high, so cruise lines need to fill an awful lot of positions every year and thus they are ALWAYS HIRING!