A career is a job or a series of jobs you do during your working life. But finding the right career path is not easy at all for most people. This blog post can help you with it. Education Education is a key element. It qualifies you to work in certain jobs. But don’t…
The historically male-dominated shipping industry should clear the decks for a new generation of women, whose empowerment would help fuel economic growth, and speed up the drive towards “safe, secure, clean and sustainable shipping”. That’s according to the International Maritime Organization, IMO, which has made empowering women the theme for this year’s World Maritime Day,…
Representing only a fraction of the maritime industry’s largely male-dominated workforce, women are pushing for change and equality. With several recruitment initiatives kicking off across the sector, we asked leading women in the industry: what needs to be done to attract more female workers to the maritime sector? The year 2019 is (hopefully) going to…
Second officer Cora Bonham grew up landlocked with no connection to the sea, but her tenacity and perseverance in seeking cadetship sponsors paid off; she is now helping deliver a new class of e-flexer ro pax ferries. What is a typical day in your job? I work for a ferry company providing transport for people…
Oil sector third officer Ellie Johnson is a Careers at Sea Ambassador, a passionate promoter of the benefits of a maritime career, and adept at overcoming gender negativity. What is a typical day in your job? I am currently serving as a third officer on an oil shipping fleet. I have just returned from a…
ETO cadet Catherine Caseman works on oil tankers. She says careers at sea could be more inclusive by getting the basics right – such a providing correctly fitting safety clothing, gender neutral documentation, and for companies to bring back support for chartership status. What is a typical day in your job? I have spent much…
Third Officer and Nautilus Council member Sam Belfitt is adaptable. She gained a degree in aviation before the lack of jobs pushed her to follow in the wake of her maritime ancestors. She provides some useful insights into working in the ferry sector and argues more needs to be done to retain seafarers who want…
The UK Women in Maritime Charter gender diversity programme has been formally launched with four UK companies signing up to the full programme. Maritime UK launched the Women in Maritime Charter in September 2018 as the centrepiece of its efforts to boost gender diversity across the maritime sector. Companies were invited to pilot the charter…
Denmark is looking to recruit more women into its shipping sector with the launch of a new campaign called Girl Power in September. World Careers, the joint recruitment drive of Danish maritime cluster Blue Denmark, has launched the campaign, which aims to increase the number of women in the industry where today only 3% of…
Nautilus International has taken a lead role in a new initiative to encourage diversity in the UK maritime industry. The new Diversity in Maritime Taskforce is due to be launched by industry umbrella organisation Maritime UK in May and Nautilus head of strategy Debbie Cavaldoro has been invited to co-chair the group. The new Taskforce…
