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Upload your CV and the Crew HQ Assistant fills in your profile
Filling in a profile field by field is the reason most profiles are half empty. So we taught the Crew HQ Assistant to read your CV and do it for you.
From 17% to 75% in under a minute
When you log in, your home page now shows how complete your...
Your CV, built by Crew HQ and always up to date
Most crew CVs are a Word file last touched two seasons ago. Crew HQ now builds one for you from your profile, so it is current every time someone asks for it.
A designed CV from your profile
The CV built by Crew HQ takes what is already on your...
Just Crew HQ me: your profile and CV in one private link
A captain asks for your CV on the dock. A recruiter messages you between charters. Now you can answer both with five words: "Just Crew HQ me."
One link, no log in
Crew HQ Me gives every member one private link and one QR code. Whoever you send it to...
For recruiters: the Crew HQ Assistant shortlists the best crew for your job
Post a job and, before you have finished your coffee, have a ranked shortlist of crew who fit it, with the reason for each.
How it works
Post your job as usual. Paste the full job specification into the description, or upload it as a PDF or DOCX on...
Taking day charter and boat hire bookings online
Plenty of crew come ashore and stay on the water: a day boat, a RIB, a fishing charter, a few jet skis. The boat handling is the easy part. The bookings are where the evenings go.
One calendar per boat
If you run more than one boat, or one boat that...
Renting out your home while you are at sea
A four-month season is a long time for a flat to sit empty. It is also a long time to manage guests from a crew mess with patchy Wi-Fi. Here is how crew who let their homes keep it under control.
1. Decide what you are before you list
A home you let...
Running a crew house without the spreadsheet
Crew houses run on turnover. Beds change hands weekly, guests arrive off a flight at midnight, and half of them extend by text message. Most houses are still run from a spreadsheet and a phone. There is an easier way.
Sell the bed, not just the...
Crew HQ partners with Airflow to bring bookings to the yachting community
Crew HQ has spent more than ten years helping crew find work and helping yachts find crew. Today we are adding something our members have asked about for nearly as long: a proper way to rent out a property or a boat.
We have partnered with Airflow,...
Job hunting is stressful. We all know, too well, the pressure of having to find and secure a position on a yacht. We start to feel anxious when weeks go by with no response from prospective employers. Doubt begins to creep in. “Maybe I’m not as...
Running a yacht is no easy feat. You lead the charge of at least 4 crew members (deck, galley, engineering department and interior department). This requires you delegate, instruct and oversee the success of service. If you want to be a good leader...
With yachting standards and regulations differing from region to region it is quite easy to become confused by what is expected of crew. We’ve collected a few more of your queries and questions and answered them in our third installment of Crew HQ:...
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Beauty is the business of this industry; but since it only runs skin deep should attractive crew be regarded as ‘better’ than other crew?
A user, in a popular yachting...