Most people who apply through us know they want to work on a ship. Far fewer know anything about the company they’re applying to. That’s a mistake, and not only because it shows in an interview. The company you sail with shapes your entire working life for six months at […]

There is a growing industry selling fake CVs to eager job seekers. Pay a few hundred rand and you get a professionally formatted CV listing two years at a five-star hotel you have never set foot in, complete with a reference name and a cellphone number that will be answered […]

We’ve been placing South Africans and Zimbabweans on cruise ships since 1990, and the single biggest reason good applications get turned away is that candidates apply before they have the necessary experience and meet the requirements Viking asks for. Not because they aren’t capable. So here is the list. All […]

Join the Viking Cruises Dream Team! Are you ready to start an extraordinary career at sea? Working for Viking Cruises means more than a job on a ship. It means joining a company that invests in its crew and takes them to some of the most remarkable places on earth. […]

How to Avoid Cruise Ship Job Scams A young woman phoned us last year, in tears, after paying R8,500 to somebody on Facebook who promised her a position on a cruise ship. There was no position. There was no ship. There was a WhatsApp number that had gone dead and […]

How to Obtain Your C1/D Visa: A Guide for South African and Zimbabwean Candidates Joining Viking Cruises If Viking Cruises has offered you a position, congratulations. Before you can join your ship, however, you need to obtain a C1/D visa. This is a United States transit and crew visa. It […]

Working on a Cruise Ship: What South African and Zimbabwean Candidates Need to Know   A career at sea offers travel, savings, and experience you cannot get anywhere else. It also asks a lot of you. Here is an honest look at what the job involves, the steps to take, […]