PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Ministry of Tourism, Tradition and the Arts is happy to announce that over 90 per cent of candidates interviewed in the course of the MSC Cruises recruitment drive at Queen’s Corridor, Port of Spain from Could 10-12, 2023, will obtain letters of intent from the cruise line.
Over 200 candidates had been interviewed by a recruitment workforce comprising MSC Cruises and Meridian Recruitment Company Ltd. officers. The Ministry of Tourism, Tradition and the Arts supported the initiative and supplied the related technical amenities.
MSC Cruises has efficiently shortlisted candidates to fill vacancies within the areas of Meals and Beverage, Housekeeping, Leisure, Visitor Companies and Galley Jobs.
Minister of Tourism, Tradition and the Arts, Senator the Honourable Randall Mitchell mentioned “The Ministry is happy with the profitable end result of the recruitment and interview drive held final week Wednesday to Friday. I prolong congratulations to all of the profitable candidates and need them effectively on their new journeys. I additionally wish to thank MSC Cruises and Meridian Recruitment Company Ltd. for recognizing the skills of our residents and serving to them to monetize their expertise.”
Minister Mitchell added that this achievement was because of constant strategic conversations with the cruise line. He mentioned that the Ministry is conscious of the necessary function it performs in facilitating the surroundings for gainful employment for residents and can proceed to companion with stakeholders to make sure that alternatives are created for nationals to learn.
Reward for the Course of
In accordance with Meridian Recruitment Company Restricted, over 3,000 nationals utilized on-line for the chance to work with MSC Cruises. The recruitment company sought to recruit 200 suitably certified nationals on behalf of MSC Cruises.
Candidates had been invited to submit e-applications for the accessible positions that shaped a part of a registration and pre-screening course of that was carried out by Meridian Recruitment Company Ltd. Pre-screened and registered candidates had been then bodily interviewed at Queen’s Corridor over the three-day interval.
Following the interviews, MSC Cruises representatives mentioned, “It is rather uncommon to discover a course of as effectively organized as this one. Filtering by the web functions previous to sending to MSC made the method of finalizing the head to head interviews extra streamlined.”
Interviewees additionally spoke extremely of the applying and interview course of noting the help rendered by the recruitment workforce and the recommendation provided by the interviewees had been exemplary.
The recruiters mentioned that they had been very impressed with the standard and enthusiasm of the candidates interviewed and deemed Trinidad and Tobago residents as “an impressive asset of hospitality and marine professionals”.
Plans for Future Recruitment Drives
Minister Mitchell anticipates that productive discussions will proceed with MSC Cruises and different cruise traces to conduct extra recruitment drives in Trinidad and Tobago following the profitable drives carried out by Royal Caribbean Group’s (RCG) and MSC Cruises.
He highlighted among the advantages of the recruitment workouts and inspired nationals to capitalize on the alternatives when offered.
“Via these recruitment programmes, hundreds of our residents may have entry to well timed alternatives to develop their horizons whereas incomes US {Dollars} that they will now use for numerous private endeavours reminiscent of enterprise investments, mortgage funds or just to handle their households and family members.”
Subsequent Steps for Profitable Interviewees
As soon as profitable on the interviews, all candidates will obtain an official employment letter from MSC Cruises inside two to 4 weeks, following which they must finalize their medicals, Requirements of Coaching, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW 1978), visas and different cruise traces paperwork.
Originally posted 2023-05-19 21:29:03.