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From Ship to Shore…How to Transition From an Offshore to Land based Career

17/01/2017Nicola Morgan

If you're thinking about exiting your off-shore position to pursue perhaps a more stable land based position, it can often feel daunting, especially if you're not sure of the opportunities available. Here at wilsonhalligan, we have a lot of experience in helping yacht crew redirect their careers ashore. With direct experience of this within our...

Crew leave – how to get the balance of time off right

25/08/2016admin

A contentious issue for Captains, Owners and crews is the granting of appropriate time off. Today, we will be looking at the issues surrounding leave time and how to deal with this most efficiently. What off shore crew life normally entails: Most people working offshore know that their job is never going to be a...

From shore to ship…what to do when you have landed your first off-shore job

25/08/2016admin

You have just received the call you have been waiting for: ‘we would like to offer you the position to start on board next week’. You can’t quite believe it when you put the phone down – after waiting for what feels like an eternity, you have finally secured a permanent dream job. You feel...