A big part of social media sites is the personal branding opportunities they bring, so the earlier you can use tools like Twitter to full effect in your search for deckhand jobs; the better off you’ll be.

So, I’ve come up with some tips below which I think could work very well if you add this strategy to your existing job search arsenal.

1) Start with the Ultimate Social Media Resume

Your Resume; every jobs on yachts search begins with this. It’s important to establish a strong social media resume. This is a new option to resume based hosting sites, which many superyacht crew use today and often with limited success.

2) Position Yourself Correctly

You absolutely have to present your Twitter presence in the best and most professional way possible to potential industry recruiters. Including a link to your online resume and putting your objective in your Twitter bio is a good starting point. I advise that you personalize and change your Twitter background so that it’s more in line with your objective.

3) Frequently create Great Tweets

Send out regular messages about your dream to work on superyachts and how your job search is going. A great way to view this is as your very own internet diary. If secure some day work on a yacht or you’ve just been told about a great new polish for stainless steel then be sure to tweet about it and perhaps put a link to the product.

The idea here is to contribute as much value as you can and contribute to your followers by giving them regular interesting updates.

Recruiters in your network will soon be able to view your resume backed up with substantial experience you have had with particular parts of the industry, especially as your followers in the superyacht community become interested in your regular updates.

4) Start following Others

It is very important that you start observing the messages of other people who are working in the industry. Start communicating regularly with those people who are already working in the industry that you hope to become a part of. Through this interaction you will build relationships with other crew and possible employers, and in this industry it’s often a case of who you know, not what you know.

5) Use Twitter Search to Keep Your Finger on the Pulse

Whenever you want to find out what’s currently being discussed in the superyacht community (or inside any industry right now) then Twitter search is a great place to go. Search Twitter for specific jobs that you’re after. If you’re a Stewardess then search for ‘Stewardess’.

I’ve seen a number of deckhand positions being posted on Twitter and amazed that so few people are actively using this feature to market themselves within the industry.

You’ll notice that the search facility of twitter looks very much like the Google search engine. It makes me think that we’ll be seeing ads on the right hand side in the not too distant future. Almost certainly. This is just the start because this is a rapidly expanding community and social media tools and sites will really have a big impact on the way people make decisions in the superyacht industry.

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