As a manager or manning agent working in maritime recruitment or crew planning in the shipping industry, you know how important it is to make sure that your office staff - your recruitment operators and your crew planners - are motivated and productive. Here are some tips to make sure that happens!
If you’re a manning agency, you don’t need us to tell you that you have a lot of competition - especially if you are located in a country where seafaring is one of the biggest professions. So how do you make sure you stand apart from that competition and attract more clients and better seafarers?
Whether you’re a small to medium sized shipowner or ship manager, or a manning agency, there’s one thing you need to know about your business when it comes to attracting more qualified seafarers for your job vacancies. What are we talking about? We’re talking about your company’s brand.
If you’re a manning agent our website has some useful features that you may not know about. If you’ve already discovered them, great. Maybe you’ve seen them but not really known what they are, or maybe this is a complete revelation to you. If it’s either of the last two, read on as we reveal all!
Manning agents have lots of plates to spin to ensure a balance in finding seafarers crewing vacancies and helping shipowners fill open seafaring jobs quickly. In this post we’re giving manning agents in the maritime industry the lowdown on logging into and getting started with their Martide account.
As a manning agent you need to track your candidates’ statuses. Martide make that simple for you! We know you’ve lots of hopeful applicants to keep tabs on and you need to support shipowners and seafarers in a timely fashion. Here we tell you how to do that using our maritime recruitment platform.
As a manning agent you can send messages and respond to the employers / clients you work with, as well as any of the seafarers in Martide’s system, using our in-built messaging feature. Here's how to get the most from your inbox.
Talent pools are a bit of a recruitment buzzword. People love talking about them, about how to deepen their pool and how to go about creating one. Put simply, the deeper your talent pool is (the more candidates it has in it) the quicker it will be for you to find the right person for your vacancy.
The dictionary defines adaptability as “...being able to adjust to new conditions.” And it’s a crucial trait for the maritime industry to possess: future technologies have infiltrated every facet of our traditional sector and companies who bury their heads in the sand need to shape up or ship out.
Collaboration is a word that gets thrown around a lot and as a result it can feel a bit meaningless. But in maritime recruitment and crew planning, collaborating with coworkers can mean the difference between an efficiently run department and one that’s struggling to meet crew change dates.
Many manning agents who work with clients in the shipping industry are struggling to stand out amongst their sea of competitors. After all, crewing agencies are two-a-penny in traditional port towns and cities. But what are the reasons behind this issue? And could technology be the answer?
Applicant tracking systems (ATS) aren’t exactly breaking news, but in the world of maritime recruitment they can be an absolute lifesaver when it comes to sourcing candidates, keeping track of applications, and knowing exactly which stage of the recruitment process a seafarer is at any given time.
If you’re a shipowner or crew manager, the first thing you see when you log in to Martide is your Dashboard. This gives you instant visuals of everything that's happening with your vessels, crew and crew change overs.
Would your shipping company benefit from a crewing system that helps you streamline your hiring processes and manage seafarers more efficiently? Perhaps you’d find value in working with a maritime recruitment platform that gives you access to international manning agents? Let Martide show you how.
Whether you’re an employer using Martide for maritime recruitment to fill jobs at sea, or you’re a seaman looking for the latest seafarer jobs, our goal is to serve and support you every step of the way. Read on to discover our latest bug fixes, new creations, a cool upgrade and a GREAT new feature.
Due to the challenges of controlling recruitment activities, managing expenses, planning the rotation and ensuring seafarers well-being, there has been a number of owners who have decided to hand this task over to specialized crewing providers.
Newcomers to Martide’s maritime recruitment and crew management solution might wonder what the difference between our Existing and Approved Networks of manning agents is. So if you’re one of those manning agents - or a shipowner - you’re in luck as we’re going to explain exactly that in this post!
Of all recruitment emails a job offer is the one that you need to send as quickly as possible. It’s no secret that shipping companies and maritime recruitment agencies are suffering from a lack of candidates. That’s why if you’ve interviewed top talent let them know before they accept another offer!
