Maritime Resume Guide

If your CV doesn’t match maritime job requirements, it gets rejected before review.

This is the biggest problem in maritime hiring: You may have years of experience — but your CV doesn’t show it in a way companies understand.

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Why maritime CVs get rejected

• Too generic wording
• No vessel-specific keywords
• No certifications listed clearly
• No measurable responsibility
• Wrong positioning (sea vs shore)

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• Deck Cadet
• Marine Electrician
• First Engineer
• Marine Superintendent

Sea-going vs shore-based CV

This is where most candidates fail.

• Sea CV = duties
• Shore CV = responsibility, compliance, KPIs

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