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Global Ship Services, Inc.

  Ms. Lori Watson founded Global Ship Services Inc., in 1987 in Miami, Florida. The company still remains under her direction. Global Ship Services was created in order to provide qualified personnel to the ever-growing maritime industry.

  With the rapid growth projection and future vessels already under construction the need for personnel is greater than ever. With the new millennium here Global Ship Services, realizes the need for new and better technology with regards to recruiting and hiring shipboard personnel. Our new state of the art database system allows our clients to access our personnel files allowing them to search for the crew they may need complete with photographs. This system is password protected and can only be access by those ship companies requesting a password from us.

  Since becoming established in 1987 Global Ship Services, Inc. has become one of the best known personnel agencies of its kind and was published in Fielding's Worldwide Cruises 1998 as well as the L.A Times. We have also been published in many books overseas as well as several more within the U.S. Utilizing the following services G.S.S provides can make staffing easy..... · Customized services that best meet the needs of our clients. · International as well as American Personnel · Recruitment and Placement · Online applicant database system · Complete International Travel and Documentation Services · Pre-employment screening of personnel Global Ship Services currently recruits from the following regions: Central and South America, Europe, the Middle and Far East as well as the United States for our clients whose vessels are American flagged.

  Utilizing International Staff seems to add to the often - difficult challenge of hiring the right personnel to do the job, however the benefits often outweigh the constraints. Hiring International staff provides immense opportunities for cutting human resource cost as well as having an opportunity to employ some of the best personnel worldwide.

  G.S.S is also aware that not all of our clients employ foreign personnel and for this reason our up to date database provides a large selection of American staff for all your personnel needs.

  Global Ship Services, Inc. is a licensed employment agency specializing in placement onboard cruise ships and cargo ships worldwide. With over 20 years of service to the maritime industry GSS visions the need for qualified people anxious to fulfill the personnel needs of this adventurous and ever growing industry. Future growth analysis show that by the year 2010 over 20 million people will book cruises annually. With the rapid growth projection and future vessels already under construction the need for personnel is greater than ever .

  The ratio between passenger and crew is about 2 to1. This means that a cruise ship with a passenger capacity of 2000 requires about 1000 employees. Global Ship Services recruits and hires personnel worldwide. For non-American employees it is necessary to obtain a c1/d1 visa providing the ship is foreign flagged and travels to a U.S port. Global Ship Services provides all the necessary documentation for obtaining this visa once your employment has been confirmed. Work contracts usually vary anywhere from 3 months to 1 year depending on the position and type of vessel. Global Ship Services, Inc. Why wait for your ship to come in when you can get a job on one !