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Poppy Russell

Talent Specialist

Faststream Recruitment Europe, Middle East and Africa

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+44 23 8020 8836

Poppy.Russell@faststream.com

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Why Some Specialist Maritime Roles Stay Open for Months

Many maritime businesses have experienced it. A critical specialist role opens. The search begins with confidence. Weeks pass. Then months. Interviews happen, candidates fall short, and the role re...

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The High-Volume Crew Hiring Survival Checklist

High-volume hiring in crew recruitment rarely breaks because people don’t know what they’re doing. It breaks when demand spikes, timelines tighten, decisions slow, and multiple stakeholders are pul...

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The Maritime Career Roadmap Framework: Where You Are vs Where You Want to Be

You don’t accidentally build a great maritime career. But you can absolutely drift into one you never consciously chose. Most maritime professionals aren’t stuck. They’re unclear. Unclear on what t...

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Budget Smart Hiring with RPO: A Finance-Led Guide to Predictable Recruitment Spend

Hiring budgets are easier to manage when maritime recruitment activity is planned, measured, and reported consistently. For many finance leaders, the challenge isn’t simply the recruitment fee; it’...

Singapore Maritime Recruitment Market Update 2026 - Maritime Recruitment - Faststream Recruitment

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Singapore Maritime Recruitment Update 2026

Singapore continues to set the pace as one of the world’s most competitive and strategically important maritime talent markets. Hiring is steady, but the tone has shifted: organisations are making ...

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Maritime skills-based attraction: Sell problems to solve and skills to build

Most job adverts are written to filter people out.In 2026, the best ones are written to pull the right people in by showing the problems they’ll solve, the skills they’ll build, and the future val...