Cruise Recruitment

Faststream Recruitment specialises in the search, recruitment and selection of shoreside professionals and professional Cruise crew for the global Ocean Cruise, River Cruise and Expedition Cruise sectors.

We have a dedicated and experienced Cruise Crewing recruitment team, as well as specialists that work with Cruise shoreside professionals and executive search. They work solely on finding you the right candidates who will suit your experience, qualifications, and personality needs. We recruit for some of the world’s largest Ocean Cruise Lines, River Cruise Lines and Expedition Cruise Lines and have a proven track record of recruiting and selecting the right people.

Our global reach

We are Cruise recruitment specialists. We partner with our clients across the globe, from the Americas to Europe, Middle East & Africa and Asia-Pacific. We recruit for both professional Cruise crew and shoreside professionals.

Our Cruise clients

Our clients consist of Cruise Lines and Cruise Management companies. Our clients include ocean, river and expedition Cruise ships.

Access to Cruise Professionals

We have unique access to Faststream’s global database, which is an unrivalled source of Cruise professionals. We ensure that we regularly update our database with our candidate’s latest CVs, qualifications, experience, compensation and motives in their next Cruise job. This ensures that you have the most up to date information about candidates that you are reviewing or interviewing.

As Maritime and Shipping recruitment specialists, we also have access to talent from the wider maritime sector such as Superyachts, Ferries and Offshore. This means we can provide you with a larger and more diverse range of candidates with transferable skills to choose from.

We utilise the latest technology to aid our Recruitment Consultants to source, recruit and select Cruise professionals to help you find the best candidate(s) for your position quickly and efficiently.

We use telephone, face to face and video interviewing in our selection process.


Cruise Employment Report

We have created a unique global employment report of the people working in the cruise sector. This is the first of its kind and will give you insights into retention, job security, remuneration, benefits, employee engagement, employment, as well as health and well-being.

Read the Cruise Employment Report

Our specialist teams

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Cruise Shoreside Recruitment

We partner with Cruise Lines and Cruise management companies to help them source and recruit new talent for their shoreside and head office positions. We recruit across management, technical, HSEQ, design, build, medical, sales, commercial, interiors, legal, financial and human resources.

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Cruise Crew Recruitment

The clients we help and partner with include ocean, river and expedition Cruise Ships and Cruise Lines. We recruit across deck, engine, hotel & guest services, medical and galley. We have experience in searching, selecting, completing compliance and carrying out mobilisation in as little as 24 hours.

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Executive Search for the Cruise sector

We provide you with the search and selection of senior executives in the global Cruise and wider Maritime sector. Our reputation enables us to reach people that others cannot, because of the relationships we have built up over decades of networking and recruitment.

Cruise Recruitment

Diversity and inclusion

We strive to provide the best Cruise candidates. Our methodology ensures all candidates are treated fairly, irrespective of their gender, age, ethnicity, background or beliefs.

Cruise Recruitment Services

We can help you with your recruitment needs by offering a diverse range of Cruise recruitment services. We offer permanent recruitmentcontract recruitmentexecutive searchrecruitment campaignsinternational payroll solutions and salary surveys and benchmarking.

Jobs in the Cruise sector

If you are looking for a new role or want to browse our current roles in the Cruise sector, you can search and apply here.

Search Cruise Jobs

​Contact us

Call one of our teams or complete your details in the form below:

Americas +1 281 3464005

Asia-Pacific +65 65327201

Denmark +45 32759285

EMEA +44 23 8033 4444

What people say

​I had an excellent experience with Faststream. My contact there was always available, honest and helpful, she supported me throughout the entire process.

Head of Design

​A very professional service provided by knowledgeable consultants.

Head of Operations

​Very professional and helpful.

Human Resources Manager

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