Introduction

Welcome to CrewTraders

Ever had the feeling of 'Hey, Eureka!!
That's exactly what I am looking for!'
Only to find it's 4000 miles away?

Well that is what we had in mind when we developed our map based site.

There you are, you have a great CV and all the skills and qualifications for that great career and you want folk to see it and then contact you. And since this work is definitely of the mobile sort you need to carry it with you so to speak. If you are working from Antibes and move to Fort Lauderdale or the Cook Islands for that matter you can show the 'world', literally , exactly where you are.

Owners, captains, skippers and even crew agents can navigate to anywhere on the map and find suitably qualified crew to fill positions. And the self same folk can add their vacancies on the map too. You, the crew, can see at a glance what jobs are available and where.

As we like to say:
Where crew can find jobs and jobs can find crew.

So how does this all work? Simply and easily in fact.

Once you have registered by clicking 'sign up' - adding your details - clicking 'Click to Register' you can add your job marker.

Simply click 'Add a map marker to CrewTraders'....then

Click one of the 'add a....' links. In this example we will follow 'add a crew job and vacancy'
Now add your marker name. You have to be clever here. Dont just say 'Harry' or 'Jane' or 'Popeye'. Add your job request as well. So use something like 'Samantha - Stewardess' or 'Peter - Captain'. The map markers have tooltips and your 'marker name' will pop up when your (or anyone's) mouse is near your marker your 'name - job' pops up. So captains looking for deckhands for example can simply hover over the marker to see what each entry details.

Next we have a start and end date. Suppose you are doing your STCW'95 and only available at a particular date. Set your start date to the date you will be available. You can choose any date as an end date but you can only set a maximum of 1 year ahead of your start date.

Now the fun part; your map marker coordinates.

Click the underlined link (you can see it in the clip above). A map page will load and all you do is find your location on the map. Either type in your 'town,country' in the search box or drag the map until you find your spot.

Very important! The location you choose is where you are based for work or will be based. Dont use your home address for example.

When you click on the map a pop up opens with coordinates that look like this: 17.978733,9.84375
Copy this into the coordinates box. 'if you are south of the equator there will be a minus sign in the coordinates...dont miss it when you copy.

Now you need to choose your job category. You can pick a primary category; the round check box and any two other square check boxes as sub-categories. Unless you are offering a job dont pick the 'vacancy' marker. This one is reserved for folk who have jobs available.

Next you enter your keywords. These are used in the search box so think carefully about what you add here.

The next two boxes are for a summary of what you are looking for, what you are qualified to do and that sort of thing. Watch your spelling....it's a yacht you want to work on not a yatch. Dont shout.....LIKE THIS ITS RUDE, either.

Next comes your contact info and there is place for your own website or you can put your FaceBook profile URL in here.

The very last box is for your own personal notes; not visible on the map. If you decide you would like to have your own linked web page for your full CV then paste your CV in this box. When we are notified that you have paid the small annual charge we will create your own dedicated webpage linked to your marker.

Right at the bottom you 'click to proceed' and you are done.

Dont go looking for your Map Marker, it wont be the map until we have approved your entry..so dont do your entry all over again. We dont accept job applications for plumbers, dental assistants, hotel porters etc. It's only for jobs on yatchs :-).

That's it folks......next article will be coming soon.
Cheers and please let us know how you find adding a marker and the site in general. Be kind though.....it's the best way to make a better world.