10 advantages to be a crew member

What motivate some one to stay far from familly and all

1. To travel abroad


2. To met several foreing people


3. To get professional experience


4. Improve the language and to learn others


5. To develop pacience and strength


6. Learn to organyze time


7. Learn to be punctual


8. Learn to follow rules


9. Apreciate the minimun things from nature


10. Apreciate your familly

Advices for the trip

For the trip, you'll need to buy some things that are gonna be necessary for you. At Costa Company, they give you the uniform plus the shoes you gonna weare, but if you want to have a little more comfort, follow the tips below:

• A pair of black slippers shoes




• two white social Jersey (that one the waiters use)




• A pair of insole silicone to protect your feet




• For the girls, several black and skin collor selves




• A white pair of snickers




• Several white socks




• For men, black social pants

Its always good to bring with you some food. Always have some food at your cabin. Nothing perishble, coockies are the ideal food to have at your cabin. Full stomack is the best medicin for ship nauseas.

Some medicines are good to have with you too. Thet medicines that you use to take:

• aspirins




• some vitamin supplement




• medicin for the cold

To take care of your health is the best medicin. So, always have all your meals, take a rest the more you can, preserv your energies, so don't drink too much and don't stay all night up just for fun. Have always a bottle of water in your cabin. Its better to it at the ship stops. The water inside the ship is no good.

Success!!!

That was the first selection in Salvador

That was the first time in Salvador that Infinity Brazil comes out from Santos- SP and goes to another state to do this selection.

It depends on the seazonality and the demand. at the beginning of this year, people from Salvador made the bigest number of interested people to be crew members.

That was the first time that a cruise ship company made the enterviews out of Santos.

The group from Salvador was about a hundred people. this group were getting smaller and today we are about thirty. That happens because of the selection. English and othe languages are a very important subjective to be analyzed at the interview, othe important issue is the experience in hotels or restaurant, or the area that you are applying for. Some people gives up or find other jobs during this period between selection and the wait for the board date.

Salvador is one of the most beautiful city in Brazil and is on of the destinies that the cruise ships passes trhought.

Now you gonna follow from here the list with all callings

A MÁFIA DO MÁGICA

*Julinho_3 de agosto - Barwaiter - JÁ FOI!!!
*Ava_17 de agosto - Cabin stewardess - JÁ FOI!!!
*Isabella Campos _ 14 de setembro - Snack Steward - JÁ FOI!!
*Liliane (Lila)_14 de setembro - Butler - JÁ FOI!!
*Pedro (Carioca)_21 de setembro - Barwaiter - JÁ FOI!!
*Lucas_ 05 de outubro - Snack steward - JÁ FOI!!
*Clara_26 de outubro - Assist. waitress - JÁ FOI!!!
*Isa (Ateniza)_02 de novembro - Assist. waitress - JÁ FOI!!!
*Fabiane_16 de novembro - Front desk
*Paula Nogueira_16 de novembro - Front desk
*Bárbara Costa _16 de novembro - snack steward

O CALDEIRÃO MEDITERRÂNEA

*Marco Túlio(Sérgio Reis)_10 de agosto - Barwaiter - JÁ FOI!!!
*Bah_17 de agosto - Room service - JÁ FOI!!!
*Vitor Reuter(Tito)_ 14 de setembro - Assistant bartender - JÁ FOI!!
*Edd_14 de setembro - Snack steward - JÁ FOI!!
*Tati Cruz (Robin Wood)_10 de outubro - Snack Steward - JÁ FOI!!!
*Lorena Louzada (Lore)_ 11 de novembro - Snack steward
*Débora Gomes(Macaxeira) _ 14 de novembro - Snack steward
*Jim_19 de novembro - Barboy
*Mila _19 de novembro _Snack steward

OS ROMÂNTICOS!

*Robson (Delícia)_8 de setembro - Cleaner- JÁ FOI!!
* Ana Luiza _ 14 de setembro -Front Desk - JÁ FOI!!

*Monty _22 de setembro - Barboy - JA FOI!!!
* Fernanda (Celtinha) _ 27 de outubro - Snack Steward - JÁ FOI!!!
* Sauane (Cuduro) _16 de novembro_ Snack Steward
*Verônica (Véu)_ 17 de novembro - Snack steward
*Fábio Teles (Kaká)_ 24 de novembro - Barboy

A AFORTUNADA

*Audrey - Snack steward - 20 de outubro - JÁ FOI!!!!

BOARD DATE - LUGGAGE

After board date and all documents what else shoul I wait for?

The airfares! The agency, send us it by e-mail. Plus, the contract, wich is very important!
Its good to bring it with you in your hand luggage.

For this we have a list:

HAND LUGGAGE

Documents

ID/CPF
STCW

Passport

Airfares

Company contract
Environmental certificate

Medical certificate

Corporate management system
Visa (If you need)

OTHER THINGS

A change of clothes

A hundred euros at list
Personal things

For the normal luggage, don't carry to many things. Just bring the essential. The cabins are very small and you''ll don't need too many clothes. Remember that you will buy things at the trip. There is a community in orkut that you'll answer some doubts:

http://www.orkut.com.br/CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=46676637&tid=5218332024226960893

WHAT NOW?

Ok! Now you have been approved in all interviews, made all the trainings, what happens now?

It's pretty simple. You wait for the documents (STCW, Environmental certificate and medical exams). The agency will send it by Mail, it can take about a month to arrive at your home. Then, you wait for the agency phone call, telling you what day you are going to go on board. It can be whenever...

Your family and friens will going to start asking you, if you're crazy, this trip is fruit of your imagination...

Don't panic! read a book, work out, criate a blog...

One tip: I'm not sure if it is always like that, but I started to pay attention that my agency has an order to follow, for the phone calls.

First, they call the housekeeping area, them front desk, restaurant, bar and buffet area crews. I must to remember you that this information is subjective, is just an analysis I made (I believe that management functions don't follow that order, because they aren't many).

And please, as soon you receive your board date, tell your friends, it helps a lot with their anxiety.

Friendship 2

MC Carioca

Mc Carioca

Pedro Tortelly, known as Carioca, you can call him many names, but he will always be our Mc!! He plays gaita and criated a very peculiar song, wich letter will stay inside your imagination...

Poliglotas do Arrocha

dancer singer guitar

As I told you before there is a group of guys that self denominated "Poliglotas do Arrocha". They are so criative, and so talented that when we put them together it couldn't be different. Robinho Delícia (Robinho Delight), Tito Baiano (Tito from Bahia) and Compacto (Compact) translate songs to english, italian, spanish and when they get extra help from D'Mennol (a girl that speaks Filand language), they translate songs to Finland language too. I'm pretty sure that inside the ship, they will do a huge success!!