85% Grads find jobs already

deepdraft1
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:19:06 +0000

It was interesting because at the Union Hall the “couch” was full of recent state school grads who did not have all the necessary qualifications to sail as relief with some of the larger companies, some had been waiting for 2-3 months and still had not found work.



Which union? AMO or MMP… and as to recent schoolship grads that don’t qualify for work (relief or otherwise doesn’t make a difference)… I think you might have gotten some “bum scoops” because as far as I know maritime academy students have all their STCW requirements when they graduate (with the exception of maybe tankerman PIC)… My ship has had several recent CMA grads and they have had no qualification problems to bid on the Third Mate job…