How to apply for a job on SeaJobs.pro
Applying takes one click — but first the crewing manager needs a CV to read. You can either upload the CV you already have and let us fill your profile from it, or fill the profile in by hand. Either way you only do it once.
Two ways to get ready
Both lead to the same place: a complete seafarer profile that is sent with every application.
Upload the CV you already have
Have a CV in PDF or DOCX? Upload it and we read it for you — rank, contacts, sea service, certificates and documents are pulled out and written into your profile automatically. The profile is saved, so you never have to type it again.
- 1Open the CV page in your seafarer account and upload a PDF or DOCX.
- 2Wait a few seconds while the file is read and the fields are filled in.
- 3Check what was recognised and correct anything that came out wrong — you stay in control of every field.
- 4Save. Your profile is ready, and the CV every application carries is built from it.
Fill the profile in by hand
No CV yet? Nothing is lost — fill the profile in yourself and the portal builds the CV for you. It takes a few minutes, and after that every application is a single click.
- 1Fill in your personal details: name, rank, phone and e-mail.
- 2Add your sea service — vessel, type, rank, and the dates you signed on and off.
- 3Add your certificates and documents with their expiry dates, plus visas if you hold any.
- 4Set your readiness date so crewing managers know when you can join.
What your profile needs
Four details are required — first and last name, rank and phone — plus at least one sea-service record for an application through the portal (a letter from your own mailbox carries your CV file instead). The rest is optional, but each item makes your CV stronger in the crewing manager's inbox.
- Phone numberRequired
Crewing managers call before they write. Without a phone number an application cannot be sent.
- Sea service — at least one recordRequired
The vessel, its type, your rank and your sign-on / sign-off dates. This is the first thing a crewing manager looks at.
- Rank, first and last nameRequired
Filled in at registration — check the spelling matches your documents. An agency cannot answer an application without a name.
- CertificatesRecommended
STCW, GMDSS, tanker endorsements and the rest, with their expiry dates — an expired certificate is the most common reason an application is set aside.
- Documents and visasRecommended
Seaman's book, passport, US visa, Schengen — a valid visa often decides who gets called first.
- Readiness dateRecommended
When you can join. Vacancies have joining dates, and this is what they are matched against.
- PhotoRecommended
Optional, but a CV with a photo reads as a real person rather than a form.
Applying to a vacancy
Once the profile is complete, this is the whole process.
- 1
Find a vacancy
Filter the job board by rank, vessel type and fleet. Salaries are shown up front — you never have to write to find out what a position pays.
- 2
Open it and read the terms
Vessel, contract length, joining date, salary and requirements are all on the page, together with our own comparison of that salary against the rest of the portal.
- 3
Press Apply
The button sits directly under the job description. If anything is still missing from your profile, the form tells you exactly what — and lets you upload a CV right there.
- 4
Add a cover letter (optional)
A few lines about why you fit this vessel. It is not required, but it is what separates you from an identical CV.
- 5
Send — to a company with an account
With a subscription, or one of your 3 free contact views a week: if the crewing company posted the vacancy from its own SeaJobs.pro account, your full CV lands in its dashboard and is e-mailed to it.
- 6
Or from your own mailbox — vacancies from agencies' announcements
If the vacancy comes from a crewing agency's own announcement (its Telegram channel or website), your mail app opens with the letter ready — the agency's address, the subject and your cover letter. Attach your CV file and press Send: it arrives as a personal letter from you and the reply comes straight to your inbox. If the agency takes applications only on its own site, the button takes you there.
After you apply
Nothing disappears into a void — every application stays visible to you.
Track the status
Every application is in your dashboard. For companies with an account you see pending, viewed, accepted or rejected and get a notification when it changes; a letter from your own mailbox stays in your list, and the agency answers to your e-mail.
Answer messages
Companies with an account can write to you through the platform; agencies you wrote to from your mailbox reply to your e-mail directly. Either way the answer comes to you, not to a middleman.
Keep the profile fresh
Renew a certificate, finish a contract, change your readiness date — update it once and every future application carries the new version.
Never pay for a job
A genuine crewing agency is paid by the shipowner, never by you. Nobody on SeaJobs.pro may ask you for money for a vacancy, a medical, a contract, training or a visa. If a vacancy or a message asks for payment, do not send anything — report it to us and we will take the posting down.
Frequently asked questions
Do I have to pay to apply?
Not for 3 contact views a week: open a vacancy's contacts — the agency's e-mail and phone — and apply to it for free. Beyond that, applying comes with the subscription, from $5 for 3 months, which also opens your CV files. Registration, your profile and the CV builder are free. You pay for the portal's tools, never for a job: if anyone asks you for money for a job, a medical, a contract or a visa, that is a scam, and you can report the vacancy to us.
What exactly must be filled in before I can apply?
Two things: a phone number in your profile and at least one sea service record. The crewing manager receives your CV together with the application, so it has to show how to reach you and what you have sailed on. Everything else — certificates, documents, readiness date — is optional but makes your CV much stronger.
What happens after I press Apply?
It depends on who posted the vacancy. If a crewing company posted it from its own account on SeaJobs.pro, your full CV — contacts, documents and visas, certificates, sea service and your cover letter — lands in its dashboard and is e-mailed to it. If the vacancy comes from a crewing agency's own announcement (its Telegram channel or website), you apply from your own mailbox: your mail app opens with the letter ready — the agency's address, the subject and your cover letter; you attach your CV file and press Send. The letter reaches the crewing manager personally, from you. Either way the application appears in your own list.
I don't have a CV file. Can I still apply?
Yes. Fill your profile in by hand — rank, contacts, sea service, certificates — and the portal builds the CV for you. You can then download it as a PDF in any of four templates and use it outside SeaJobs.pro as well.
Do I have to fill everything in again for each vacancy?
No. The profile is saved once and reused for every application — the next one takes a single click. Just keep it current: update your certificates when they are renewed and your readiness date when your plans change.
Ready to start?
Upload your CV or fill in the profile — after that, every vacancy on the portal is one click away.