Why DiversJobs don't post ALL kind of Jobs....

Well... if it wasn't for legal reasons, we will tell you the name of the players... but because I want to stay clean, I have to confess that DiversJobs don't post all kind of jobs because in the diving industry, as in many industries, you have good guys and bad guys.

The good guys are good. Easy. Isn't?

The bad guys, some times are difficult to discover at first sight. Sometimes to find a baddy you need to work for that baddy, and that really... really sucks.

So... how you detect the Bad guys.

Well just start by using your BRAIN before you use GOOGLE

If you see that a Dive Center keeps popping up in places like PADI MEMBERS... well, may be this show us some strange hypothesis

1. The Dive Center can't simply find staff.

2. The Dive Center can't keep their staff

3. The Dive Center may is not even searching for staff... but collecting CVs. (mmmm I bet you never though that)

4. The Dive Center is trying to sell you an internship program.

5. The Dive Center thinks that they are still in Alabama in 1830 and that you are a nice and dumb slave ready to work for them.

So... things you can do:

Talk to them.

If they accept your CV extremely fast ----> Not a good Point. (unless you are Jessica Alba )

If they keep promissing you the earth and the moon -----> Not good.

If you want a contract and they say sure... but you are not going to apply for a Working Visa : WAKE UP. Smell the roses man!

In my experience posting jobs... (Believe me I have posted at least 5000 jobs.... or more.... ) I have noticed that the dooooogy dive centers usually are in Greece, Cyprus, some in Egypt and Dominican Republic in top Number one.

Am I destroying the reputation of a full country? No. Is just my simple opinion.

Always try to deal (god and this sounds horrible but....) with a WESTERN manager and not with the local owner.

You may think you are street wise, BELIEVE ME: You are not.

A Bad Dive Center Manager can do 2000 tricks to mess with your head. So the best thing you can do is start from the begining.

If you see the Job ad and is less than 3 sentences: Stop.

Why if someone REALLY need staff don't even spend 5 minutes to write a full description of the job and the dive center to work for??? The rest if for you to figure out... but next time you apply for a job, think twice, is your time, don't waste your hard work in places that are ready to take advantage of your skills.

So think and then apply.

Have a nice time.

8:29 AM - 10/21/2005 - post comment

Thx

Gabriel... thanks so much for your wise comments. Please keep up the good work and this unique Blog

Robert - 11:56 PM - 10/21/2005

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Well written

Thanks for the article on this. I hope it helps others to seperate out the dross from the gold...... likely not though as it seems way to many DM's and Instructors have already demonstrated their level of gullibility by becoming "proffesionals " in a system that is already top heavy with "proffesionals"

SDI www.scuba-azusa.com

Anonymous - 1:31 AM - 10/29/2005

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