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Why Women Can Try Maritime and Offshore Jobs

A good number of current offshore industry employees are going to retire in the next 5-7 years. The average age in the offshore industry is 55-65. The number of ocean-going merchant ships currently in service.<br>

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Why Women Can Try Maritime and Offshore Jobs

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  1. Why Women Can Try Maritime and Offshore Jobs www.oceanprolinks.com

  2. Since time immemorial, human beings and society have segregated jobs on the basis of gender. There are some jobs that men should do while others are deemed fit for women. You can clearly see the divide when you look at an engineering class and a class of Humanities. The former is dominated by boys while the latter is by girls. Maritime employment is one sector which has long been the bastion of men. Maritime and offshore jobs are picked by men and very rarely would you find a women anywhere in this sector! OCEANPROLINKS PTY LTD

  3. Things are changing now, though. Women can try out maritime and offshore jobs, simply because it is a wonderful career option for them. But there are steep challenges and some very valid reasons why women generally do not opt for jobs at sea. The first among them is definitely the question of awareness. Just as you would find people conscious about the job description of an engineer or a doctor, even a digital marketing specialist, precious little is known about offshore industry jobs. This lack of knowledge does not encourage women enough to strike out something different in their career choice.

  4. www.oceanprolinks.com Other than this lack of awareness, a major hurdle while women have stayed away from maritime and offshore jobs is the general perception of society. If there is a seeming lack of awareness about a sector or industry, people are wary about what employees do in such a set-up. This becomes quite vicious when a woman works in that kind of an industry. You can safely say the same about jobs at sea. Women are not confident how such a job will be perceived by people around them, including their family and friends.

  5. The situation is changing fast. More people are now waking up to offshore industry jobs as a career option. They are aware of what kind of jobs and challenges are there on the horizon. There are so many jobs at sea that are suitable for women. With more women engineers and skilled technicians, they are in a much better position to be hired in the maritime and offshore jobs. The change must happen from the perspective of women as well. They need to understand that this industry is a place where they can showcase their talent and become a thoroughbred professional.

  6. Workshops and seminars about maritime employment are changing the scenario, one person at a time. It is not far away when there are more women signing up for jobs at sea.

  7. OCEANPROLINKS PTY LTD www.oceanprolinks.com C/O. General Standards Suite 16, 231 Chapel St. Praharan, Victoria 3181 Australia connect@oceanprolinks.com

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