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Tania in Corsham, United Kingdom said: I know that Steiner want lots of experience, does mobile therapy experience count or do they need salon experience?

that depends on the country you're aplying from. Usually, they require you to legaly work for someone after your training (school whatever), by the time you aply to them!

like if your working byyourself, but you have no company name, it wouldn't be enough

Excellent, thank you for your help Marize!

I am going to the interview on July 22nd in Baltimore, for the Hairstylists.
But my main question is, IF i get hired, how soon after that do I have to start my training? Is it right away? Will they let me pick when I want to start?

chellyfish in Wentzville, Missouri said: I am going to the interview on July 22nd in Baltimore, for the Hairstylists.
But my main question is, IF i get hired, how soon after that do I have to start my training? Is it right away? Will they let me pick when I want to start?

thats a question i want to know also since i dont have my passport yet

Hi to the above, I had my interview in England yesterday and was offered the job as massage therapist. they told us that from the date of being offered the job you have 6 months to give them a start date, hope this helps and good luck both.

thanks!

Like I said, I'm a hairstylist myself.

Your passport, you should request ASAP (in my case I ttok a copy to my interview already), cause regarding the country you're coming from, if you're not american you'll need a VISA as well (you only take care of this after stiner send you your contract).

In the interview, they are going to ask you when do you want to start.
Start your training, not on ships.

So even if you are totally available, I would advice you to request 1 month, cause you have loads of stuff to arrange.

Once you say the date that you're available to start on, they will send you an e-mail with the date you start.

hairs stay at the academy basicaly 1 week.

so, I think I answer to what you need. you can say when you would like to start! Just don't forget, if you ask lots of months, some people will go before you ;)

evanise said: As a massage Therapist working in a Cruise Ship you are NOT a employee of THAT Cruise Line Company, you are employed by STEINER LEISURE, ENGLAND....BUT YOU ARE A CREW MEMBER SO YOU HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE SHIP LAWS, ETC ETC AND MATES AND THE CAPTAIN HAVE THE AUTHORITY, OF COURSE, TO DISEMBARK ANYONE( of course, if that crew member is a pain in the ass). AS FOR THE cruise lines you ll work for it will no be up to you to choose .STEINER will do it during school time in London. Usually the best ones are Crystal, Holland(much older clientele), Celebrity and Princess. They usually cater for a variety of people and they provide ($$$$$$$$) a better service. Most of Cruise Companies are OK for Massage Therapists.
Good Luck

Evanise... I have so many questions about Steiner. Can you email me? tina.gijane@gmail.com
Any help is greatl appreciated. Thanks !

Has anyone done the Personal Training at Steiner? Been a trainer for 13yrs, and wanna work on the cruise lines. Wanna know how Steiner is. I totally appreciate anyone w/ any info.
tina.gijane@gmail.com

BB in Spain said: Ruth, my daughter is home between contracts, and we live in Dolores. Let me have your e.mail address and she can contact you about meeting up for a chat about working for Steiner.

Thanks a lot for you offer:-)

My concernes are if you can really work 10 hours a day, day after day, if you do get time to travell around, if the massage tables are ajustable in hight so you don't get tired, if you really earn money, and just main tips and knowlege we should all know before we signe a 9 month contract with Steiner.

I'm still not shure if to signe the contract with Stiener.

Could any one with massage experience give some feed back of there experience? Was is rewarding, do you get injured fast, how can you do 10 hours of massage, what are the tips we should know before signing a 9 month contract and flying to the U.K.
Are the massage tables ajustable in the cruise spa?
How long does the American Embassy take to give you a visa?

Do you get good salaries, good tips?
How many room mates do you have? Do you get enough rest, sleep, time to visit places, fun, and saved money?

atlantispearl@hotmail.com

Breckan in New York said: ok, another Steiner applicant here getting nervous reading these comments. My intentions for doing it are to travel, of course, and save a bunch of dough.

I'm not worried about the long shift hours, as long as there are appropriate rest breaks.

I am wary of the "selling" aspect. I refuse to give any client the "hard sell" about any product while they're on the table. That's just completely inappropriate. After the massage, ok fine maybe. Will I really be expected to talk and sell during my massage? Seems hard to believe that.

Also, I am very fit-minded so I'm wondering what my gym privileges are. If I have down time during my shift can I exercise? Or do I have to do it at 6 in the morning? Can I use the gym at all, even?

All I care about it for this gig is working a lot, making a lot of money, using the gym, eating well, seeing a few sights in some warm places ...then maybe do it again if I like it.

And how much can I expect to make after say 8months? I heard the short-term cruises in the Caribbean are more profitable. Especially out of Florida.

I do not care about partying or shipboard romances.

Regarding the anti-male massage therapist thing, I don't think that's true. I know a guy who was hired with Steiner a couple of years ago. Tho I lost touch with him so I don't know how his experience was.

Hey guys. I'm the same w/ Breckan. I just want to work hard, earn money, train + eat.

I worry about all this hard-selling. I plan to apply to Steiner - a Personal Trainer for over 13yrs. Does anyone know what trainers have to sell? Training pks? And heard it was commission only??? Does that mean if I don't sell something, I get nothing? Don't we get a base/minimum wage at least???

And do I really need to worry about roommates or others having sex!? The last thing I need is to be stuck w/ a bunch of horny highschool kids for 9mths.

Tina in West Hollywood, California said: Hey guys. I'm the same w/ Breckan. I just want to work hard, earn money, train + eat.

I worry about all this hard-selling. I plan to apply to Steiner - a Personal Trainer for over 13yrs. Does anyone know what trainers have to sell? Training pks? And heard it was commission only??? Does that mean if I don't sell something, I get nothing? Don't we get a base/minimum wage at least???

And do I really need to worry about roommates or others having sex!? The last thing I need is to be stuck w/ a bunch of horny highschool kids for 9mths.

Hello Tina! I'll Start my training in the YMCA in 19 th of July, and there are some informations that i can share with you;
. You "need" to sell some products for the Elimis, the body care Line;
. You are comission based only, and you earn 9% of eveything you sell except for the first 36 $ wich you dont get comission;
. You have the seminars (about detox; burn fat fast; nutrition ...), wich are a way of selling your services to the vessel passangers: You dont get payed to do the seminars, but you'll try to do the sell of your services wich are: Personal training (almoust nobody trains with a pt on a cruise), classes package (Like 3 or for classes of pilates, youga, cycling...) and detox prodcts and all the other stuff...
. Yes, virtualy if you dont sell anything you dont earn anything.

What i understood is that, as a fitness instructor, you'll get less tips, work less hours, but you'l still can profit some good money (20.000 to 40000)
One other thing is that i dont have experienced but i can imagine about how is life in a small space with lots of young people (early mid 20's). For sure there will be drinking, partying sex but even though they are young, there are no babies or childs working onboard so mutual respect is a must if the staff want to live along...

So if you want to go in just for the money i think that you get better payed jobs in where you live- but remmenber that onboard you dont have any room or food expenses.

If you want to train hard, eat well, forget it because the food is just ok, and train hard you can do it anywhere...

If you're interested in a one life experience, that can be very nice or not, get in touch with other cultures, meet new people, put you-re body and mind on the stress limit and see how you'll react, and maybe save some good money, goo ahead! That is what and why i'll do it!
kiss

Hope that i was usefull to you

fabio Van Zeller in Mem Martins, Portugal said: So if you want to go in just for the money i think that you get better payed jobs in where you live- but remmenber that onboard you dont have any room or food expenses.

If you want to train hard, eat well, forget it because the food is just ok, and train hard you can do it anywhere...

If you're interested in a one life experience, that can be very nice or not, get in touch with other cultures, meet new people, put you-re body and mind on the stress limit and see how you'll react, and maybe save some good money, goo ahead! That is what and why i'll do it!
kiss

Hope that i was usefull to you

Thanks for the info Fabio. Good luck when you go to Steiner.
I'm still in it to build a nest egg and change my life and have room and board paid. I would still train and eat anywhere I am b/c I love to, that's the trainer in me. Doesn't matter if the food is great or not, that wasn't my question.

Have fun in training and on your ship !

Tina in West Hollywood, California said: Thanks for the info Fabio. Good luck when you go to Steiner.
I'm still in it to build a nest egg and change my life and have room and board paid. I would still train and eat anywhere I am b/c I love to, that's the trainer in me. Doesn't matter if the food is great or not, that wasn't my question.

Have fun in training and on your ship !

>Thanxh have fun you to tina!

hi
Just read all the comments ....and i am scared!going to London in a week!at interview they that training for massage therapist will be for 2 weeks!i am studying all about elemis atm-products etc!was working in retail before so can sell things!is any one starting training on 28th of June?
ania

Hi everyone. i,m going to write belowe in my own language to Ania.

Czesc Ania wybacz ze pisze do ciebie po polsku, ale tak nam bedzie latwiej. Pare dni temu zlozylam aplikacje o prace jako kosmetyczka i czekam teraz na date mojego interview. Troszke przeraza mnie test pisemny, bo bede zdawala go w jezyku angielskim czy napisalabys mi jakie byly pytania abym moga sie troszke przygotowac. Bylabym naprawde bardzo wdzieczna. pozdrawiam agnieszka

Aga in Liverpool, United Kingdom said: Hi everyone. i,m going to write belowe in my own language to Ania.

Czesc Ania wybacz ze pisze do ciebie po polsku, ale tak nam bedzie latwiej. Pare dni temu zlozylam aplikacje o prace jako kosmetyczka i czekam teraz na date mojego interview. Troszke przeraza mnie test pisemny, bo bede zdawala go w jezyku angielskim czy napisalabys mi jakie byly pytania abym moga sie troszke przygotowac. Bylabym naprawde bardzo wdzieczna. pozdrawiam agnieszka

czesc
ja bede maszraystka!wiec nie wiem jakie pytania mialy kosmetyczki!tes nie byl trudny!ja co to daje ci swoj e-mail napisz mi to wtedy opowieCi wszystko w szczegolach co i jak
anka_n@wp.pl
narka:)

Hello, i have one request, if someone now where need a masseur to work if he can writing to me to may adress email is darekmasazysta@onet.pl im from Poland and i looking a job in holland. Thanks for hellp:)

Hi all, can anyone please tell me if the beds are adjustable for massage therapists??? Thanks in advance.

rubmstr in Columbus, Ohio said: Has anyone done Massage Therapy on a cruise ship? Is it hard to get a job? Do they work you to death? Are they good to work for?

A role such as massage therapy isn't likely to attract the kind of long hours that the cabin crew might. Though with many cruise lines, the pay from a service like massage therapy will mostly come from client tips. I recommend you try someone like Seabourn, one of the more upmarket brands, check them out at www.seabourncareers.com.

Hope this helps!?

looking for job info

Hey guys!

So many questions hey?

The beds are adjustable!

Steiner has their own rules, however, regarding the ship youre going to, the rules can be diferent..

I worked on a Carnival Ship, so you can use the gym, you can use sauna, steam... anything, you can also go to our mess (were we eat), everytime they are open.. many times you want... you CANNOT save food on your cabin, but we did it anyway ;)

you share your cabin with another spa girl, or ie, with another staff member (in males examples).

steiner accept male massage therapist, but some cruise lines, such as carnival, don't... that's why I believe, the market is smaller... usually, our males in the spa, are managers, fitness our hairs...

Like I said before, you have 1 + 1/2 day off a week... but that is arranged with your manager.. usually they have plenty of ways to give incentives. so for example... if you have a good docket, like 300§ in sales, he gives you 1 hour off, that you can take on a day that you're not off... that will alow you to go on port to have lunch or dinner... for example... basically, if you're used to work hard, is like a regular job! really!

the only thing, pretty much every day you work at 06:30 am..

for fitness its different... usually the managers allow them to organize the gym by themselfs.. so imagine you're not a morning person, but your coleague is, you can arrange to do only the afternoon classes... but once more, that depends from ship to ship...

regarding tips and comissions...

fitness, on a class that costs 12usd a person, usually, can receive 1 to 3 usd tips... but with a BCA, that costs 35usd, if the clients enjoyes it, can receive 15!

hairs, from a wash and blow dry, usually receive at least 5usd tips, with a color service, can achieve 50usd.

massage, usually the average is 10 usd a massage, but on a couples massage, can get 20 to 50 usd each!

like I said, everything depends on the type of ship you're going to...

hi marize, thankyou for answering my question, how many contracts did you do? what job? did you enjoy the experience? i start training in Oct.

Mandy x

Hi there!

I'm hairdresser, just did one contract! But I'm thinking about going back... I can stay at home for 6months now.. so any time I would like to go back, just have to contact the back2sea department ;)

starting my training with steiner july 12th! anyone else starting that week?

Hi, can anyone tell me how easy or uneasy, possible or impossible it is to stay in contact with family and friends whilst you are onboard working for Stiener? Do phones work? Do laptops work? Please let me know...thankyou in advance, Mandy

Mandy2010 in Wolverhampton, United Kingdom said: Hi, can anyone tell me how easy or uneasy, possible or impossible it is to stay in contact with family and friends whilst you are onboard working for Stiener? Do phones work? Do laptops work? Please let me know...thankyou in advance, Mandy

Hi Mandy!

I believe that depends from ship to ship!

I will tell you how it is with Carnival!

They have some computers available for crew.

You buy a internet card (20usd) and you have 200m to spend online.

You can use that internet card with those computers, or with your laptop in your cabin (sometimes the conection in our cabin its terrible).

You'll have your home port with your crew center! There, you'll be able to also use some computers and send some packages home for example...

Regarding phone calls.
I bought a carnival phone card (10 usd), but the minutes available depends from country to country (the cards are the same, its just that way). Its also more cheap to call to your home phone comparing to a cell phone from your family.

You can use that card from your cabin (is basically a piece of plastic with some codes that you dial from your cabin). All cabins have phones. You are NOT able to receive phone calls from home to your cabin, but you are able to receive from another ship (its a satellite call).

You can also buy an american number to use with your cell!

But once more, that depends, from ship to ship!

From what I experienced, its quite frustrating to people when they want to contac us, but its very easy for us to contac them!

(hope that helped)

Hi everyone,
I start trainin soon as fitness instructor. My flexibility is very bad. HOw cam this effect your training? will you be taken out academy?

well honestly? your english doesn't look quite good also... and fitness have to speak perfectly... your sales will depend on you!

besides that, you'll have to organize pilates, yoga classes...

anyway... its up to you!

marize in Lisboa, Portugal said: Hi Mandy!

I believe that depends from ship to ship!

I will tell you how it is with Carnival!

They have some computers available for crew.

You buy a internet card (20usd) and you have 200m to spend online.

You can use that internet card with those computers, or with your laptop in your cabin (sometimes the conection in our cabin its terrible).

You'll have your home port with your crew center! There, you'll be able to also use some computers and send some packages home for example...

Regarding phone calls.
I bought a carnival phone card (10 usd), but the minutes available depends from country to country (the cards are the same, its just that way). Its also more cheap to call to your home phone comparing to a cell phone from your family.

You can use that card from your cabin (is basically a piece of plastic with some codes that you dial from your cabin). All cabins have phones. You are NOT able to receive phone calls from home to your cabin, but you are able to receive from another ship (its a satellite call).

You can also buy an american number to use with your cell!

But once more, that depends, from ship to ship!

From what I experienced, its quite frustrating to people when they want to contac us, but its very easy for us to contac them!

(hope that helped)

Hi Marize, you are a star, thankyou for your help and info babe x

Do you stay on the same ship the whole time? Or do you switch ships??

Mandy2010 in Wolverhampton, United Kingdom said: hi marize, thankyou for answering my question, how many contracts did you do? what job? did you enjoy the experience? i start training in Oct.

Mandy x

Hi mandy, i also start my training in october :) im so excited

chellyfish21 in O Fallon, Missouri said: Do you stay on the same ship the whole time? Or do you switch ships??

That usually depends on your ocupation.

Fitness are the ones that usually are more able to change ships... sometimes cause they are doing so good regarding the ship they have, or cause they are so bad, compared from what they expect from them...

I met 5 fitness, while I was on board, and 3 of them were transfered to bigger ships, and the other one to a very quite ship.

They don't tell you in advance that you're going to be transfered... you are notice 2 days before usually...

regarding the other ocupations, I believe the Ionithermie therapists (slimming treatments) are the other ones that might get a transfer..

usually the transfer are inside the same ship company, but it might also happen with different ones.

they send you your flight tickets, you pay taxis and hotel expenses in advance, they will give you that mnoney back when you get to the other embarcation

:)

hope that helped!

Hi Marize and Jenny! What is your start date? They gave me October 25th. Marize do you have to go through the training procedure before each contract you do everytime?!?! Mandy x

leaving for training tomorrow! i shall blog to you guys how everythings going !

I have read ALL the comments and am greatful to all who have shared the information generously.
IS there anyone here from South Africa? I have just sent my documentation through to Steiner, HArding Brotheres and any other email address I got here to apply and would like to be in touch with whomever wants to chat. My email address is canissiab@gmail.
Later!

oops canissiab@gmail.com

Aga in Liverpool, United Kingdom said: Hi everyone. i,m going to write belowe in my own language to Ania.

Czesc Ania wybacz ze pisze do ciebie po polsku, ale tak nam bedzie latwiej. Pare dni temu zlozylam aplikacje o prace jako kosmetyczka i czekam teraz na date mojego interview. Troszke przeraza mnie test pisemny, bo bede zdawala go w jezyku angielskim czy napisalabys mi jakie byly pytania abym moga sie troszke przygotowac. Bylabym naprawde bardzo wdzieczna. pozdrawiam agnieszka

Hey Aga.
Tez zamierzam aplikowac sie na cruise.
Napisz mi prosze Twojego maila.

pozdr
Przemek

Hi again. I emailed Steiner here in South Africa, and I have an interview this coming Saturday. They said, amongst other things, I have to take along a uniform that I will use to do my practical exam on my model. I don't understand what they mean about that! I am a self employed mobile masseur and I don't use a uniform. I just wear comfortable, presentable clothes. and I'm ready to go.
Any advice?
Thanks in advance

hi babsido, myself and ALL the other girls on the same interview date as me wore smart clothes in the morning and took a tunic and a pair of trousers and flat shoes to get changed into for the practical part of it. make sure you wear full make-up, hair tied up, no nail polish only wear small earings and keep nails short. hope that helps, good luck.

Thanx Mandy! That helps tons. So the tunic and pants, were they your uniform? My main concern is that I dont own a uniform. Never have. And wouldnt want to buy one just for an interview. Was there anyone in their own clothes? And the flat shoes, were they pumps or can it be sandals as well. Did you take your ear rings off when you did the massage?

Another thing I need help with guys! I read here that for the interview, One has to study the anatomy. Do we have to label the whole thing? I suck at it! AND what do u do in the case of epilepsy?
Pls guys, I need to nail this. Thanks.

Hi everyone
I writing to share my experience working with steiner on board a smaller luxury cruise liner cruising smaller, exotic ports throughout the Mediterranean and Caribbean. I attended the training academy in April 2008(i was 19 at the time) and after 11 days at the academy I was given my details and sent on my way to join my ship in Barcelona the next morning. My first impression of the company was that money and retail sales were very important! My experience was unique as I was working on a smaller ship with 300 passengers and a spa team of 8. On a smaller ship you have limited privileges e.g. guest areas such as restaurants and bars are off limits. Working in a smaller spa team comes with its own pressures also as it can become quite competitive when there is such a small amount of guests onboard each week. As for days off mine were broken up into half days, I was doing 7 days cruises and would have two mornings off a week where I would start at 2pm and work until 10pm that evening. Every other day that week I would work from 7.45am to 10pm and on embarkation day I would start work at 11.45 and work until 8pm. On average I would make around $150 to $300 USD a week on tips and about $100 commission on services and retail. On a port day I would do an average of 3 treatments and on a seaday we were always fully booked from 8 till 10pm. It is very true that you are under a lot of pressure from your manager to meet retail targets as they too are under pressure from steiner to ensure the revenue of the spa is high, obviously their salary is a percentage of this so of course they will be pushing you to sell! I had 4 different managers throughout my 8month contract and all were very different. One was very nice and gave us extra free time and 3 were very strict and ran the spa similar to a concentration camp! As for the rest of the team I couldn't have wished for a greater group of people to live and work with. You really do make friends for life!!

cont....the work is hard but if you are an optimistic person who enjoys challenging themselves and working in an environment where no two days are the same then I would highly recommend working at sea! 2 years on I still think about all the good times and amazing travel and have forgotten about all the nasty managers :) I'm not sure if steiner is the best company to work for or not but would love to hear form someone who has or is working for onboard spa company as I really would love to go back to sea!
Hope this was helpful :)

Hi Hannah! Thanks for sharing your experience. Tell me, how much closet space does one get over there? I am considering going, have an interview in 2days and am thinking ahead:). .

Hi Babsido closet space is very limited onboard so try not to pack too much as you will end up doing lots of shopping in the ports along the way too! I ended up taking way too much and having to send packages home which can be expensive. You will share a cabin with one other person of the same sex! all the best for the interview :)

Oh cool. That helps. Tell me, I c u worked in a spar. What did u do? I wanna do massage. I was told here that I need to learn the anatomy and to wear a massage uniform for the exam. I dont have uniform as i am self employed as a mobile therapist. Do u know if its acceptable to wear own clothes when doing the practical exam?

Hi mandy!

From what I've been told, you're allow to have 6months vacation at home... if you request more than that, you'll have to return to training center again ;)so basically, you can travel between home, ship and home for years, without going back to the lovelly training center ;)

Hi babsido, as hair, I was allowed to wear all black smart cloth for my second part of interview, I trully recommend you to buy a white tunic and white pants. Don't forget the presentation is highly avaluated, and believe me you don't want to be the only one in the room not wearing the proper cloth.

I didn't take off nose piercing, or ear piercings. My recruiter Roksolana, was amaizing! At the end of all interviews, she aproach me saying that she loved my interview, but if I was aware that piercings, tatoos and my hair style, were not steiner style. Sure I was hired, but I took that risk... they don't have that much hairdressers aplying... at least 6 girls were not hired from massage department... and this is a small country... so I believe with other nacionalities, can be even more massive the number of girls that is not accepted! Just take care of your image!