To increase your chances of finding a job at sea, you should complete your ProSeafarers profile as fully as possible.
The good news is that ProSeafarers does this for you – all you need to do is upload your CV and we'll extract the data from it and fill your profile in automatically.
You can also enter your information manually, but uploading your CV and letting us do it is much quicker and easier!
How to Upload Your CV to Create Your ProSeafarers profile
Go to ProSeafarers and sign in. The first page you'll see is the Jobs page. Click on the person icon on the left to go to your profile:
Click on the Import CV button at the top right. You will see this pop-up box:
Either drag and drop your CV into the box or click to upload it from your computer.
The following file formats are accepted: PDF, PNG, JPG, Word documents, and Excel documents.
We'll fill out your profile automatically. To read more about uploading your CV into ProSeafarers, see here.
How to Edit and Update Your ProSeafarers Profile
You might want to add new or edit existing info to your profile.
Your profile is organized into four categories: Profile, Documents, Experience and Preferences:
We'll go through each of these below.
Your Profile Page
At the top of your Profile page you'll see 6 headers: All, Employment, Education, Documents, Languages, Preferences:
All is the default view. Scroll down to see the other sections: Employment, Education, Documents, Languages, and Preferences.
Or you can click on one of the headers to go to a dedicated page with just the relevant information on it. For example, Education. Click the pen icon to add or edit an entry:
Also on your profile page, you'll see:
A warning if any of your documents are due to expire.
An About Me section. Click the pen icon in the corner to enter a short personal bio.
A button to import your CV from your computer.
A button to download your ProSeafarers CV so you can print it out.
On the right-hand side of your profile page is a section with your key details such as your name, rank, date of birth, nationality, contact details, and socials. Upload your profile pic here.
A status bar shows you how complete/strong your profile is.
Your Documents Page
Click on the Documents header or the document icon on the left to go to your Documents page. It looks like this:
Here you can:
Click on the headers at the top to see all your documents, or only your certificates, visas and training documents.
Click the Add Document button at the top to add a new document. You can scan a document or enter it manually.
Enter a document’s name or number in the search bar to quickly find it.
Click the button on the top right to order the list by Expiry Date, Name, Date Issued or Type.
Click on an entry to edit it and hover over it to bring up the trash can to delete it.
Your Employment Page
Click on the Employment header or the anchor icon on the left to go to your Employment page. It looks like this:
Here you can:
Click the Add Experience button at the top to add details about a contract. You can scan a document or enter it manually.
Enter a rank, vessel name or company in the search bar to quickly find that entry.
Click the button on the top right to order the list by Most Recent, Duration, Rank or Vessel.
Click an entry to edit it and hover over it to bring up the trash can to delete it.
Your Preferences Page
Click the Preferences header or the slider lines on the left to go to your Preferences page. It looks like this:
Here you can:
Set your profile to visible or invisible to recruiters.
Set your Health Details that are on your CV to visible or invisible to recruiters.
Enter your availability date, your preferred contract length, vessel types and ranks, and set your salary expectation and currency.
Enter the ranks, vessel types and trading areas that jobs must match with.
Set which companies can view your profile and block companies you don't want to see you.
You can also access your ProSeafarers profile by clicking your profile icon at the bottom of the page, going to Settings and then to Edit Profile.