View From The Desk – April 2024

Welcome to the latest SYR View From The Desk If you would like to receive this update as a monthly email register here. SYR have enjoyed a fantastic start to 2024, with one of strongest quarters to date, giving us confidence that the luxury marine market will remain busy as we head towards the...

Ed is taking on the Isle Of Wight Ultra Challenge!

Our CEO, Ed is taking on one of the biggest sporting challenges of his life – an ULTRA Marathon, which consists of an entire lap of the Isle of Wight. For those of you who don’t know, an Ultra is defined as ‘a long distance race that is longer than a marathon’ – in...

View From The Desk – March 2024

Welcome to the latest SYR View From The Desk If you would like to receive this update as a monthly email register here. Here’s a great stat: in February we had a 100% success rate in converting offers into placements! 2024 is showing signs of steadiness, with the indecision of last year...

Beyond the CV: How to Assess Soft Skills in Job Candidates

Hiring the right candidate for a job is a multifaceted challenge. While a candidate’s CV can provide valuable insights into their qualifications and experience, it often falls short in assessing one critical aspect of a candidate’s suitability for a role: their soft skills. Soft skills,...

View From The Desk – February 2024

Welcome to the latest SYR View From The Desk If you would like to receive this update as a monthly email register here. 2024 has taken off at pace and we’re incredibly pleased to have taken on and placed a number of high level assignments already, with some exciting new positions with new...

View From The Desk – January 2024

Welcome to the latest SYR View From The Desk If you would like to receive this update as a monthly email register here. We’re back from the Christmas break and it’s all systems go at SYR. With a host of exciting roles currently in progress we find ourselves busy taking candidates through...

CV Advice From The Experts

Collectively, the SYR team has more than 20 years of maritime industry recruitment experience allowing us to provide you with an unrivalled knowledge of the global superyacht market. So, if you are coming ashore, looking for your next progression or even for a complete change of career we can...

View From The Desk – December

Welcome to the latest SYR View From The Desk If you would like to receive this update as a monthly email register here. Christmas is nearly here and bringing with it a close to a busy year across all desks at SYR. We’ve enjoyed working with clients old and new in 2023 and have seen the SYR brand...

METS Show Report 2023

Three days, 40,000 steps, a shipyard visit, two parties and one international marine trade show… welcome to Metstrade. Our second METS as SYR, it was a pleasure to visit Amsterdam once more for the biggest and best B2B show that the yacht industry has to offer. A hub of technology, innovation and...

View From The Desk – November

Welcome to the latest SYR View From The Desk If you would like to receive this update as a monthly email register here. Where is the time going? It only feels like yesterday we were putting the October Newsletter together and already we’re into November! 2023 has been a year of two halves and...

An Introduction to Securing a Role in Shoreside Yachting

Transitioning from ship to shore is a well-worn path for many career yachties, and whilst there are a host of blogs and advice in the public domain covering this very topic, I wanted to develop a series of articles that focus on the practical side of securing a new shoreside role. Full disclosure;...

View From The Desk – October

Welcome to the latest SYR View From The Desk If you would like to receive this update as a monthly email register here. In the blink of an eye, September has passed! As the busiest month of the year for events and shows, we’ve attended both Cannes and Monaco yacht shows and caught up with a lot...

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