Ship to Shore Career Advice

Are you looking to make the move from ship to shore? SYR are here to help. First things first, we’re not a crew agency, in fact we’ve written a whole article about that. However, we are the first dedicated shoreside recruiter in luxury yachting, focusing solely on supporting employers from...

View From The Desk – April

Welcome to the latest SYR View From The Desk If you would like to receive this update as a monthly email register here. Here at SYR we are waving goodbye to Q1 and careering into Q2! The team and I have enjoyed some excellent events this month. Simon and I attended the London Superyacht...

We Are Not A Crew Agency

Before I get started, I should add that there is definitely nothing wrong with crew agencies, we’re just not one. SYR has just celebrated its second anniversary and I’ve lost track of the number of comments of ‘No thanks, we’re not looking for crew’ or the opposite, ‘I’m after a Chief...

View From The Desk – March

Welcome to the latest SYR View From The Desk If you would like to receive this update as a monthly email register here. Here at SYR we pride ourselves on engaging with the market on a regular basis, to ensure that our knowledge and awareness of what happens in yachting is as current as it can...

View From The Desk – February

Welcome to the latest SYR View From The Desk If you would like to receive this update as a monthly email register here. Despite January feeling like the longest month ever, here we are in February and this month SYR has a lot to celebrate. On the 1st February we turned two and, as a result, ate...

Navigating Graduation

There are always questions upon graduating university of ‘what do I do next?’ ‘where will my degree take me’ and ‘where do I even begin’. It can be challenging and daunting deciding your next move, however this step may just be the most important one. It’s tempting to take whatever...

Happy 2nd Birthday To SYR!

It’s hard to believe that two years have passed and SYR is celebrating its 2nd birthday! It has been an incredible journey so far, incredibly rewarding for the majority and incredibly stressful at times, but that’s the joy of owning your own business, right? In February 2022, on our first...

View From The Desk – January

Welcome to the latest SYR View From The Desk If you would like to receive this update as a monthly email register here. TEAM UPDATES ED | CEO | ed@superyachtrecruiter.com It’s great to be back from the Christmas and New Year break and I find myself back in the thick of recruitment due to such...

SYR, more than just Shoreside Superyacht Recruitment

Happy 2023! This is the start of a BIG year for SYR. Ed Ewer has long held a passion for inspiring young people to join the yachting world and we will be working on a number of initiatives this year as we develop our partnership with the UKSA. Also, in collaboration with the Maritime Training...

View From the Desk – December

Welcome to the latest SYR View From The Desk The team will be taking a well-earned break from Wednesday 21st December until Tuesday 3rd January so we would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year! TEAM UPDATES ED | CEO...

View From The Desk – November

Welcome to the latest SYR View From The Desk What a busy few months we’ve had; Cannes, SIBS, Monaco and METS took us all out of the office for a few days and we were delighted to host our inaugural Superyacht Supper Club event with our sponsors MIMO Connect and Heirlooms. This was a great...

Q&A with Matthew Elliott From The MTA

Following the recent announcement of our training and development partnership with the Maritime Training Academy, we asked Matthew Elliott, Global Account Manager, a bit more about the MTA and its courses, why you would want to undertake an MTA course and the future career potential following...

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