// Walkthrough
A chief stewardess CV is read by the captain, the yacht manager, and sometimes the owner. The captain scans for interior leadership — how many stews managed, how large the boat, how many charter weeks delivered. The yacht manager scans for tenure, certifications, and references. The owner scans for voice — the chief stew is the face of the interior to guests.
The page leads with full name, role — "Chief Stewardess", "Purser", or "Head of Interior" — and nationality with current location. A profile of two or three sentences should sound assured and warm — the voice of someone who has briefed a principal at dinner and run a quiet correction with a junior stew at 11pm. Avoid generic phrasing; the page reads as a sample of how you write to owners.
Certificates follow: STCW Basic Safety, ENG1, Food Safety Level 3, WSET Levels 2 and 3 (sommelier if held), PDSD, and the full GUEST Programme silver-service, butler-service, and management modules. Interior management skills — budgeting, inventory, provisioning, crew rotation, training records — make the difference between a senior stew and a chief stew on the page.
Sea service runs one row per contract, with interior team size, charter weeks, and programme type called out alongside vessel name, type, size, flag, and dates. Long tenures matter most at this level — a four-year chief stewardess contract outweighs a busy résumé of varied positions. Onboard handovers and refit periods should be noted explicitly.
References come from captains, owners (with permission), and senior crew. The captain reference is load-bearing; an owner reference, where given, carries the most weight of any. A clean headshot in interior uniform or neat civilian dress, hair tied back. Phone, date of birth, and reference contacts stay off the public CV by default.
// What captains scan for
- Interior team size and charter weeks per contract are the two numbers captains and yacht managers scan for first. Surface them in the summary.
- Long tenures matter most at chief level. A four-year contract is the strongest single signal on the page.
- Interior management — budget, inventory, provisioning, training records — is what separates a chief stew from a senior stew. List the systems you have run.
- WSET Level 3 or sommelier credentials carry weight at chief level. If you have them, list them prominently.
- An owner reference, where given, outweighs five captain references. Treat owner references like gold.
- Cut the filler. "Detail-oriented", "passionate about service", "guest-focused" — captains and yacht managers scan past them. Interior team size, charter weeks, WSET level, and the systems you run are what they trust.
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