Sovren Crew announces new yacht crew recruitment system

Sovren Crew has announced the launch of its new, ground-breaking system for yacht crew recruitment with features never seen before in this niche market. The concept was presented to a development team last year. The system is arguably as future proof as it possibly can be and is robust in its simplification of the service that can be provided to yacht owners, management companies, captains and crew, and brings unique benefits.

The concept of rewards has been tried by others before, with varying degrees of success, however the Sovren team have taken this idea and brought it to all levels of system users, from yacht to crew individually. Rewards are available to the yacht with their management agreement, at an industry progressive level. A three-tier system is in place where a maximum of 10% of the spend is allocated to the reward scheme, to be invested into further Sovren services, crew placement, training or charitable donations.

Crew also earn reward points, simply through maintaining their profile, keeping it up to date, accurate and checking in to locations to take advantage of new placements when they’re ready for a move. The system will be a secure platform for their CV, certificates, awards and service testimonials and allows the Sovren team to inform them of new placement opportunities, to issue reminders for expiring certificates or medicals, recommend training and services and provide hints, tips and advice for any location.

Reward points can be allocated for training, shopping and travel as well as services provided by the Sovren Group of companies. Should the reward points be unallocated at the end of the year, chosen charities will benefit and each new year will start the reward points system with a fresh balance.

Using artificial intelligence for psychometric evaluations, the goal is to build the elements of a candidate’s profile that is challenging to present on even the most well-designed CVs. The Sovren Personality Assessment (SPA) facility enables Sovren Crew agents to highlight the candidates’ attributes including, but not limited to, their general intelligence, critical reasoning, motivation and personality profile. The aim is to build an entire harmonious crew, compatible and united, thus minimising conflict and ensuring a safe and happy yacht.

The Know Your Crew (KYC) feature is an in-built due diligence service to ensure the Sovren Crew team can guarantee the authenticity of the candidates. Names are checked against lists for national security, Interpol, official sanctions lists and for politically exposed persons. Safeguarding a yacht and its crew is paramount, and with these checks automatically in place, the Sovren team are assured that the candidate they will place on to the yacht is genuine and will be an asset to the yacht and its existing crew.

To bridge time zones and the challenges faced by travel restrictions and border closures, video profiles are created for the candidates so their character can shine through and provide a reality boost to their application.

Agents within Sovren Crew will be working from its Palma office, contacting candidates virtually to ensure the existing database is up to date, to guarantee the continued efficiency of their system and ensure strict adherence to the guidelines for data protection.

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