What are Soft Skills and Why Are They Important?
The recent years saw a significant technological shift towards automation of various on-board processes in the maritime industry. While we tend to appreciate the resulting benefits of this shift a great skills gap is being created between the skills that... …
Soft Skills Are Now High on The Industry’s Agenda
Technology has transformed every aspect of our lives including the way we work. Even in the maritime industry which is traditionally perceived as very conservative, cutting-edge technologies such as digital twins and blockchain are rapidly taking over. …
What are Cognitive Skills and why are they important?
Big data and the continually advancing IT systems in the deck and engine departments create a demand for modern-day seafarers to be capable of processing more complex information increasingly, on a daily basis. Their ability to do so... …
How to Overcome Crew Retention Challenges in the Maritime Industry
Even though there is an estimated number of 1,600,000 seafarers globally, the shortage of seafarers has already been identified as a global issue. Moreover, the shortage of seafarers equipped with the right skills for the modern-day environment... …
Dr Luiza Shahbazyan to participate in CrewConnect Global Conference 2019
We are pleased to announce that Dr Luiza Shahbazyan, Product Manager of SafeMetrix will speak at this year’s CrewConnect Global event in Manila, Philippines, the world’s largest and most influential event for the marine HR community. …
Dr Luiza Shahbazyan to participate in the 10th International Health and Safety Conference SFESE X
Dr Luiza Shahbazyan, Product Manager of SafeMetrix is set to participate in the 10th International Health and Safety Conference titled: "Health and Safety – The Way Forward''. She will join the discussions, with her presentation titled “Beyond Technical: The impact of soft …
4 Global Industries That Benefit from Soft Skills
While the maritime industry is only starting to value the importance of soft skills, many leading global companies across various industries have already incorporated this concept into their core human resource management processes. …
The Rise of Soft Skills Conference
We are pleased to announce that our Conference “The Rise of Soft Skills”, organised by SafeMetrix together with Youngship Cyprus, took place on Friday October 4, at Columbia Plaza, Limassol with great success. …
The Rise of Soft Skills Conference 2019 – Registrations are now open
We are very pleased to invite you to our Conference titled “The Rise of Soft Skills”, which will feature highly esteemed speakers and industry guests including the Shipping Deputy Minister Ms Natasa Pilides and world-renowned speaker Mr Michael R. Virardi. …
Meet the SafeMetrix experts at Maritime Cyprus 2019
One of the most established events for the maritime industry, the “Maritime Cyprus 2019” Conference, is taking place from the 6th-9th of October and the SafeMetrix team will be presenting the platform’s product portfolio of crew specific psychometric e-assessments. …