Traveljobsearch.com has many exciting new travel jobs for you to browse. You can search for yourself and discover your perfect new role for 2012, or read below for some inspiration. We think these four jobs could be life-changing for the right candidates.

Cruise Consultant in the North West

If you’d like to spend your days tailor-making cruises to the Caribbean, the Mexican Riviera and South America, to name just a few potential destinations – this job could be ideal for you. It’s based in the North West, and you’ll be working with a leading, award-winning cruise operator. Recruitment agency Blue Travel Solutions says their client is looking for someone with great communication skills, good at building customer relationships, and able to learn quickly. With this company the successful candidate will enjoy a fun working environment, and ongoing training. There’s also good earning potential through a commission ladder.

For more information on this opportunity click here.

Make a fresh start as a Reservations Agent

Would you make a great Reservations Agent working with a worldwide leisure travel agent? C&M Recruitment is seeking a Reservations Agent for a worldwide leisure travel agent. The role is to be based in South West London, working from 2pm until 10pm with a good basic salary and an annual shift allowance. Experience of working from a call centre, in telesales or within a travel agency will be beneficial for this role, and customer service experience is a must. You’ll be dealing with customer queries and there is a degree of ‘upselling’ of the travel products involved.

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Out of Africa – Luxury Tour Operator

This exciting full-time role is with a luxury tour operator, specializing in once-in-a-lifetime trips to Africa for discerning high-end customers. Recruitment agency Blue Travel Solutions says their client is a worldwide tour operator offering a wide range of long-haul travel itineraries, and is looking to expand its dedicated ‘Africa Team’. The role has a salary band of £24k to £26k, and includes organising bespoke tailor-made packages to breathtaking destinations, managing the Africa content on the company website, and some product development. For this job candidates must have some knowledge of Africa as a destination, in particular Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa.

For more information on this opportunity click here.

Brighton-based Business Travel Consultants – Part Time

Looking for the right work-life balance? This job through AA Appointments is part-time and based in Brighton, East Sussex. A business travel specialist is looking to hire experienced Business Travel Consultants trained in Sabre the bookings and reservations system. The company is looking for someone with experience, drive, and great organisational skills. The right person will enjoy many benefits and a lively working environment in this thriving business travel office. The rate of pay is up to £16 per hour.

For more information on this opportunity click here.

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Recruitment experts in the travel jobs sector say that having a professional profile online – your own personal brand that potential employers will like the look of – is just as important today as attending job fairs, fact-to-face networking, and sending out CVs.

Recruiters in the travel sector are building their web presence via their own online career centres, but increasingly by using Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter to reach out to people who 'like' and might join their company. Thomson Airways has a dedicated cabin crew recruitment Facebook page, and travel companies including Virgin Holidays, Thomas Cook, P&O Cruises and First Choice are all active on Twitter. Much of the social chat is customer-focused, but recruiters are increasingly using the new channels to connect with potential employees too.

“Networking has always been important but with the explosion of social media, its importance has dramatically increased,” says Nicola Deas, practice leader of career management at Right Management, a talent and career management consultancy which recently researched the subject.

Face-to-face and social networking was used by 74% of the recruiters and HR managers surveyed by Right Management in a recent survey. Of the most useful social networking sites for sourcing candidates, LinkedIn topped the list (61%) but surprisingly Facebook was cited by over half (52 %) as the second most useful site, demonstrating that social media networks and data sources are being used increasingly for professional benefit.

“It’s critical, particularly in this difficult job market, that job seekers develop the right skills and have access to the right opportunities to find employment,” says Deas. “It’s never been more important to learn how to effectively network with peers – online and offline – as well as being able to create a great online profile with compelling messages that will get noticed by employers and recruiters. It’s not enough to have just to have a good CV today.”

So here are five social media activities you might want to consider as you search for travel jobs:

1. Tidy up your Facebook page

These days HR departments like to find out as much about you as they can, by searching online. So will your Facebook profile impress of disturb? It’s well worth searching for yourself on Google and seeing what comes up – and you may need to ask friends to take down images of you or comments you sent them. Naturally everything on Facebook will be a reflection of you as an individual and future employee so make sure you remove the dodgy party photos, and any cryptic or unpleasant comments. Create your online Facebook profile very carefully and that means connecting with the right people and making comments that show you in a good light.

If you love travel and are great at customer service, these assets can come across in your Facebook member’s page if you put in some thought, and could help you land that holiday rep job you’ve been hoping will kick-start your travel career. Check your credit score and clean up those records too, as it’s quite common for an employer to run a credit score.
» Read more: Social media power: Get hired in the travel sector

Iberia pilots are set to take part in strike action this December over plans by IAG to set up a Spanish budget carrier.

The walkouts have been called for 18 December and 29 December with pilots claiming salaries at Iberia Express will be too low.

The launch of Iberia Express is due to take place in spring 2012 with Iberia deploying 40 aircraft.

Pilots are in fear that job losses will follow with Iberia hiring new staff at lower salaries.

A vote on the industrial action will be held next week as pilots’ union SEPLA said Iberia had rejected its proposals for a compromise.

Justo Peral, union president, said: “Sepla has decided to adopt the last measure which we wanted to adopt: a strike.”

The new airline being established by Iberia and British Airways owner IAG is to run short and medium range flights from Madrid, where there has been increased competition from other low-cost carriers and high speed trains.

Unions representing other Iberia workers have decided not to take part in the strike.

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