In the context of the diminishing appeal of a career at sea and the continued growth of fleets, promoting employment at sea among young people, especially women, is in the spotlight. Various solutions are proposed, including attractive cadet trainee programs, to encourage young people to work at sea and pursue a long-term career. However, the main hopes, incentives, and concerns of the entrants while enrolling at a maritime education and training (MET) institution remain unclear. To investigate this issue, a longitudinal study has been performed on newly enrolled Navigation students of the Gdynia Maritime University by paper-based questionnaires distributed during one of their first courses at the university. The results of this study may prove valuable in determining future seafarers' employment and retention policy-making recommendations aimed at attracting new entrants and retaining them in a number sufficient to sustain the operations of maritime transportation.

在海上职业吸引力下降和船队持续增长的背景下，促进年轻人，尤其是女性的海上就业成为人们关注的焦点。提出了各种解决方案，包括有吸引力的学员实习计划，以鼓励年轻人在海上工作并追求长期的职业生涯。然而，进入海事教育和培训 (MET) 机构时，参赛者的主要希望、激励和担忧仍不清楚。为了调查这个问题，对新注册的导航进行了纵向研究格丁尼亚海事大学的学生通过在大学的第一门课程中分发的纸质问卷调查。这项研究的结果可能对确定未来海员的就业和留任政策制定建议很有价值，这些建议旨在吸引新进入者并留住足够数量的海员以维持海上运输的运营。