ATTENTION ALL UK JAN 2011 CRP APPLICANTS

i just got back from a weekend in glasgow meeting up with all my old cm friends from the first time round and i met daria too

unfortunately now i am just feeling like arrrggghhh i wanna go back and not liking the waiting at all!!!!

 

Might be good if they did it like x factor style (not that i like that show but still...) every week one of us gets told they haven't got through, or even better one of us gets told we did, then you would be looking forward to that day each week and it wouldn't feel like 2 months. Did that make any sense ha ha ha?

 

Imagine being the last to find out though! would drive you insane haha

 

ha ha yep but then only one person is waiting till April, admittedly poor person but still

 

That's how the waitlist seems to be going at the moment- one person hears each week and the rest of us have to keep hanging on!

 

heyy everyone!

i'm sophie and am also applying for the program this year, i am soo nervous! was just wondering on the yummy jobs page, where you create your profile and it has the boxes for work experience and motivation...how important are those bits?! how much are we meant to write and do they pay much attention to them or is it mainly based on your cv??
also, does anyone know how many people apply for how many places each year?
any help or advice would be appreciated

 

Hey Sophie, welcome to the boards! 8)

I'm not sure how much attention they pay to the work experience and motivation boxes vs. CV and cover letter, but definitely fill them out! In my head they pay more attention to the CV, but I've probably just made that up!
If you don't want to repeat yourself too much, you could just put something brief and then refer them to your CV. The motivation aspect is super important, though, so whether you put it in that box or in a cover letter than you attach to your CV, make sure you get across why you want the position, what you'd bring to it etc.

I don't know exactly how many people apply each year, but from what I've heard before I think it's in the thousands!

 

I had my phone interview a few weeks before the applications closed, and was told that at that point they said they'd had over 900 applicants and were doing 300 phone interviews, but I know they will have done more after the applications closed aswell. At our interview I would estimate there were around 80 of us over the two days and places offered I'd guess maybe about 50? Those last two numbers are purely estimates on my part though.

I know those numbers are a little intimidating but if it helps a lot of people from the forums got through- there's a lot of resources here where u can talk to past applicants, read blogs etc so you will have a better idea of what they're looking for than many applicants.

 

in the past it has been a case of approx for every 10 applicats one gets a phone interview every 3 phone interviews 1 gets a place at the f2f and then its purely on how much room they have BUTTTTT they have chaged the recruiting stuff this time round so i dont think previous figures will mean anything - if they are recruiting for the entire year then they will offer more phone interviews and more f2f interviews to get a good selection of people whop are available for the various start dates.

the motivation box and / or cover letter are really the most important part of applying - they have loads of applicants so they want to know why you wat to do the programme, if the programme is really for you, what you can give to it, will you be reliable, do yo0u have the sticking power to stay for the year etc... i would sasy it was a lot more importat than ya cv ad previous experience as people with no experience / qualifications have got places so bhave those with tonnes of ecperience and qualifications. If you have f&b experience u can get offered merch and if you have experiece in retail you ca get offered f&b so its obviously the content of the motivation box / cover letter that seals the deal over the info on ya CV

 

Hiyaa to old and new, sorry I havent read most of the posts, saw some new names tho, woooo!

Ahaha might be my last post for a while, moving to bognor regis to work at butlins for the year XD second day of being 18, just got back home from bognor and have been asked to go back down on the 8th xD Wooo fun times, stress. aha


so exctied. and for me good prepping for florida. cant wait for you WDW So i Do hope I (and everyone on here) Gets in!

 

ahh thanks guys that's really helped me! it's all sooo scary!
good luck to everyone xxx

 

There were 120 interviews offered over the 2 days for our applications Vicky. So there were 60 interview places each day. But some people decline the offer, some people go and see the presentation but then don't come back for the interview part.

 

Wow dunno where I got 80 from then thanks megan.

 

No worries Vicky Someone asked Yummy at the interviews, and posted it somewhere on here- and I have just remembered how many it was. I would have no idea how many people were there if someone hadn't asked!

 

Hi guys!

I've just joined the boards today.

I've wanted to apply for this programme ever since I was 14 and spotted someone working at Epcot from Leeds - I thought if she can do it, so can I! It's been an absolute dream since then, and I'm applying to Yummy tonight with the view to work from July 2012, as I don't graduate uni until June '12.

I've been reading through past discussions and guides on this (fantastic) site, but I still don't feel entirely comfortable. The numbers of people who apply are overwhelming; the more I think about it the more I think "Do I even have a chance?". I dunno. I'm just typing up my CV now and trying to make it as brilliant as possible, but does anyone have any hints and tips for making your CV really appeal to Yummy?

I'm so desperate for this job, it would be an absolute dream come true. I want to make sure I'm doing everything I possibly can to get it.

 

keep your cv professional - make sure it highlights any skills you have that are relevant to disney e.g. customer service, communication, etc

then include either a cover letter or use the motivation box to explain why you want the job - what you can bring to it? what you hope to get form it, what working at disney means to you, maybe any personal experience you have with disney, perhaps highlight any experience u have of living away form home / living with other people etc at uni so they can see u would cope with being away form home for a year and with sharing with other people,

and then just fingers crossed. and if u dont get through the first time try again - lots of people take 3/4 attempts to get through

 

Thanks a lot. That's really helped.

Fingers crossed!

 

Hi guys!

My name is Lauren, 21, from Portsmouth. I applied a week ago, to go out July 2012, but have just come accross this forum! Its great to have found a place where everybody feels the same! Long wait now, but thought i'd say hi and good luck to everybody!

 

im on the isle of wight,it soon come around the interviews etc

 

hi nice to meet you and welcome