Good luck to everyone who's got their face to face coming up soon. How do I get that far???????? Gonna try to get my application off this or next week for the Cultural Representive Program, (thats the year long one ,I think/hope???????)
hi chris!!!!! welcome to the boards!!! well the culture representative program yes is for a year, to work on your country pavillio at epcot, where are u from? im from Mexico and about how u get that far, well the first its send u cv an cover letter to the recruitment team in your contry, after that u will have a telephone interview and if u pass u will have the face 2 face, it can be a large procces buit sure it worth it big hugs! Ely
Hi Ely Cheers for that, I'am from the UK! I bet the weathers better were you are 8) (yes brits always talk about the weather) I was going to email my cv and covering letter, so do you still have to send along a copy of the application form from this site????????? Any tips and advice for the covering letter would be greatly received. Many thanks ;D
hi chris!!! u make laught with the weather, well here i have to say its still hot!!! but prefer cold weather but we never have that :-[ atleast not in my city never down of 10 degres i guess well much weather for today lol the form in the site dont have to send it, taht form was give it to us in face 2 face interview so dont worry fot that now about cover letter well mine doesnt very good lol in fact in my phone ointerview they said me i better get it a little more long but just explain why do u want to join, show your interest on the program , what do u think u can give to the program and what u going to learn from it, its basically what u need to write, i know sounds easy but i make mine like 3 days and only because when i find the convocatory i just have a week to send my documents! lol 8) im sure u will do it great if u need any help just ask its my pleasure help u big hugs! :-* :-* :-* Ely :-* :-* :-* p.s: sorry if i write something bad in english lol i hope u understand me
Cheers for your help Ely Just finished writting it all and will be sending it tomorrow. Now i just keep my fingers crossed and wait! Dont worry about your english, it's better than mine!!!! Chris
good chris! im sure u will doing fine! so don worry and i will keep my finger crossed for u and welcome to the waiting game! lol im sure u will enjoy it so now look for a comfortable chair and start the waiting game! big hugs! :-* :-* :-* Ely :-* :-* :-*
Hey Chris Good luck! You don't need to include the application form from here- cv and covering letter is great! Make sure you really push any tourism/hospitality experience you have, they really look for that from the UK because competition is huge. Best of luck! Charlotte x
if you have included the application form from here don't worry at some point they send you the same form out to fill it in again, well thats what happend to me ;D Helen xx
Yeah we had to fill one out at the interview! Good luck to all who are about to send thier stuff off...the ball finally gets rolling then! J. xx
Cheers for the help guys it seems to have worked. I've got a phone interview in Feb, any advice on that would be gratfully recieved. (dont want a lot do I :) Now just got to wait ??? Chris
Three most important things about the phone interview... 1: Be yourself-that's who they're looking for! 2: Be honest. If you're into upsidedown parachuting crochet, tell them. Don't presume they'll think you're weird or something. This is essentially "be yourself" again. I feel so unoriginal 3: SMILE!!! When you smile, the intonation of your voice changes and you sound friendlier. It sounds stupid, but SMILING over the phone is the most important part of your phone interview! Good luck! Kev
I’d echo what Kev has said SMILE and be YOURSELF are definately the main points to consider. Also have a think of what questions they might ask you (you’ll find some clues on these boards somewhere) and maybe jot down a few rough answers and have them in front of u just in case u have a momentarily lapse and freeze during the interview. Best of luck ;D
Yeah Jess is right, the interviewer cant see you, so having some written notes won't do you any harm. Take advantage of it, because i can remember the night before our face 2 face i was sat in the hotel room thinking if only it was like the telephone interview!!! J. x
heya, just been reading this thread and im a bit confused.... i applied to yummy jobs online, which involved just attaching my CV and putting comments on a short form, along with personal details.. in the "comments" section i put a short paragraph about why i want to work at disney and why i think i would be suitable for the programme, but nothing in great detail. Is this little form the "cover letter" that people have referred to, or do i have to post a cover letter and CV at a later date? have i messed up?
Hi Jilly, Thats all I did when i applied, you should get a reply acknowledging your application, but Alexis and Jason (from Yummy) are in Florida so you might not get a reply until Tuesday. Good Luck with your application, if there is anything else you need to know just let me know Love H
oh thanks very much H!! phew!! also, on here ive read about the ratio of applicant to actual people accepted for the ICP but what about for the year long program? is it just as competitive? i sooooooooo want to do this so much, but now im panicking that my cv maybe wasnt very good :-[
Hi, not sure about the ratio, but i had to send my cv twice before i got thru, i was interviewed in November with about 20 or maybe 30 others but there were other interviews destinations too and i found out last week that i leave on March 28th. So even if you don't get through this time (not saying you won't) but if you keep trying the magic will happen
I would say that if you've trawled through wdwip.com and these forums then you're in a much better position than most. Afterall, you know (vaguely-obviously your interview questions will be different) what's going to be happening and what to expect. That means you can be a lot more calm, cool and collected going into your interview and you know that you have to REMEMBER TO SMILE in both interviews... Basically, I would suspect that being more educated about the process and WDW would stand to you during your interviews (after all, they're more likely to hire a friendly person who loooooves WDW/Disney than someone who was pretty bored looking throughout the interview and doesnt particularly care about the place... I'm sure you'll be fine! Just smile, be honest and be yourself!!! That's what they're looking for! Not CV stuff, not work experience, not awards-they wont be working for WDW-you will be! Be you and they'll want you!!! And again, remember to SMILE!!! Kev
yep all i can do is keep my fingers crossed and hope i get thru!! u must be sooooo excited H...im excited at the thought of going and ive only just sent my cv!
