YAY!!

I GOT A FACE TO FACE!!!! AHHHH!!! this is soooooo exciting! soo sooo exciting! i check my email every morning hoping for an email, and today there was one there. all the title says in Walt Disney World so i was nervous opening it. Here's the email:

Dear Kathryn,

Thanks so much for taking your time in the recent telephone interviews for the Walt Disney World International Programs.

It was an absolute pleasure speaking with you and getting to learn a bit more about yourself and your unique culture. I was impressed by the enthusiasm and personality that you had for this program and would be delighted to invite you to the final interviews sometime in late October!

Currently we are still working with Walt Disney World to verify the exact locations we will be holding the final interviews this fall and next spring. No matter where the interviews are held, we will still invite you to come, as I know many people have expressed interest in traveling. I will be contacting you in the upcoming weeks with more information about the interview locations as well as cities we anticipate to interview in, to assist in easing the travel distances.

Along with the interview city information, I will also be inviting you to submit your email address to share with others interviewing, so please do keep an eye on your emails and if your contact information changes please do inform me.

Once again, congratulations on reaching this stage of the recruitment process and I very much look forward to contacting you with more information in the very near future!

Have a Magical Day,


Kristen
Yummy Jobs

Sounds fabulous doens't' it?! haha. i'm going crazy inside right now as i'm sure you can tell. We're getting closer guys, one more interview and i could be flying to florida in as little as 5 months! ahh:) yay. i lovee disney. haha

Phone Interview!!!

So as you can tell from the title I just had my phone interview!!!! I had woken up early because I thought Kristin might call and was lying there waiting and she did!!! I had been working on what to say and praticing all the day before (and for a while before that!) and finally it was time. I think I did alright, I know i was smiling the whole time:) So she asked routine questions like my email address, age, if I had a passport, where I'd heard of the program and if I wanted to work in food & beverage, attractions or merchandise. I said food and beverage. Then she asked why I wanted to work for Disney, and to tell her something about Canada and then my hometown. I think i didn't answer the best on Canada as a whole but that my hometown answer was good. It's hard to tell someone about Canada as a whole in 3 seconds. the Conversation went super fast !!! and it wasn't as scary as I had thought. She asked if I had any questions and I asked how many people they were looking for and she said that it's actually just that you are competing with yourself nothte other people and that it's based on your own merit. If Disney likes everyone they will take everyone and then just put them in different programs ! So that was kind of cool, I just have to be me and no matter how many other super disney kids there are we could all make it:) Also I asked about the face to face location and time and she said that they were still deciding on which side of the country to have the interviews first, and i said that i would go to either because i go to school in ontario and she said that lots of people had been saying they were willing to fly (or take a mini-break as Kristin said). It's cool that there are other people as eager as me!! But here's the thing, she never really said that they wanted me to go to the face to faces. She said that they would be in touch in the next while about the next steps of the process and that when i move to ontario i should send her an email with my address in case they want to send me some post. Which sound super positive and good, but she never right out said it sooo....we'll just have to....wait! more. again. wheeeeeee

An email from Yummmy!

So...I got a letter today from Kristen at Yummy Jobs and I made it to the telephone interview...although I'm pretty sure everyone does. anyways here's the email:

Greetings,

I hope you are having a Great Summer and are excited about the possibility of going to Walt Disney World next year on the Cultural Representative Program! Within the next 3 weeks, we will be contacting you by phone to get to know you a bit more. This call will be an informal interview that will assist Yummy Jobs in learning a bit more about you and why you would like to go to Walt Disney World.

As I understand that you may have a summer job that may cause you to miss my call, rest assure, I will still call back! If for some reason you are unavailable when I call, please do email me (kristen@yummyjobs.com) with a preferred contact time or a new number you wish to be contacted on. Or alternatively you may call toll free 1-877-YJ Canada (between 8am- 12pm Eastern Standard Time) and ask for Jason.

Please do note, that due to requiring a work visa for this program, we will be asking about your passport. If you do not have one, please do apply for one as soon as possible, as you will be required to bring your passport if selected for the final interview with Walt Disney World later this year or early next year depending on your province. If you have any questions about this requirement, please do not hesitate to ask. Also, we are proud to say that we are still accepting Resumes for the Cultural Representative Program, so if you have friends that be interested in going to Walt Disney World with you, do feel free to have them submit their resume to me. Do have them quote your name in the email so we are able to ensure that they are contacted for the telephone interviews as well! I hope you are as excited as we are for your telephone call, and I look forward to chatting to you soon!

Have a Magical Day,
Kristen
Yummy Jobs

So know I'm going to be edgey every time the phone rings! What if it it's Kristen?! Although I'm also pretty sure I'm going to miss my call because I'm working all the time. Yikes yikes yikes. It'll work out then because I can be calm and not taken off gaurd. I know I'm going to just ramble about how much I love disney. haha. Anyways, just thought I'd let ya know that I may be writing super happy or super sad sometime soon. Cheers:)

I'm not too fond of this waiting thing...

So I obviously haven't heard anything back yet, but i've been keeping up to date with my board reading on wdwip and it's exciting to see some other Canadians sending in their resumes and getting emails saying only 4-6 weeks now! yay! i'm definately hoping for the 4 weeks, as waiting is driving me crazy. i can't lie..sometimes when i can't sleep or i'm driving up and down the island i try and practise figuring out what i'm going to say to the questions. haha. really dorky aren't i? but i'm so excited! i've been wanting this for so long and it's just totally cool to think that half a eyar from now i could be packing and actually heading down there. Ive just picked my classes for my second year of uni and have all half year classes incase i have to stop and go to florida in feb as hoped!! it's just crazzyyy to even think about. This fellow from work who is also a huge disney geek (i've never met one before, it was so exciting!) anyways he keeps saying oh you'll get in and of course they'll accept you and him and his fiancee are booking a trip down there around that time so how cool would it be if i was there working and they visited?! my first group of friends coming downf or a visit already! and he would die for all the sick behind the scenes things and my amazing name tag. i'm pretty pumped to see my naem on one of those name tags - talk about the best feeling ever! haha. so anyways i shall be on my way, i just wanted to let you know how completely excited I am!!!! though you already knew that didn't you? :)

To all who come to this happy place...Welcome!

Hey there! So i originally started my blog on June 11th under a different site name. However i then realized where i got the brilliant name for my site - from someone who was already on the program! So not wanting to step on any toes I've decided to change it, so here is my original posting from June 11th, 2008, a quick Intro to me!! :

Hello! My name is Kate and I love disney. there I said it. now everyone knows the truth. When I was 4 years old and first visited Disneyland i decided i was going to live there. unfortuantely at an age a bit older i found out that in fact just because Walt had an apartment there, doesn't mean i could. Then when i was 12 years old i went to Florida for the first (and only so far) time with my Mum. We met a cast member in the Canada pavillion at Epcot from Nanaimo, a town 45 minutes from my own and she told us all about the incredible job she had down there through the cultural representative programme. i knew i was meant for the job ever since, and now it's finally become time for me to apply. I'm so excited! About a week ago i sent in my resume and cover letter and heard back that they recieved my email, and i would hear further about the application process in 8-10 weeks!!! 8-10 weeks!!! that's FOREVER from now!!!!! i think about it all the time and i just wish they would message me soon. i even have it mark on the calendar when about they are suppose to email me again. those will be super intense weeks. So really i plan to use this space mainly once i'm in florida to update everyone on the amazing adventures of being a cast member, however i thought the whole application process might be cool too. So i hope all is well, and sorry if it's a while before my next post, things will pick up when i start to hear things from the mouse:)