CRP: So what's next?

You got through the face-to-face interview and you're feeling confident/disappointed/don't know what to expect.  Disney said to us that those starting the Cultural Representative program earlier would find out before those starting later in 2015, and warned that the later intakes (they were recruiting for March-September 2015 this round) could be waiting until after Christmas to find out whether they were successful.  The means that the whole application process could potential take up to 5-6 months from start to finish, a super long time.  

There are three outcomes from this final interview: yes, no, or put on the Opportunity List.

The Opportunity List is a "yes, we like you but haven't got a place for you at the moment."  I don't have any idea what differentiates the yeses from the Opportunity List; it's sort of a massive wait list.  I think people can be waiting a while before being given a start date, rumour has it that around 80% of people on the Opportunity List do get places but it can be a long wait.

Rumour also has it (there's a lot of hear-say around the whole application process; Disney can be, understandably, pretty secretive about their recruitment facts and figures) that the nos would hear before the yeses but I don't personally know how true that is, I'm not sure if they do it in rounds or batches of definite nos/yeses etc. 

We received an email early evening of our interview day from Disney and that was definitely  a heart in the mouth moment!  This email stated that Disney "enjoyed talking to me and thanked me for my interest in the position."  Very kind and very sweet, but very nerve-wracking when you're waiting for an  important email from them!

The waiting then began.  We had mentally prepared ourselves for a two month wait but a mere 17 days after our face to face interview, an email sat in our boxes from Disney International Programs... 

There is an attachment which states whether you are placed in Merchandise (in my case) or Food and Beverage (Dena's) and your start and finish dates.  In order to confirm your place, you complete steps outlined in the congratulations email.  

Once you have accepted your offer, it's time to start paying!  You need to pay your Program Assessment Fee which confirms your accommodation and goes towards Housing events etc.  You need to pay $150 (around £90) by credit card.  Sometimes you may be asked to upload extra documents.  You have thirty days to complete all three steps.  Once you've done this, you're sent a link to the WDW On-boarding website which gives you loads of pre-departure info and gets you super excited!  

The next task is to accept the job on your Yummy Jobs profile and to pay the Criminal Record Backgroud Check, which is £60.  After you've paid, Yummy Jobs will send out the form to you (look for the Mickeys over the i if you have in your name!) and you return it to them.  

That pretty much is where we're up to now.  We've started looking into flights so hopefully my next CRP post will be on that, websites I used, or any other tips!  

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