Disney Number 1 place to launch career

[typhoonguy]

http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.asp?Feed=ACBJ&Date=20060911&ID=6010034&Symbol=US:DIS

Defense contractor Lockheed Martin made nearly 4,000 entry-level hires, with the average pay of $50,000 to $54,999, in 2005.
Consulting giant Booz Allen Hamilton hired more than 400 entry-level workers, starting them at $40,000 to $44,999.
http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.asp?feed=AP&date=20060910&id=4145314



And BearingPoint, another consulting firm, hired more than 1,800 entry-level folks last year, at an average of $45,000 to $49,999.
Make you want to switch jobs?
BusinessWeek has put together its first-ever ranking of the Best Places to Launch a Career, with Walt Disney Co. taking the top spot and several Washington-area companies making the cut.
Coming in at No. 2 is Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), a huge aerospace and defense company.
According to BusinessWeek, Lockheed Martin three years ago "made a big push to boost its appeal to undergrads, particularly the shrinking pool of U.S. engineering students. Based in part on input from focus groups, it stepped up recruiting, increased vacation time and improved its mentoring program. In 2005, the number of applications for entry-level positions nearly tripled."
To determine the ranking, BusinessWeek surveyed directors of undergraduate career services to find out which employers were creating buzz on campus. Then those finalists were asked to complete a questionnaire about pay, benefits, retention and training programs, which BusinessWeek compared with other employers in the same industry.
Finally, BusinessWeek asked Universum Communications to supply data from its survey of more than 37,000 U.S. undergrads who were asked to name the organizations at the top of their list of the most desirable employers.
McLean-based Booz Allen came in at No. 40, and McLean-based BearingPoint (NYSE: BE) checked in at No. 55.
Also on the list were several government agencies, including the CIA and NASA.

 

[wedway71]

Yes I saw that too. Very cool. There is a survery for MBA's for the last 5 or so years also and Disney made the number 1 on that list too.It does in a way show that you can make money at Disney(besides entry level WDW positions).If you look at other companies that Disney beat out on first choices to work after college you can see Disney must offer a good salary and benefit package for the fact that the other companies were starting out in mid 40s for Undergrad degrees and for MBA candidates for the other survery I saw Disney was beating out companies that were paying 75k to start.

 

[majortom1981]

hmm

I dont want to sound mean but how can that be.

I thought it was extremely hard to work in the office at disney .

All 400 people in there it staff came into work one day and were laid off.
So I dont understand if its so hard to get into a good position at disney and with a lot of the cuts and outsourcing they are doing , i dont understand how it can be a good place to start a career.

 

[typhoonguy]

I dont want to sound mean but how can that be.

I thought it was extremely hard to work in the office at disney .

All 400 people in there it staff came into work one day and were laid off.
So I dont understand if its so hard to get into a good position at disney and with a lot of the cuts and outsourcing they are doing , i dont understand how it can be a good place to start a career.

I'm sorry, I'm having trouble following your post. All 400 people in there? There are A LOT more than 400 people working in offices at Disney. My office alone has over 1600 people working in it. Are you thinking of a specific area? Remember, this article is for The Walt Disney Company, not just one specific part of Disney.

 

[wedway71]

TWDC is great company. Here lies the problem, Disney parks/Resorts is one of the most visible units of TWDC. So where do most people apply???? ---Disney parks/resorts. The largest percent of CMS at the parks are hourly thus the largest percent of people working there are lower paid thus giving an impression that Disney as a whole pays bad.
Alot of people overlook other areas like consumer products and others to start of at which pay very well and allow you to transfer into the parks later if you wish and there is a job.
My buddy got his MBA and got on with DCP in Glendale.He started of with a base of 75 plus a 10k bonus to start.After 3 years transfered to DL in Merchandise planning and now is taking a job at DL hong kong.