Tech application

[kylewiehe]

Hi all, I'll try to keep it simple. I grew up in Central Florida, but moved to Arkansas 5 years ago. I have wanted to work for Disney for several years. I have a BA in Technical Theatre. The last time that the Entertainment Stage Technician job was posted (March '13), I applied. Between then and the beginning of April, I had 2 interviews for the position. I was then called and told by my recruiter that they all found me to be very favorable to work in both lighting and audio, but didn't have any openings in those disciplines at that time. They said my application would be active for 6 months, and I would be contacted when there was an opening. I have since moved back to the Orlando area, and am working at a temporary job and doing freelance tech work. Today, the Tech position was posted again, and my application is still active from the previous time that I applied. Do I apply for this new posting, or call Casting and ask about it, or what?

On a similar note, a friend of my family just retired from WDW after 35 years. He just told me a few days ago to keep calling and asking about the status of my application. He said something along the lines of "at Disney, the squeaky wheel gets the grease," but at the same time I don't want to hurt my chances by being a pest.

Any help or advice that anyone could throw my way would be GREATLY appreciated! Thanks in advance!

 

[erwinalber4]

Call casting and ask them if your application is still on file and they will probably say yes and then just politely ask about the position and mention you noticed it was posted again. That'll give them a chance to look at it again and you will hopefully get an interview or a role. It doesn't hurt to call and ask. I wouldn't worry about being a pest because it sounds like you aren't calling every day or week. It'll probably help by showing initiative and let them know that you are still interested. Hope this helps and good luck.

 

[coilback]

I can't speak in the way of trying to keep your application on file, but I was a former tech and how I got there was going through CP and then bugging them like crazy. My first day on the job, I asked my trainer who was in charge of pyrotechnics (which was what my field of experience was in) at that location (I was in the Epic theater). She said she didn't know, but, "let's go ask." I got the name from one of the techs. I then emailed them asking them for a meeting. When she said she couldn't really talk to me about a full time position until my CP was over, I asked who her boss was and so on and so forth. I was told several times that they wouldn't hire me as a full time tech straight out of CP because they didn't want to "pull me from school," and there was no way to work full time tech hours and go to school. Needless to say, approx 3 days after I left my CP, I was hired full time as a tech. Bugging them doesn't hurt to a point.