Career Opportunities in Disney

by: Tina Hernandez

Tuesday evening Erica Nowak, a Disney presentation recruiter, spoke to a room full of Texas State students on campus about the Disney College Program and its power to help students network and build a career.

Nowak spoke to students about the possibility of becoming apart of “the magic of Disney.” The benefits she listed were endless:

• paid internship
• kick-start career
• credit availability
• volunteer opportunities

Most importantly it is “a way to get your foot in the door.” In other words networking!

Nowadays college grads seem to be finding it difficult to start a career straight-out of school, but listing the right names on your resume may help ease the worry.

“Having Disney on your resume says so much, so quickly,” Nowak said. “Working for Disney is all about opportunity and the college program is the first step.”

Texas State alumna, Cherain Smith, participated in the program in 1993, and after graduation she started to work for Radio Disney. She continued to move up in the company and still works for Disney.

“I went from working as a beverage cashier at Disneyland to working in their corporate offices,” Smith said.

The campus representative team, all current students, spoke about their experiences with the Disney College Program.

“Once you’ve done this program doors start to open up,”

said Kathleen Norris, Texas State senior.

“Even after I completed the college program I still worked seasonal and got to keep all the benefits from before,” said Abram Garcia, Texas State senior.

Smith encouraged students wanting to apply to take the program very seriously and it just might be the jumpstart your career needs.

To be apart of the Disney program you must apply online. Advisors are available at the Career Services office to help direct students on what to do.