DINCER ATASOY

Dear Sirs/Madams, I am writing this letter in order you to realize the strenghts and weaknesses about hiring process in Turkey. First of all I would like to say that I am really excited about participating in Walt Disney World International College Program and can’t wait to start. It has been really long, tiring and complicated process to fulfill all the requirements before we join as a cast member in WDW. And I am very thankful for Mr. Akin DEMIR who assisted us for all the paperwork and everything about the program without asking any money. (Of course we paid our personal expenses such as visa application fee, airline fee, health insurance fee etc.) I would like to tell from the begining of all the process in our hometown. First step was eliminating people by telephone interview before WDW Recruitment Team’s. Then Mr. DEMIR informed us how to fill out the necessary forms for WDW like Role Checklist etc. After that Mr. DEMIR booked a conference hall in a hotel where the interviews was held by WDW Recruitment Team. A week after that all the results came out then the visa process started for the people who accepted the job offer from WDW. In visa process, Mr. DEMIR helped us about how to fill out the forms,which documents we need, where to deposit fees, what should we do, what should not we do etc. For the people whoose visa applied, there was two things to be done; airline ticket and health insurance. For airline ticket Mr. DEMIR suggested some travel agencies where we may find cheap tickets. And for the health insurance Mr. DEMIR made a research about which insurance company’s certificate meets the requirements of J-1 SWT programs, then told us It would be beneficial for us to purchase that he found. And Mr. DEMIR did all the complicated paperwork about health insurance. There are so many Work & Travel Agencies in Turkey and they ask 1400-1500 $ for the same services from each applicants to work in the US. But Mr. DEMIR spent so much time to accomplish all the applicants â€"approximately 70 people- to be ready for the program and he made all these for free. In conclusion, that would be really hard to make all the things done in my hometown without Mr. DEMIR’s assistance. Yours Sincerely, Dincer ATASOY 08 June 2010