ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Walt Disney World is so desperate to find summer workers that it recently threw a recruiting party at one of its parks and even sent a search party to Puerto Rico and New York to find new hires. Disney World isn't alone. Orlando's other large theme parks, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld Orlando, are having just as hard a time finding housekeepers, chefs, dancers, stunt people, lifeguards and ticket takers to fill positions in a job market with a 2.5% unemployment rate. Disney World needs to hire 2,000 summer employees over the next two months. Universal, which currently employs 11,500 people, wants to hire more than 1,000 summer workers. And SeaWorld, with 3,000 workers, plans to hire 500 summer employees.
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