Pros
When I initially interviewed with CED, it was under the guise of a “practice interview” from a career services department at my school. Since CED is still a privately owned company, there really wasn’t much information at the time on us. Over the past 16 years, I’ve moved up from a management trainee to a profit center manager and now a district manager. What CED really offered me was opportunity to have control over my own success. I have always been a competitive athlete, and subsequently believe that if you put in the work you should have a realistic opportunity to be successful. CED has provided that environment for me and it has been a very good career choice.
Cons
One of the biggest challenges with CED is finding out who we are. There is a great website, Cedcareers, that paints a good picture, but I would encourage potential candidates who are thinking about CED as a career to reach out to a local profit center and sit down with the manager. If you are someone who needs constant feedback on how they are doing, this may also not be a fit for you. The kind of person that excels in our culture is someone who is self-motivated and does not need constant reinforcement. Self-motivated entrepreneurs are the best fit for CED.