Mark your calendars folks, April 19th. That’s the day that McDonalds will be gifting the United States with 50,000 new job openings. Worried you’re not in the right state? No need to. The hiring frenzy is nationwide. Despite the recession McDonalds has been expanding rapidly. They have not only added a number of new locations to their portfolio, but also converted many of the locations to be open 24/7. They are looking for both full time and part time employees to staff these locations. According to Jan Fields, president of McDonald’s USA, the average pay rate for the new McJobs will be roughly $8.30 per hour.
After this hiring blitz concludes McDonalds says their US workforce will number somewhere around 700,000 employees. Although most people may roll their eyes at this opportunity it should be noted that this is no small investment for the company. The 50,000 jobs they will create in a single day is roughly a quarter of the jobs that entirety of the US economy added during the whole month of March. Also, the StreetInsider reports that the company will be spending about $518 million more in wages in 2011 than in the previous year. This averages out to a $1.4 million increase in daily spending by the fast food giant.
McDonald’s may not have the glitz and glamour you always saw for yourself, but they have jobs and let’s face it, in a tough economy a job is job. It’s not all bad either. Restaurant managers can make up to $50,000 per year plus benefits and the company reports than 75% of their managers started in entry level positions and that 50% of their owner/operators did the same.
*Information obtained from McDonalds.com and Justjobs.com
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