McDonald's Restaurants In Houston Hiring 3K This Summer

From McDonalds Houston

HOUSTON – Houston area McDonald’s locations are expecting to add at least 3,000 restaurant employees, and 26,000 statewide during the hectic summer season.

McDonald’s Houston has partnered with Mayor Sylvester Turner to create and present a series of summer job fairs, which are now a cornerstone of the city’s Hire Houston Youth program.

Offering on-the-spot interviews, the hiring events also provide resources for clothing and transportation, and give students aged 16 to 24 the opportunity to learn about financial literacy, available scholarships and interviewing skills.

The Mayor’s initiative will employ 10,000 youth this summer. The remaining Hire Houston Youth Job and Resource Fair locations and dates are:

The remaining Hire Houston Youth Job and Resource Fair locations and dates are:

• May 4 "McDonald's On-The-Spot Hiring Event", 10am – 2pm | Fifth Ward Multi-Service Center, 4014 Market Street, Houston, TX 77020
• May 18, 10am – 2pm | Lonestar College: Victory Center, 4141 Victory Drive, Houston, TX 77088
• June 1, 10am – 2pm | BakerRipley Gulfton Sharpstown, 6500 Rookin Street, Houston, TX 77074
• June 8, 10am – 2pm |George R. Brown Convention Center, 1001 Avenida De Las Americas, Houston, TX 77010
• July 13, 10am – 2pm | Houston Community College – Southeast, 6815 Rustic Street, Houston, TX 77087

Through a summer job at McDonald’s, restaurant employees will not only learn transferable soft skills on the job, such as teamwork, customer service and responsibility, they will also get the chance to further their education once eligible.

“At McDonald’s we're committed to being America's best first job and that starts with how we invest in our employees,” said Cari Sepulveda, local McDonald's owner/operator. “In addition to developing skills like responsibility, customer service and teamwork, we provide our employees access to tuition assistance and English language classes through our Archways to Opportunity program. Here in Houston, we take it a step further by partnering with Mayor Sylvester Turner to hold hiring events as part of his Hire Houston Youth program."

In addition, McDonald’s is supporting a multi-generational hiring push this summer through a first-of-its-kind collaboration in the quick service industry (QSR) with AARP and AARP Foundation. From morning shifts to management roles, AARP and AARP Foundation will help connect McDonald’s to a growing, yet underutilized workforce.

The partnership with AARP and AARP Foundation includes current McDonald’s U.S. restaurant job postings being featured on AARP’s job board, which only includes employers who are committed to an age-diverse workforce and looking for experienced talent.

McDonald’s USA will also work with AARP Foundation on a pilot program that aligns employer and candidate job needs and interests leveraging AARP Foundation’s Senior Community Service Employment Program and BACK TO WORK 50+ workforce development programs. The pilot will start in five states: Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and North Carolina, before rolling out nationwide later this summer.

“For the first time, five generations are now working together under the Arches. Together with our franchisees we have a responsibility to each generation to provide opportunity, flexibility and resources for wherever they are on their career journey,” said Melissa Kersey, McDonald’s U.S. Chief People Officer. “Thanks, in part, to our new partnership with AARP and AARP Foundation we’re looking to position McDonald’s as place where people at every stage of working life can see themselves.”

McDonald’s continues to invest in the communities in which it serves through two major scholarships:

• HACER® National Scholarship: Expanded the McDonald’s HACER® National Scholarship from five to 30 winners, providing more Hispanic students the opportunity to obtain a college degree. Scholarship applicants have the opportunity to directly receive up to $100,000 to help finance their tuition.
• Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund: Partnered with the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund to support students attending one of the 47 publicly-supported Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs) within the TMCF member-school network offer six merit scholarships of $10,000 for the 2019-2020 academic year, which can be applied to verifiable costs associated with average tuition and usual fees.

Job seekers can visit McDonalds.com/careers to learn more and apply.