McDonald's to Hire Record 600 Full-Time Employees This Year

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Seon-ae] McDonald's announced on the 13th that it will undertake a large-scale hiring of full-time employees this year. The hiring scale is about 600 people, the largest annual number since McDonald's entered Korea in 1988.

McDonald's is conducting large-scale full-time recruitment this year to contribute to social employment creation and to provide employees with a stable employment environment and opportunities for growth as global foodservice professionals.

First, McDonald's will conduct quarterly open recruitment for restaurant management positions, hiring about 200 people annually. The main duties include customer management, sales management, quality control, and personnel management, covering overall restaurant management. Both external applicants and existing hourly wage employees at McDonald's restaurants are eligible to apply.

In addition, McDonald's is expanding full-time hiring by newly establishing the restaurant shift manager position. The recruitment scale is about 400 people annually. Selection will be made from among existing hourly wage employees who apply, and those selected will be converted to full-time managers. Shift managers will be responsible for managing the restaurant by time slots and shift duties, and recruitment is currently underway.

Restaurant managers selected through each recruitment process can grow into store managers overseeing the entire restaurant or middle managers managing multiple restaurants in the region. They can also transfer to various departments at headquarters to develop their careers. In fact, about half of the employees at McDonald's Korea headquarters started their careers in restaurants and currently work in various departments such as marketing, human resources, finance, and IT.

Jo Ju-yeon, President of McDonald's Korea, stated, “As a responsible global company, McDonald's has decided to expand full-time hiring to contribute to nurturing experts in the rapidly growing foodservice sector and to help create jobs in our society. Through McDonald's solid restaurant management know-how and systematic training programs, we will help more employees grow into global foodservice professionals and provide customers with higher quality menus and services.”

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