You want to work at McDonald's? There are over 2,650 vacancies (all over the country)

Qhad an opportunity to work at McDonald’s Portugal? Then know that the company is recruit more than 2,650 people by the end of the year, to integrate the teams of their restaurants from North to South of the country and Madeira. “Opportunities,” explains the company, “cover operational teams and management functions and are intended to strengthen brand teams at national level.”

“ With over 12,000 people and 222 restaurants in the country, McDonald’s Portugal aims to strengthen its teams by hiring more than 2,650 new employees at national level by the end of the year. The vacancies cover different career levels, from entrance functions in restaurant teams to management and leadership functions“, begins by explaining the company in a statement sent this tuesday, september 15, to the essays.

This “new recruitment phase”, adds McDonald’s Portugal, “is supported by the campaign ‘If life is not just work, choose Mac’. “Addressed above all to the new generations, the campaign highlights the flexibility and the possibility of reconciling work with studies and other personal projects”. 

“ With the beginning of a new academic year, McDonald’s is of particular relevance to young people entering college and looking for a job opportunity that allows them to continue studying and, at the same time, to obtain an income that helps to bear the costs associated with this new stage,” he added “it is precisely this compatibility between work and other personal goals that marks the experience at McDonald’s, together with development opportunities”.

The brand “promotes different scheduling options and provides a young environment, a strong team spirit and a continuous focus on training and development”.

Commitment that extends “also to the academic career of employees”, namely “through the UP Project – National Scholarship Program”, in which “McDonald’s provides grants for Higher Education, to support employees who intend to continue investing in their studies while developing their professional career in the brand.” Since the creation of the programme, they have been allocated “more than 1,300 scholarships”, is highlighted.

Cited in the same statement, Sofia Mendoça, Director of Human Resources at McDonald’s Portugal, sees that “entering Higher Education is an important step in the lives of many young people and can also bring new challenges, including financial ones.”. “At McDonald’s, we offer conditions that allow you to reconcile work with this route, through the flexibility of schedules and a source of income that can help you bear the costs associated with studies”, points out.

But explains the brand, besides “input functions”, McDonald’s Portugal “also seeks candidates for management functions in restaurants, which represent an opportunity to develop leadership skills in a context of high responsibility and contact with different areas of business.”. 

These professionals “are responsible for the leadership of a team of about 50 employees and for managing areas such as human resources, purchases, financial management, quality and food security, in a multidisciplinary management experience“.

Employment opportunities “are distributed throughout the country, with emphasis on Lisbon, with more than 900 vacancies, following the Centre and Port, with more than 500 in one region as well as the other. O North has more than 300 vacancies, the Algarve and South Bank with more than 150, and Wood 70′′.

Applications can be made through mcDonald’s Portugal website, selecting the preferred region and the desired function.

With more than 12,000 employees, McDonald’s Portugal “now has 222 restaurants in the Continent and Islands, more than 90% of which are managed by local entrepreneurs.”.