McDonald’s Launches Career Advising Campaign for Restaurant Employees with the Help of Five Industry Influencers - Seite 3

Where You Want To Be underscores McDonald’s ongoing commitment to education and advancement opportunities. Key announcements in 2018 include:

• Invested $150 million into Archways to Opportunity, which provides eligible employees at participating U.S. restaurants an opportunity to earn a high school diploma, receive upfront college tuition assistance, access free education advising services and learn English as a second language. Since the Archways to Opportunity program launched in 2015, it has increased education access for over 33,000 people and awarded more than $42 million in high school and college tuition assistance.
• Launched a new initiative with the International Youth Foundation called Youth Opportunity that sets a global goal to reduce barriers to employment for two million young people by 2025 through pre-employment job readiness training, employment opportunities and education programs.
• 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.
• Partnered with the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund to support historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) by funding four “True to the HBCU” $10,000 scholarships as a way to help foster educational empowerment.

About McDonald's USA 

McDonald's USA, LLC, serves a variety of menu options made with quality ingredients to more than 25 million customers every day. Nearly 90 percent of McDonald's 14,000 U.S. restaurants are independently owned and operated by business men and women. Customers can now log online for free at approximately 11,500 participating Wi-Fi enabled McDonald's U.S. restaurants. For more information, visit www.mcdonalds.com, or follow us on Twitter @McDonalds and Facebook www.facebook.com/McDonaldsUS/.

Contact:
Lauren Altmin, Media Relations at McDonald’s
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Christie Shein, Media Relations at Purple Strategies
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Application Details:

You must be a current McDonald’s restaurant employee to apply. Eligible restaurant employees can enter at www.mcdonalds.com/wheretobe until November 8, 2018. The application process includes submitting a video describing how McDonald’s is helping them learn the skills today that will help take them to where they want to be tomorrow. Selected restaurant employees will be paired with successful influencers for a career shadow day in one of the top desired fields.