Nationwide, employers respect the value of a McDonald’s role on a resume and the skills an individual develops whilst working at Maccas®.
Since it first opened in Australia in 1971, Maccas® has hired almost 1.3 million Aussies nationwide* – that’s more than five per cent of the population!
If you are 14 and looking for your first job, in college and hoping to save for a car, a university student, or a stay-at-home parent, Maccas® has positions available to fit any person’s schedule.
No prior skills, education or experience are required. If you are motivated and ready to learn, Maccas® has a job for you.
From customer service to coffee baristas, food preparation to general maintenance, you are sure to build the experience that you can take into your next walks of life.
Opportunities also abound to create lifelong friends during your Maccas® career.
McDonald’s creates more than 3,000 new jobs each year and spends over $40 million per annum on training and people development.
That is why most Aussies who have worked at McDonald’s are young people, under the age of 25.
In the ACT alone, 20,200 out of the 25,200 total Maccas® workers employed since its beginnings have been Canberrans under the age of 25, many of whom used their McDonald’s role to enter the workforce and start building the foundations for their future careers.
A 2019 study by McDonald’s Australia consulted 3,035 current employees and 251 McDonald’s ex-employees who had left at least one month prior to the research, revealing that 90 per cent of current employees in the ACT/NSW area believe McDonald’s is teaching them skills that will be valuable in the future.
More than eight in 10 (83 per cent of) ACT/NSW ex-employees believe McDonald’s is a great way to enter the workforce.
McDonald’s Group offers Retail Traineeships at a Certificate II and III level, opening doors to a career in retail. regardless of qualifications or your path in life.
Employees can choose to participate in a Traineeship program throughout their development and earn the qualifications offered; SIR20216 Certificate II and SIR30216 Certificate III in Retail Services.
This provides a multitude of pathways to work in a diverse range of retail settings – including specialty retailers – as a supervisor, team leader or senior sales assistant.
As a Registered Training Organisation (RTO), McDonald’s is able to issue nationally recognised qualifications at all different stages throughout your career.
Working at McDonald’s will quickly instil you with life skills, such as teamwork, leadership capability, accountability, time management, and perhaps most importantly, strong customer service skills that you can take into any future public-facing role.
Hands-on customer service creates leaders and offers endless opportunities to grow and succeed.
Every skill that you will gain is a key component to success in a professional role, regardless of the profession you choose.
At McDonald’s Group Canberra, you can find successful licensee operators, who all started as crew members, and are now ready to offer every support needed to see their employees grow during their McDonald’s journey.
One local storefront owner says, “At Maccas®, we attract people who love to create and serve seriously great food, possess an infectious attitude, provide world-class customer service, and most importantly, like to have fun while they’re working!
“Whether it is building skills for life or giving you flexibility to fit in with your lifestyle, we create jobs that work for you.”
To find out more about career and training opportunities at Maccas®, visit https://careers.mcdonalds.com/australia/
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*To read the full 2019 study 5% of Australian population has worked for Maccas, visit mcdonalds.com.au/news*
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