Wednesday, February 1, 2012

How do I get an application form from mcdonalds? Do I ask to see the manager or ring up?

I can't apply online because online isnt very updated it says "no jobs matching the current criteria" and we all know very well mcdonalds always have jobs, ecpecially for college students.How do I get an application form from mcdonalds? Do I ask to see the manager or ring up?
As a current employee, McDonalds does not always have jobs. And do not think that you will 100% get hired. I know a guy who came up to me and he's like, "hey you work at McDonalds. I'm going to apply there because everybody gets hired." He turned the questionaire in and he didn't get hired. He didn't even get an interview.



I would call and ask if they are hiring. The managers are supposed to be the ones answering so it shouldn't be a problem getting a hold of them. If they are, you can go down that day or the next. Just go up to the registers and ask for an application politely. If you want to turn it in right away just find a seat and fill it out and turn it in. You could take it home and bring it back completely filled out. The managers or whoever will tell you the next step. For the store I work at, the applicant comes back on a Tuesday from 4-5 to do the questionaire and then the managers look at it and then decide if there is an interview. If so, they do the interview and if they get hired, it's either immediate or a call back. Good luck!



As far as clothes is concerned, jeans and a nice collared shirt would do. I wore jeans and a nice top. McDonalds is not looking for business attire. If you wear that, it might give some humor to the workers.
Dress up decently. Clean, neat pants, and a shirt with a collar. Go the the store when it's not too busy... usually between 2 and 4 in the afternoon is the best time. Bring your own pen! Ask the cashier for an application, sit down and fill it out. Keep in mind there's a good chance the manager is already sizing you up, so sit straight and look thoughtful!



After you've filled out the application, take it back to the counter and ask to speak to the manager. Have a simple question ready to ask the manager... something like "I can start as early as you want on weekends, but I don't know what time to put down." The question isn't really important, so long as you don't sound stupid.. what you want to do is talk briefly to the manager, and put that application right in his or her hands. You may get an interview right then and there.. if not, thank them for their time, go home, and cross your fingers.How do I get an application form from mcdonalds? Do I ask to see the manager or ring up?
put on your best clothes, bring your cv down to your local mcdonalds and ask to speak to the manager, he will be able to advise you and you will make a great first impression. when going for jobs you must always stand out from all the other applicants they get.

good luck.
It doesn't really matter what you wear to ask for an application at McDonald's.... jeans and a shirt should be fine.... just walk up to the counter to the cashier and say "May I get an application?" sit at the table and fill it out... then hand it back. Easy as that.How do I get an application form from mcdonalds? Do I ask to see the manager or ring up?
I think you can just walk in and ask for an application. You can also apply online at the Mcdonalds website. http://www.mcdonalds.com/usa/work.html
best of taking down a c.v. and handing it in

or they'll give yyou an application form but there is no hamr in ringing and asking if they ahve vacancies first
i'd ask at the ne dof the day if they had any places for you to go and speak to somebody
go in in person and ask a cashier for one..............

Why dont americans unionize jobs such as McDonalds and Wal-Mart?

Those companies make millions of dollars a year and could afford to pay their workers 20 dollars an hour and still make a profit without raising costs.Why dont americans unionize jobs such as McDonalds and Wal-Mart?
Actually, billions of dollars a year in profits. Wal-Mart (WMT) posted $11.39 Billion in net income (revenue - expenditure). And yes, there have been studies shown that if Wal-Mart brought it's wages back up to industry standard, they would still be a very profitable company.



However, unions are complicated and serve to differentiate workers from the general population, not serve the best interests of everyone. And, unions are not the right answer for low-skilled/low-wage earners. For instance, the reason why autoworkers have a powerful union is because Ford or Chevy can't just hire anyone off the street to build a car or operate machinery. Nor can Delta grab one if it's passengers out of first class and have them fly a 747. The more skilled and irreplaceable a worker, the more power unions have. Wal-Mart and McDonalds pay their workers hardly anything because they have developed a system to where just about anyone can be thrown into a Wal-Mart or McDonalds and have all the training they would need to be an effective employee in a day or so. Furthermore, there's less and less demand for low-skilled workers in today's global economy. Typical low-skilled jobs in manufacturing have headed overseas, and if you don't posses the skills in today's world to succeed, you're out of luck. Still, too many unskilled service jobs in the US remain underpaid. But is that fair to low-skilled American labor?



Unfortunately, I don't think it is. It was recently reported that the drop-out rate in Los Angeles area high schools was as high as 25%. While it's important to provide education for our nation's youngsters and propel them into workforce, children coming from well established backgrounds have a much, much better chance at succeeding. Conversely, kids that come from 'the other side of the tracks' have a much much lower chance at succeeding and do not proceed into adulthood with the skills they need to earn a respectable living. And to clarify respectable, I mean above the poverty line.



Getting back to your question, the primary fault for low wages at McDonalds and Wal-Mart are not those companies’ policies. They make the best possible financial decisions given the circumstances in which their business operates. And, if it was in Wal-Mart's best interests to pay workers more, they would. Management at Wal-Mart is paid very handsomely. In order to make a difference and pull our nation's poor out of poverty, the government needs to intervene by increasing the minimum wage and punish companies that employ illegal hiring practices. As it stands, the President and Congress would rather fill the coffers of American corporations with excess profits than provide help to those that need it the most: the working poor. Just recently, Congress struck down legislation that would raise the minimum wage providing no help to many Americans that are struggling to make ends meet.



How can we justify the minimum wage at $5.15 an hour?



Let's take for example a couple with no children -- the most financially stable and well off household classification -- working full time at minimum wage levels. Husband and wife combined would earn roughly $1600/mo.. For the sake of this example I am omitting any payroll taxes or other paycheck deductions. Our couple lives in a 1-bedroom apartment that rents with utilities for $600/mo.. That leaves the couple 1,000 to spend on food, clothing, medicine, and transportation - necessities in life. 2 people eat roughly 180 meals a month, and at $3.00 a meal it is $540. A montly bus pass in Los Angeles, and most major cities, is about $50/mo. per person, or $100/mo. for both. So far, our theoretical couple has spent $1,240 of their $1600 budget. That leaves $360 for health care, entertainment, clothing, household goods (toilet paper, soap, towels, TV), and retirement savings (even minimum wage earners aren't exempt from social security payments). Obvioulsy, $360 is not enough to cover all that. Throw in a child or a relative that is too old/sick to work, and it becomes a very very dire situation.



When basic needs aren’t met, the government has developed programs to help since the images of third world living conditions are not pleasant for Americans to see on CNN. Welfare programs provide food stamps, health care, housing subsistence, and other benefits to those most in need so they can survive. But these government programs cost money in the form of increased taxes that mostly affect the middle-class. Called "government handout programs" by Republicans, welfare is a social safety net that cost Americans over $600 billion/yr in 2005 (est. from 2001, before the economy tanked and 9/11 happened). Yet, it acts more as a way to subsidize low wages by companies that pay less than the real minimum wage (wage at which an employee would not need government assistance to survive). For instance, what if Wal-Mart paid every employee enough so that they could afford health care, or buy enough food to feed their families, or put enough money away so their children could develop the skills that they, as minimum wage earners, lack? Would that employee need medicaid? Would that person need section 8 housing? Obviously not.



So, let’s raise the minimum wage!



Conservatives recently rebutted this logic stating that an increase in the minimum wage would not help out the nation’s poor, since increasing the minimum wage would destroy American jobs. However, there is plenty of evidence to dispute this claim. Stated on Department of Health and Human Services government website in an article, “the conventional wisdom among economists has changed. It was generally held that increases in the minimum wage led to job loss among the low-wage workers it was supposed to protect. But now a growing body of empirical research has shown that this is not true, at least for increases of the magnitude implemented in the United States. The most recent 90-cent increase, for example, lifted the earnings of low-wage workers without leading to job losses”. You can find the link here: http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/lwlm99/bernhart.…



Analyzing this data leads to some very serious concerns that need to be addressed by our elected officials in Washington. Since jobs have not been lost due to an increase in the minimum wage, a reasonable conclusion can be drawn that workers producing labor before the minimum wage increase were paid at a lower rate than their labor was worth. And after the wage increase, the value of low-wage labor was still either equal to, or greater than, the new minimum wage standard. Simply put, employers received a higher return (productivity) on labor than they were paying for in the form of wages. Otherwise, economic models would hold true and jobs at the minimum wage level would be lost. But why would workers work for less than they’re worth?



As stated before, low-wage workers benefit from government subsidies. Those subsidies, in addition to low wages, create a livable working situation for many people, even though it is nearly impossible to pull yourself out of poverty on a minimum wage job. However, without those subsidies things would be different. For instance, why would a person work 60 hours a week if they still couldn’t afford food and shelter? Companies, as a result, have little to no incentive to pay living wages when the government is willing to pick up the tab on essential survival items. In a fair market economy, there would be a shortage of labor at $5.15 an hour since no one could survive on it, and companies would have to increase that rate to a real minimum wage in order to attract workers.



Looking at minimizing the size of welfare is definitely an issue, but it provides no solutions. There are millions of Americans that lack basic necessities and need government support in order to survive. Shutting down government services to restore market equilibriums would result in rioting and a major disruption to our society. However, companies viciously take advantage of employees by not paying real wages and profit excessively from it if we leave the current system in place. Eventually, forcing the minimum wage up to a real living standard provides the most coherent solution to our nation’s problems.
Because those companies fire anyone who tries to unionize.Why dont americans unionize jobs such as McDonalds and Wal-Mart?
Most of the employees at these places are considered part-time or temporary employees.

As such, working at near minimum wages, they need all the money they can make. They would not be willing to pay out extra for union dues. The companies on the other hand are generally anti union, and can easily replace anyone who appears to be a troublemaker, and ban them from entering their workplaces, or making contact with their employees.
Unions are out dated.Why dont americans unionize jobs such as McDonalds and Wal-Mart?
Because whats the point of having a union of idiots who woudln't be able to vote on anything or come to any decisions....They work at wal mart...
somehow you seem to be under the impression that profit is unamerican
Very easy. Companies like Walmart and McDonalds are hugely opposed to Unions. If one ever formed they would simply fire everyone involved.



There will always be enough people to staff their businesses that are willing to forego a Union.
I dont believe theyre eligible for unions. Some companies require that you sign off on never joining or starting a workers union or you can face termination.
Wal-Mart, doesn't fire you for trying, but if you get the vote, they close most of the stores, and build another 5 miles away.
Because most Americans are scared to unionize. Most foreign countries, even the one's in Europe have huge unions and are very successfull and have a much easier/stress free life in comparison to ours!!
What does this have to do with the Fifa 2006 World cup?
They are piece of crap jobs that monkeys can do. Why should they get more money? They should go get educations and find real jobs they can be proud of.
What does this have to do with world cup?



To answer your question:



The people working at these places dont posess the education or business experience to warrant that type of pay.

These jobs are minimum wage jobs.

The purpose of unionizing is not to get more money, but to ensure that these employees are provided with affordable healthcare coverage.
Unions began when working conditions were unbearable and served a purpose during the industrial revolution. Now they are corrupt and additional buearacracy. What is the skill set that an individual has that they should earn $20/hour to make a hamburger? or operate a cash register? where the register even does the third grade math to determine how much change the customer should get. People should always stride to improve their skills to make a living wage, not expect corporate welfare.
wal-mart and mcds went to a union format the price of things would skyrocket and they would put them out of buisness.. Unions work in some things and not others.. example I live in a mid-west state I can buy a bottle of shampoo for 3 bucks when i went to cali 1 year ago it was 6 dollars there. the store there was a union store, the store here isnt.. if they unionized walmarts they wouldnt be able to keep there low prices like they do. and the non unions would get more buisness. Seen it happen as a local grocery store just went out of buisness and was a union store. now there are no local union grocery store in are area.
I agree that this question has nothing to do with FIFA World Cup. You must be one of those whose been complaining about how boring the game is. Why don't you run down to McDonalds or WalMart and run a little opinion survey of the employees.
What does this have to do with football and the World Cup?
first, you cant unionize an individual company. you can unionize an industry like "food service workers" or "steel workers" etc.

Second, America is the Land of the Free and the Home of the immigrant that will happily do the job for Half of what the Stoopid American wants to be payed. So Mickey D's and Wally World higher the (I don't give a F**k about citizens rights) people. Big business has us over a barrel. As long as people from other countries are willing to cut there own throats to make a buck there is nothing we can do.
Because those companies are run by old rich white guys who dont give a damn about anything else and just want more money for themselves.
Unions are a directorship they force the members to donate part of dues to political causes that are not the members. The union bosses live like millionaires and are Mafia type, good vacations bonus a bunch of crooks. The union membership is dropping every year why? its the greed of the unions. How come big companies can't pay pensions, health care to retirees? Greed! they made the companies default
Americans are stupid and uneducated to understand the benefits of a union. Maybe not stupid but brainwashed by the corporate media to believe that working like a slave for slave wages is a good thing. Oh well if people don't want to join a union then suffer with poor pay and no benefits.

How old do you have to be to get a Job at Mcdonalds in Philadelphia?

IM 13 going on 14 and i need a job. I hate mcdonalds. But i need a job!How old do you have to be to get a Job at Mcdonalds in Philadelphia?
try some other store if you hate itHow old do you have to be to get a Job at Mcdonalds in Philadelphia?
i believe it is 14. but it can't hurt to try now.

Is Obama proud that 1000 people showed up for each 4 below poverty jobs offered by McDonalds yesterday?

To answer your question;

Yes, the ones that will be cut when McDonalds Obamacare waiver runs out. But it will get him through 2012....lol To bad those jobs do not include health benefits....Is Obama proud that 1000 people showed up for each 4 below poverty jobs offered by McDonalds yesterday?
I work at mcdonalds n I make pretty good money compared to other jobs the one I got offers me dependable hours and a decent paycheck and in a time when its hard to find a job ppl should b grateful for any oprotunity to work im proud to say I work for my money instead of gettin the gov to suport me I am 18 and I can suport myself better than some ppl far older than me thanks to what u say is a horrible job
Well the only thing he could do to help job growth would be to get out of the way. A free market economy with no intervention produces maximum employment, and can sustain it the longest. Any intervention can take away from the optimal results of the free market.



i hope this helpsIs Obama proud that 1000 people showed up for each 4 below poverty jobs offered by McDonalds yesterday?
I guess this may put at end to the myth that we need illegals to do the jobs Americans wont
I guess these jobs are part of his 3.5 million "created or saved".Is Obama proud that 1000 people showed up for each 4 below poverty jobs offered by McDonalds yesterday?
And this is blamed on Obama how??????
OOoooooOoo.... let me guess, you thought this one up all on your own.... Fox News would be Proud!
Anything that gets conservatives out of the trailer park is good.
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  • Sunday, January 29, 2012

    What are my chances in getting a job at McDonalds?

    I just sent my application to McDonalds today. I was wondering if my chances are high in getting the job there because they aren't hiring at the moment. Also, when should I expect a call from them for an interview? Or am I supposed to call them about it? Oh, btw, I'm 15.What are my chances in getting a job at McDonalds?
    no luck sorry but avon.com
    This answer is two-fold (possibly more).. 1. though they are not hiring right now, they usually will keep an application/resume on file for 3 months to 6 months.. I don't know if it is law or not, but it is almost a standard practice at all the businesses I have applied to (unfortunately it has been more than I'd like it to in my life).. so you may get called at some point when you even forgot you applied there.



    2. Normally you would follow up to see how your application is doing, but when they aren't hiring at the time it isn't a good practice as you already know that your application isn't being looked at at this time. But you could come in every once in a while to speak with the assistant or hiring managers about any turn over (workers quit or get fired) they may have had recently and subtly remind them your app is on file.



    3. It is a bad economy at this time and even though McDonald's is a world wide, successful corporation they too have to adjust to the changing times.. your 15 and have very few hours where you can legally work.. they have to consider the cost of training you, and providing uniforms and other benefits you may be eligible for against the payoff of having someone who can work 4 hours a day if that and can't work past certain hours at night.. I am telling you this for the real probability that they may think that hiring a 15 year old is impractical.What are my chances in getting a job at McDonalds?
    It's pretty easy to get hired at McDonalds, unless they have an abundance of employees and don't need anyone. But if they're hiring it's not hard at all. All my friends apply to McDonalds if they can't find a job lmao. Most of them get hired. You should expect a call between 1-3 weeks of sending in your application, if they're hiring.
    If they are NOT HIRING...your chances are VERY VERY low. If you do not hear anything within a week, you call them.What are my chances in getting a job at McDonalds?
    great if you can speak spanish

    How easy is it to get a job at McDonalds if your 15 years old and how much do they pay?

    I live in idaho, and im 15 years old. this summer im looking for a job to get money. is it easy to get one at mcdonalds? are there other places that hire 15 year olds in idaho?How easy is it to get a job at McDonalds if your 15 years old and how much do they pay?
    have to be at least 16
    Min. wage and don't bother having a collage degree and try to apply there. They won't hire you because you're "over qualified" for them. Lol this is true as this was told to me by 3 different McDonald's food chains! Ohh and min working age is 16, try cutting people's lawns or do a dog walking job.How easy is it to get a job at McDonalds if your 15 years old and how much do they pay?
    To Get A Job At McDonalds Would Be So Easy For You! You're 15! They Hire 13 Year Olds! They Probably Just Pay Minimum Wage Though... Well They Hire 13 Year Olds in Canada.....
    I dont think you can get a job at 15. not at least in Cali. you need to be 16 with a work permit. Good luckHow easy is it to get a job at McDonalds if your 15 years old and how much do they pay?
    EZ as long as you can breathe and walk
    you can
    Most people won't hire 15 year olds, and minimum wage
    your lucky, in california you have to be 16 to LEGALLY have a job...
    mcdonalds pay minimum wage which i think is now 6.75 an hr , i dont know the age limit but here it is 16
    dont care

    What kind of jobs can I get with some college credits?

    I've been going to college, earning my credits, and now I have to get a job and make money before I can go back.

    Most of my college credits are liberal arts area. I have a year or so of grocery store working experience.

    Should I settle for typical high school jobs like McDonalds, grocery store, or is there a slightly better paying job that I can get some some college credits? If so what are those?

    Thanks in advance! :DWhat kind of jobs can I get with some college credits?
    Get an internship in the field you want to go into.