75,000 Applied for 2,000 McDonald’s Jobs
April 29th, 2011Via: NBC Chicago:
A McJob looked mighty appealing to tens of thousands of people in the Chicago area.
More than 75,000 job-seekers applied for 2,000 area positions with McDonald’s during the fast food king’s first-ever “National Hiring Day” on April 19.
Applicants packed franchises in Illinois, Southern Wisconsin and Northwest Indiana. McDonald’s filled all 2,000 jobs, including more than 1,000 posts in the Chicago area alone, a McDonald’s spokesperson said.