CAEL & McDonald’s Archways to Careers Mobile App

Overview

McDonald’s partnered with CAEL to create a mobile app for employees to explore and discover career paths and opportunities, and connects them with information and coaching on the steps needed to reach those goals.
McDonald’s desired to become ‘America’s best first job’ by providing best in class benefits for employees while increasing retention, decreasing hiring costs, and identifying potential candidates for advancement.The app was built using Concentrical’s proprietary student engagement platform. By using surveys and interests, users are matched with potential careers.

Deliverables

UI/UX design

Mobile development

Product management

Platforms

Android

iOS

background

Our client CAEL , a Strada owned company, is a national nonprofit that works at all levels within the higher education, public and private sectors to make it easier for people to get the education and training they need. CAEL is responding to an RFP from McDonalds to create a mobile app solution that will reveal McD career pathways in addition to highlighting external career opportunities within healthcare, information technology and financial services sectors.

goals & opportunity

With the potential to reach hundreds of thousands of workers at McDonald’s alone, the app is aimed to help users - identify career opportunities within McDonald’s and featured industries, increase their understanding of education pathways that can move them closer to long-term goals & engage with the employee benefits provided by McDonald’s.

Easier career search & planning

Jobs that interest users can be bookmarked and easily accessed for continued career exploration and career planning as the user progresses. The app connects users to the McDonald’s job site to provide a real-time look at open positions at McDonald’s.

Easier career search & planning

Jobs that interest users can be bookmarked and easily accessed for continued career exploration and career planning as the user progresses. The app connects users to the McDonald’s job site to provide a real-time look at open positions at McDonald’s.

Schedule an advisor appointment

With advising, employees have a support network that can help them define their unique career next-steps, and make the most of their employee benefits. Users are presented with opportunities to schedule an appointment with an advisor throughout the app- career detail screens, tuition assistance goal and Kai dialogues.

Schedule an advisor appointment

With advising, employees have a support network that can help them define their unique career next-steps, and make the most of their employee benefits. Users are presented with opportunities to schedule an appointment with an advisor throughout the app- career detail screens, tuition assistance goal and Kai dialogues.

Discover career paths

Within the Discover tab users are able to - take an EMSI career quiz to identify their unique work style and get recommended careers, explore career profiles for roles at McDonald’s and in featured industries and learn about the Archways to Opportunity program.

Discover career paths

Within the Discover tab users are able to - take an EMSI career quiz to identify their unique work style and get recommended careers, explore career profiles for roles at McDonald’s and in featured industries and learn about the Archways to Opportunity program.

Kai - Chat guide bot

Kai is the McDonald’s app guide-bot, available to users 24/7. Kai is designed to answer common questions and provide guidance for career and education related topics, converse about Archways program specifics, and help users understand when meeting with a human Archways advisor may be beneficial.

Kai - Chat guide bot

Kai is the McDonald’s app guide-bot, available to users 24/7. Kai is designed to answer common questions and provide guidance for career and education related topics, converse about Archways program specifics, and help users understand when meeting with a human Archways advisor may be beneficial.

Quick career progress

The Goals section provides contextualized guidance broken down into bite-sized tasks, allowing user to make quick progress towards long term career and education possibilities. The pre-populated Goals for public release include - explore your workstyle and skills, discover career possibilities, get your college plans in motion, get started with career online high school and get to know Archways to Opportunity.

Quick career progress

The Goals section provides contextualized guidance broken down into bite-sized tasks, allowing user to make quick progress towards long term career and education possibilities. The pre-populated Goals for public release include - explore your workstyle and skills, discover career possibilities, get your college plans in motion, get started with career online high school and get to know Archways to Opportunity.

Value & Outcome

By providing employees with a deeper understanding of career opportunities and employee benefits, McDonald’s managed to increase employee retention and engagement with employee benefit programs. Concentrical's solution helped McDonald's enable over 27,000 restaurant employees to be awarded college tuition and increased access to education for over 40,000 people.

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