An Alexa and Assistant service allows us to apply for a job at McDonalds. We can complete some data but we will have to enter the rest through an employment portal and subsequent interview.
McDonald's has launched a new voice experience for Amazon's Alexa and Google's Assistant, but it's not for hungry customers looking to order a couple of burgers. It's called Apply Thru, and the company says it's the world's first voice-initiated application process. To use it, you'll say "Alexa/OK Google, help me get a job at McDonald's" or "Talk to McDonald's with Apply Thru."
It could be a fun way to start the job application process, but those interested will still have to finish it through more traditional means. Alexa or Assistant will ask potential applicants for the name, location, and area where we want to work, among other information. But that's it: Afterwards, a text message will be sent with a URL that will have to be visited to continue with the request.
A voice assistant helps us find a job
While Apply Thru is available for Alexa and Assistant devices, McDonald's appears to be highlighting the Alexa skill much more.We must continue to innovate and think of creative and innovative ways to find potential employees on devices they are already using, such as Alexa"said McDonald's executive vice president and chief people officer David Fairhurst.Hope our application process is simplified with Alexa«.
The Apply Thru experience for Alexa and Assistant is now available in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and the UK. Since it is part of a global campaign aimed at generating job applications, the company plans to extend it to other countries in the coming months. At the moment we can only start the job application, but it would be fine since Google and Amazon have so much data not having to finish the application on the computer. Will we see job portals themselves with services like this? It would be fine for those looking for a job.
Source Engadget
