New York (CNN Business) Unemployment is historically low, so McDonald's is targeting a new employee demographic: Older Americans.

The fast food chain said on Wednesday that it is partnering with AARP, a nonprofit interest group for aging Americans, to help attract workers who are aged fifty or above. That demographic makes up just 11% of the workforce at corporate-owned stores, according to the company.

McDonald's MCD hopes that the new recruitment tactic will attract workers for breakfast and lunch shifts, in particular. Now, McDonald's tends to attract younger workers who either can't work mornings because of school, or prefer not to start early in the day. Hiring older workers is also a way to attract talent as US unemployment, now at 3.8% , hovers near all-time lows.

McDonald's has posted positions to its AARP site. The AARP Foundation is helping match candidates with open jobs at McDonald's through its Senior Community Service Employment Program, which helps low-income, unemployed people aged 55 and older find work, and through its Back to Work 50+, which also helps older job seekers. The process is being piloted in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and North Carolina, with a national rollout planned for this summer. McDonald's would like to fill 250,000 jobs.

McDonald's hopes older employees will pick up morning shifts.

For the company, the program is also a way to boost diversity, said Melissa Kersey, McDonald's US Chief People Officer.

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