Last July, Taco Bell made waves when it announced it was implementing “Hiring Parties,” to attract new employees. The tests took place at just four Indiana locations, though. It was a far cry from the typical job event. There was free food, party games, immediate interviews, and even gift-card signing bonuses.

Bjorn Erland, Taco Bell’s vice president of people and experience, told QSR earlier in the year that the deal was floated by PR agency Edelman in an effort to spin the average job fair, Taco Bell style. The brand ended up with almost a 50 percent hire rate with the people it interviewed, and had more than 400 applicants online—an added benefit the YUM! Brands chain didn’t expect. Local operators tapped community leaders, like Boys & Girls Clubs, to get the word out. Taco Bell ended up hiring 40 new people between the four stores in a single day, something Erland called, “pretty amazing.”

Act 2 is going to be a whole lot bigger. Taco Bell announced Thursday morning that participating corporate and franchised units nationwide are hosting nearly 600 Hiring Parties across 44 states, 500-plus restaurants, and nearly 450 cities from April 22–27. The brand said it hopes to kick start its summer hiring process, which typically draws in thousands of candidates each year.

The average Taco Bell restaurant hires 40 employees per year, and summer hiring results in an average of 10 extra positions per restaurant, per year, the company said.

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“At Taco Bell, we believe that creating a different sort of work place starts with a hiring process as unique as we are,” said Frank Tucker, chief people officer of Taco Bell, in a statement. “People are an integral part of the brand, and Hiring Parties provide job candidates with an insider’s look at what makes Taco Bell restaurants a place to want to work and grow.”