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Chipotle hiring on 4,000 workers

Chipotle Mexican Grill will host its first National Career Day on Sept. 9 with the goal of hiring 4,000 employees.

August 24, 2015

Chipotle Mexican Grill will host its first National Career Day on Sept. 9, with the goal of hiring 4,000 employees. Management teams at each U.S. restaurant location will hold open interviews for up to 60 applicants between 8 and 11 a.m, according to a company press release. Interested candidates may also register for an interview at the Chipotle location of their choice by visiting NationalCareerDay.com.

"We believe that our success is the direct result of our incredibly strong people culture, which is rooted in having teams of all top performers, and developing them to be the leaders we will need to accommodate our growth," Monty Moran, co-chief executive officer at Chipotle, said in a company press release. "We are constantly looking for great people to join our team. Regardless of your background or experience, you can succeed at Chipotle if you have a passion for making the people around you better. Working here isn't just a job, but a career where employees learn how to make others better, run a successful business, master culinary skills, and most importantly, lead teams of top performers. For people who embrace that culture, the opportunities are tremendous, and we hope job seekers looking to further their career and join a dynamic team will come join us on National Career Day."

Chipotle employs more than 60,000, and entry-level crew positions can put employees on the path to developing rewarding careers, Moran said. Over the last year, the company has promoted more than 10,000 staffers into management roles who started as hourly crew. Through National Career Day, interested applicants will have the opportunity to interview on site with a manager and jumpstart their career with one of the nation's fastest growing restaurant companies, Moran said.

Chipotle bases its hiring on a specific set of 13 characteristics that indicate an applicant's potential for success within the company. They include being conscientious, respectful, hospitable, high energy, infectiously enthusiastic, happy, presentable, smart, polite, motivated, ambitious, curious and honest, according to the release.

Chipotle offers all employees significant career advancement opportunities, as well as compensation and benefits above industry standard, Moran said. By developing career skills internally, more than 95 percent of the company's restaurant managers are promoted from within. The highest-performing managers have the additional opportunity to be promoted to Restaurateur, which offers benefits such as a company car and a six-figure salary. Chipotle also offers a highly competitive benefits package to all employees, including paid sick leave and vacation time for full and part time employees, along with tuition reimbursement and merit-based increases, Moran said.