Hooters invites you to share in our success. In fact, we insist! Only if you are successful, are we successful. As one of the nation's fastest growing restaurant groups, it's imperative that we find and use the best talent available.

Hooters is a great concept. But, a great concept lives or dies by the strength or its weakest link. Our training program is designed to make every link in the Hooters chain as strong as possible-from Hooters Girl to corporate management. As you progress through the training program, we can promise you these things:

How It Works
Hooters has Management Training programs designed to teach you the ins and outs of your particular job. These programs vary based on your experience, background and development level.

The first step is the Manager in Training (MIT) process. This is typically an 8-10 week supervised rotation through each position involved in a Hooters operation and core duties of Hooters Management and Concept Execution. This step teaches you "how".

Step two is Hooters University Phase I, a complete Hooters Management and Leadership Learning experience, taught during your "MIT Process". This step teaches you "why".

The final step is continuing development through the Hooters Assistant Manager Development Program (AMDP), an ongoing program designed to strengthen your professional skills and show you the roadmap to GM. This program provides "what's next"

Hooters University Phase I builds a solid foundation to run a Hooters restaurant by combining interactive learning on the concept and the art of good leadership and the science of good Hooters management. Hooters University lays the groundwork with written materials, classrooms, and interactive role plays to help you master the essentials of Hooters. HU Phase I's training content includes, but is not limited to:

Hooters Concept Training, Employee Retention and Morale, Coaching and Counseling, Diversity and Inclusion, Legal and Regulatory Certifications, Community Service, Fun!, Cost and Sales Awareness, 360 Management, Recruiting and Interviewing, Employee Development, Non-Harassment, Getting to the next level: AMDP

Insurance
The range of insurance programs available include the following:

Major Medical, Life Insurance, Accidental Death Insurance, Dental, Short Term Disability, Dependent Life Insurance, Long Tern Disability, 401K Savings Plan.

Hooters wants its employees to be financially secure. Savings are strongly encouraged. Hooters' 401K program gives employees the opportunity to set aside, on a tax-deferred basis, from 1 percent to 15 percent of all earned income. It provides powerful protection against taxes as your contributions accumulate. Employees over age 21 who have completed 12 months of service and a minimum of 1,000 hours are eligible to participate in the plan. Hooters of America contributes to this plan based on profitability.

Additional Benefits
Meal Program, Paid Vacation, Service Award Program, Health and Dependant Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Legal Plan, Confidential Employee Assistance Program, Tuition Reimbursement, Community Service/Charity Involvement, Corporate Training and Industry Certifications.

Meal Program, Paid Vacation, Service Award Program, Health and Dependant Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Legal Plan, Confidential Employee Assistance Program, Tuition Reimbursement, Community Service/Charity Involvement, Corporate Training and Industry Certifications.

And more fun than you ever thought possible running a restaurant!!

Management Opportunities
As a MIT, you earn a competitive base salary commensurate with your experience during our training course. At the end of training, you're reviewed for graduation to Assistant Manager.

As an Assistant Manger, you receive a competitive base salary augmented by bonuses based on sales and profits. Most Hooters locations are staffed by two, three or four Assistant Managers, and a General Manager. Your responsibilities increase as your experience level does. Career growth can come both from promotion within a unit and by transfer to higher-volume units. You can also advance to an Assistant General Manager and then the next step is to General Manager.

As a General Manager, with full budgetary and hiring accountability, you run your own business and are accountable for people development, guest satisfaction and loyalty, promotions, community involvement, sales and profitability, and much more. At this level, you have a higher base salary, plus a larger percentage of the bonuses. Successful General Managers become eligible for promotion to Regional Training Manager

As a Regional Training manager, you achieve the results of sales and profits through People Training and Development. This is the position between GM and Multi Unit Operations. It is a Multi Unit position, but your sole focus is Management and Hourly Training Development, forcing you to hone the skill of leading by influence vs. by action. After you have mastered this position, you may be eligible for Assistant Regional and then Regional Manager.

As an Assistant Regional or Regional Manager, you lead regions with sales in the $10 - $20 million range. You engage with your Regional team and Managers to ensure they conduct manager & employee training and development, execute the Hooters Concept, develop promotional & marketing plans and help managers anticipate and solve problems. You're eligible for additional bonuses and corporate travel/training. You also become a developer of manager talent and begin shaping corporate policy. Your responsibilities include leadership of operational excellence, talent / bench development, scouting for new locations, development of promotional marketing plans, driving sales and company profitability. Hooters provide continuing development for Regional Managers.

Corporate Philosophy
Hooters presents special rewards and challenges to its managers, all based on our approach to building a successful business. Our beliefs, as they affect your career, are:

• Hooters is intensely a people business. People create the atmosphere that draws guests to Hooters. Accordingly, the most successful managers are those who can motivate and train others and embrace diversity to deliver a quality product in a fun atmosphere. A substantial part of management compensation is based on bonuses tied to sales, profit and quality goals. Managers with great, inclusive people skills thus tend to be the most highly compensated.
• Hooters thrives on our communities and promotions. Hooters believes in constantly keeping its name and product before the public. Managers have broad individual authority in their promotional programs. Good ideas and good execution leads to more guests and more successful business results. In few other companies do managers have more tools for marketing and ability to use them than with Hooters.
• "Hooters Makes You Happy" and we believe we know how we do that. We purchase the highest quality food and beverage products and serve them with quality tested methods. That execution of food and beverage is not enough for us to thrive. We know our guests come back because we exceed their expectations of the Hooters experience. Accordingly, good Hooters managers oversee the details, but keep their eyes on creating a consistent overall experience for our employees and guests. It calls for the combined talents of a Hollywood party promoter, a savvy business manager, a mayor of the town, and a caring individual. Hooters gives managers a chance to play a larger and more important community role than is common in the restaurant industry. Only when our talented and diverse groups of employees work together can we accomplish the mission "Hooters Makes You Happy".