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Job overview
Hertz Local Edition is hiring a Manager Trainee for a local rental branch. The role provides hands-on training in rental sales, customer service, operations, fleet logistics, and administration while supporting branch goals and daily operations. The trainee will prepare for potential promotion to Branch Manager in as little as 12–18 months.
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Full job description
Hertz Local Edition is hiring a Manager Trainee to join our local rental branch team. In this hands-on role, you’ll learn how to run a successful rental location while delivering a great customer experience and supporting daily branch operations.
This is a great opportunity for someone who is motivated, customer-focused, and interested in growing into a leadership role. With structured training and real-world experience, you’ll prepare for promotion to Branch Manager in as little as 12–18 months.
Wage: $18.00 per hour
What You’ll Get:
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Paid Time Off
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Medical, Dental & Vision plan options
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Retirement programs, including 401(k) employer matching
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Paid Parental Leave & Adoption Assistance
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Employee Assistance Program for employees & family
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Educational Reimbursement & Discounts
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Voluntary Insurance Programs - Pet, Legal/Identity Theft, Critical Illness
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Perks & Discounts –Theme Park Tickets, Gym Discounts & more
What You’ll Do
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Learn the rental car business through hands-on training in sales, customer service, operations, fleet logistics, and administration.
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Support branch sales goals by building customer relationships, identifying customer needs, and applying effective sales techniques.
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Deliver a positive customer experience by helping customers through the rental process and resolving questions or concerns professionally.
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Assist with daily branch operations, including fleet inventory, vehicle preparation, lot organization, documentation, and compliance tasks.
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Partner with branch leadership to understand scheduling, team communication, performance coaching, and business metrics.
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Build the skills needed to grow into future leadership opportunities within Hertz.
What We’re Looking For
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Must be at least 20 years old
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Valid driver’s license required
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Flexible availability, including nights, weekends, and holidays as needed
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Customer service, sales, retail, hospitality, or other professional experience preferred
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Strong communication, computer, multitasking, and time management skills
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A self-motivated, adaptable approach with an interest in learning the business and growing into leadership
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Ability to work in a fast-paced, customer-facing environment
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Professional appearance and reliable attendance
The Hertz Corporation operates the Hertz, Dollar Car Rental, Thrifty Car Rental brands in approximately 9,700 corporate and franchisee locations throughout North America, Europe, The Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. The Hertz Corporation is one of the largest worldwide airport general use vehicle rental companies, and the Hertz brand is one of the most recognized in the world.
US EEO STATEMENT
At Hertz, we champion and celebrate a culture of diversity and inclusion. We take affirmative steps to promote employment and advancement opportunities. The endless variety of perspectives, experiences, skills and talents that our employees invest in their work every day represent a significant part of our culture – and our success and reputation as a company.
Individuals are encouraged to apply for positions because of the characteristics that make them unique.
EOE, including disability/veteran
How this job compares
Set against the 33,911 open Customer Service jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$18/hr
- Illinois median$17–20/hr814 hourly ranges
- US median$18–23/hr16,701 hourly ranges
This rate, $18/hr, is 3% below the Illinois median midpoint ($19/hr) — in the middle half of Customer Service hourly ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,116 open Customer Service jobs in Illinois and 33,911 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
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- Experience
- Customer Service postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (8,787 postings).
- Education
- 1,366 of the 33,911 open Customer Service jobs (4%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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