The Counter, a restaurant franchise featuring custom-built burgers, is hiring to fill 72 positions for a store at Kahala Mall slated to open next month.

The company is holding a job fair today at the store site through 2 p.m. and another one Jan. 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Applications can be downloaded from thecounterburger.com/now_hiring and faxed or e-mailed to the Kahala store through the Web site.

The Counter is seeking to hire servers, bartenders, hosts, busers, line cooks, prep cooks, dish washers and kitchen supervisors.

The 5-year-old chain known for its industrial decor, music, creative burger combinations and a drink menu that includes beer and unique wines is being operated in Hawai'i by D.K. Kodama, Daniel Dae Kim, Pablo Buckingham and Ed Robles.