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Flip the Script on Your Training Program

Education is important to today’s salon professionals. When asked about how important it is they rank it in the top 5 reasons why they would choose (or not choose) a salon to work in.  Interestingly enough this preference for education does not just belong to incoming talent that is finishing school, but also lives with […]

What Does Flexibility Really Mean to Stylists Today?

The desire for flexibility was perhaps the first big obstacle that salons owners had to contend with when they reopened their doors after the 2020 closures. Not only was it mandated due to government restrictions but the entire beauty workforce seemed to return to work with a desire to work just a little less. Here […]

Growth

If you start to go down the rabbit hole of thoughts around what you think your team wants from you as a salon owner you’ll find yourself feeling pretty overwhelmed quickly. Our teams want all kinds of things from us that on a good day might make us laugh a bit and on a tough […]

Solve Your Brand Awareness Problem And Start Hiring

The pains of building a team in the professional beauty industry are not new, they are just different today. The top two challenges I hear from salon owners are The exciting thing about these two problems is that they have the same solution. That means that you can put your energy towards one thing and […]

Creating an Unforgettable Onboarding Experience

Salons are experts at creating amazing guest experiences. I imagine that inside your salon, the leadership team is regularly assessing how well they are doing at retaining new and existing clients. If you are anything like me you pay a ton of attention to different experiences you have as a consumer that really “wow” you […]

Writing Effective Job Posts

Learning to write a great job post may require some changes to the traditional help wanted ad. What does it take?

Recruiting Experienced Stylists

One of our favorite ways to work at Talent Match is through the insights provided to us in our data. Every year for the last 5 years we have polled the workforce and inquired about their needs, wants, and desires.  This year our 2023 data shows us that 41% of salons say their top hiring […]

Make A Good First Impression

Recruiting salon stylists or any salon talent takes a new level of effort from salon leaders. Making it more critical than ever that you remove every possible barrier for the talent which makes it to the first interview. The last thing you want is to spend time having an interview that you think went great, […]

Salon Recruiting In 3 Steps

Recruiting is the thing you hear everyone talking about. Well, almost everyone. Despite the easy assumption that “EVERY SALON is struggling to recruit”, it’s just not true. Some salons have the opposite reality and say “We have tons of applicants coming in.” If you think this sounds crazy, I promise it can be you. I’ve spent […]