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?
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 […]
How Has Hiring Changed For Salons in the Last 5 Years?

The salon hiring field has changed dramatically in the last 5 years. If we wish to remain competitive we have to adapt and change our ways, too.
Is the employee-based salon model still viable?

As we enter into the spring of 2022 the conversation I’m having with a lot of salons owners can be drilled down to one specific question. “Is the employee-based salon model still viable?” This is something that everyone who owns a business in professional beauty has wondered about at some point in the last few […]
How to Incorporate Storytelling Into Your Salon Recruiting Strategy

The story you tell about your salon sends a message to everyone. Your marketing can work to attract new talent as well as customers.
Creative Solutions for Staffing Your Salon

Getting and keeping a great salon team requires creativity and flexibility. This is possible by using a new strategy that pleases everyone. You can make it work!