3 Steps to Showing Your Salon Team Gratitude
I appreciate you. Thank you for your hard work. I don’t know what we would do with you. You are an important part of this team. There are hundreds of ways to say thank you to our teams and often times we overlook them. I was personally very guilty of feeling all of “the feels” […]
Leverage Your Leadership As A Recruiting Tool
Leadership impacts recruiting talent – not just retaining talent. It is no secret that the top reason employees leave a business is because they don’t like their management or leader. This data is clearly showcased in reports conducted by the Gallup Organization and in the 2021 State of the Industry Workforce Report conducted by Talent […]
Looking At Your Full Recruiting Strategy
Finding salon talent is not as simple as it used to be. In the “old days,” we would post a job on Indeed or Facebook and wait for the right stylist to apply. Post and Pray is done for. “I posted a job on Indeed and no one is applying” This point commonly frustrates the […]
Overcoming the ‘Big Salon’ Stigmas
The truth of today’s workforce is that they don’t want to feel like they are “just a number” in your business.
How to Build Relationships With Salon Schools
If you ask anyone in the beauty industry who their first mentor is I guarantee you that over half of the people will name an instructor or advisor from their school program. This is the reason building relationships with the staff at your local beauty schools is ESSENTIAL to your recruiting success.
The Pathway to Application: Your Salon Team’s Instagram Pages
Stylist’s are using Instagram to “checkout” that family and see if it’s the type of family they believe they want to work with.
Using Your Salon Website As A Recruiting Tool
The salon workforce that is actively searching for their first salon job is typically between the age of 18-25. At the risk of sounding cliché’, this group of future professionals is tech-savvy, and they have pretty high standards when it comes to engaging with your brand and the digital world. Three things will get in […]
Recruiting Tip #3: Living Your Story Every Day
Recruiting for your salon in 2021 requires a lot of effort because of the amount of pre-work that goes into defining the story you have to share about your brand. Recruiting is no longer just “post & pray,” where you throw up a job description and have applicants pouring in. Add in the complexities of […]
Recruiting Tip #2: Telling Your Story for Recruiting Results
Recruiting talent has historically been led with a focus on telling the world that we have a job open.
Recruiting Tip #1: Identifying Your Story
“I can’t find stylists”
This is the number one thing I hear from salon leaders across the US.