With the era of the Great Resignation, salon and spa owners are just as concerned about recruiting and retaining great talent as they are new clients. Zenoti's Sudheer Koneru offers five strategies for improving the employee experience and reducing turnover.
As the head of human resources for the 7-location Lords and Ladies Salon and Med Spa, it's Ashley Rivera's job to bring new talent into the organization. In an interview with SALON TODAY, she shares the strategies and tools she uses to find the right fit.
There's a shortage of willing workers. Work ethic isn't what it used to be. In a provocative, thought-leader piece, Boulevard's Shanalie Wijesinghe addresses some common misconceptions about your ability to recruit and retain your team members.
Your new hires are the key to your future growth and success. The best way to keep a constant stream of them filling your salon is to own your own school, which also gives you an additional revenue stream.
Holding a grudge against a former team member might make you miss a valuable opportunity. These owners know rehiring can be an impactful recruitment strategy that further strengthens your culture.
Recruiting talent to help you grow into the future has always been a challenge, but it's even harder now with the tight labor market. Strategies' Neil Ducoff shares seven recruitment factors to reevaluate to strengthen your efforts.
In an effort to boost staff recruitment and retention rates, six salons in Greenville, South Carolina, band together and organize a Salon Crawl for area cosmetology students.
Recruiting and hiring your salon's next generation of team members is perhaps your most important role in developing your long-term growth. Owner and Coach Evan Silver lends a helping hand by sharing his 7-step hiring process to help ensure you identify the best candidates for your cutlure.
With cosmetology schools and the students they graduate on the decline and competition for talent ramping up, salon owners are finding it increasingly more challenging to recruit and retain talent. That perfect storm is encouraging many salons to get creative when it comes to connecting with emerging talent while solidifying the cultures that keep new hires on staff long term.