Today’s blog post covers 5 Hair Salon Recruitment Tips to Hire Experienced Stylists
- Interview Process – The first step to hiring a new stylist is the interview process. First of all, advertise that you are looking for a new stylist and get people who are interested in the job to send over their CV. Once you have looked through all the CV’s and found some stylists you like, invite them into your salon for a face to face interview. See this more as an informal chat so you get a feel for the person interested in the job to see if they will fit into your team. After this step, narrow down the candidates again and invite them back for a trade test. This is so you can see the quality of their work. Finally invite the chosen candidate back to the salon for a second interview and if all goes well, invite them to do a trial.
- Target Setting and Contract – Make your new stylist aware that they will have targets that you expect them to reach in the first 12 weeks in the job. Get them to sign a contract agreement to make sure that they follow your teaching methods and make sure they do everything they can to fill out their column
- Arrange their Start Date for 4 Weeks – The third step (if possible) is to give yourself 4 weeks to market your new stylist before they start. This is only if you can as we are aware that some salons are short staffed and have clients ready for the new stylist.
- Start your Marketing System – Start preparing your marketing tools. You want to let everyone know that you have an amazing new stylist starting at your salon. You want to create a lot of excitement so people want to book in with your new stylist.
- Implement your Marketing Strategies – You need to make sure that once you have all your marketing tools prepared, you have time to use them. Put aside some time during the week for marketing activities. You could also use your evenings or days off to do this if you don’t have the time during the week. I found that when I took the time off the floor and put it into marketing, it more than paid off. It made my staff so much busier with clients. If you don’t have the time yourself to market your new stylist and you know someone who does marketing, this could also work as long as you can put aside a small amount of time to make sure everything is up to your standards.
Now that you’ve learned about the 5 hair salon recruitment tips to hire experienced stylists, take the information you’ve learned and apply it to help you grow your stylists.
