This week we’re talking about hair salons employing versus renting chair space for self employed hairstylists. Joining me today for this hot – and sometimes controversial – topic is Karoliina Saunders, owner of Karoliina Saunders Hair Design in the market town of Highworth on the edge of the Cotswolds, UK.

Like so many of my guests, I first got to know Karoliina when she rocked up to perform at a HairClubLive #OpenChairNight in 2015. I now regard her as a good industry friend and someone that I greatly admire for all that she stands for in hairdressing. Karoliina prides herself on her education program and is constantly developing her team and encouraging them to involve themselves within the industry. But could she do this if she had a self-employed team of rent -a-chair hairstylists?

Today Karoliina is here to share her experiences on why her salon is employing and not renting chair-space. You’ll hear how she originally had the visions of creating her salon to be a collaborative space for self-employed hairstylists started to crack when the team ethic was not shared by everyone. If you’re weighing up the pros and cons on employing over self-employed for your salon, then this episode has bucket loads of unmissable information for you. Let’s jump to it!

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Today’s Guest

Karoliina Saunders- Session Stylist, Salon owner, colour brand educator, and label.m ambassador, Originally from Finland has over 25 years of experience within the industry.

Karoliina’s accomplishments so far includes:
2 times regional finalist L’Oréal colour trophy, Finalist Wella Trend Vision, International visionary Award global finalist, two times NHF Britain’s Best, Styling for designers such as Dolce Gabbana at London, Paris and Milan fashion week, Education Salon of the year 2018. And also a TV appearance on the first ever channel 5 Hair Wars show.

Show notes:

Here’s some of what cover in today’s episode

  • >> 00 min 29 sec: Show Intro
  • >> 04 min 04 sec: A heads up on Karoliina and working as a hairdresser in Finland
  • >> 12 min 51 sec: Why Karoliina wanted her own hair salon
  • >> 14 min 43 sec: Karoliina’s original at home hair salon
  • >> 15 min 57 sec: Missing working around a team
  • >> 17 min 09 sec: Going from home salon to a shop premises
  • >> 23 min 10 sec: Why the original idea to open a salon where everyone would be self-employed
  • >> 27 min 46 sec: Managing self employed hairdressers in your salon
  • >> 30 min 30 sec: The team environment changes when a salon becomes self-employed
  • >> 35 min 13 sec: The earnings you could expect from having rent-a-chair self-employed
  • >> 37 min 47 sec: Moving salon from self-employed to employed
  • >> 41 min 58 sec: Karoliina’s 3 top reasons to have a salon that employees rather than rent-a-chair
  • >> 47 min 40 sec: The challenges of recruiting staff due to the rise of self-employed
  • >> 49 min 35 sec: Educate the consumers more
  • >> 53 min 28 sec: Karoliina on Chanel 5’s Hair Wars tv programme
  • >> 55 min 06 sec: What we can expect from Karoliina going forward
  • >> 57 min 45 sec: Dom’s 5 Quick Fire Questions
  • >> 01 hr 01 min 48 sec: Show Outro

Resources

Karoliinashd.co.uk
facebook.com/karoliinasaundershair
HairClubLive.com/Openchairnight

 

 

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