Chaulk Mentor

Assistants, Apprentice, Junior….

Which one do you relate to?

For us, gone are the days of the term junior, or so we hope.

We were invited to a group chat last week. We talked about our time as a Junior(as that’s what we were called way back when), We can laugh about it now, however, some days were hard.

For us, these people are our right (or left) hand. We can’t do anything without an assistant, these people are the backbone of our business and need to be celebrated more.

One big question in this chat was, do we show that we appreciate them and do they get enough attention from us to provide them with the skills to become the best hairdresser?

Or

Is it that we don’t really have the time (or money) to take a large earner off the salon floor to give these new learners, our new bright stars, the time and energy that they deserve when it comes to learning the skills?

How many of us want to work late after a full-on day the teach? And do we even have the skills to do this?

And this college that they frequent, well does it cut the mustard?

This is a massive question we have been asking a lot in recent years. Are our young bright things able to learn what they need to? -Especially now, after a global pandemic and most salons are trying to keep their head above the business waters.