Salon Business Part 2

Your responsibilities as an employee include:

• keeping track of all client payments

• purchasing all your own supplies

• filing your personal income taxes

• paying quarterly taxes

Your responsibilities as an independent contractor includes:

• Being eligible for employee benefits
• Providing your own equipment, tools, and supplies, paying quarterly taxes, and being responsible for your own taxes and insurance.

• Having a supervisor to report to
• Receiving a fixed salary from the company

Questions that can legally be included on the employment application or interview include:

• citizenship or ability to work in the U.S.

• marital status, religious beliefs, political affiliation

• race or natural origin

• medical history

Steady customers who come in on a regular basis are referred to as:

• referrals

• walk-ins

• transient customers
• a client base

On the day of a salon interview, you should project a positive first impression by:

• sitting forward in your chair

• being 1/2 hour early

• Wearing casual and trendy clothes

• having a warm friendly smile and confident posture

The type of pay that is best when first starting out is:

• booth rent

• commission pay
• salary/hourly pay

• piece-rate pay

When is the best time to rebook your client?

• a couple weeks after their appointment

• while they are still in the salon

• at the end of the month

• right before they are due for the next service

If you default, it means that you:

• fail to pay back a loan

• fulfill a financial commitment
• are asked to leave your job

• pay off a debt

An explanation of all the duties and responsibilities that you will be expected to perform on the job is found in the:

• company website
• job description
• employee handbook
• performance evaluation

Compensation paid to an employee as a direct result of total amount of service dollars brought into the salon by that employee is called:

• bonus
• salary
• commission
• wage