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If you open a new business it may take many
months to build up a similar clientele,
sometimes longer. Some groomers selling their
businesses offer private financing. You may
find that some sellers will stay on as an
employee for a specified time and train you to
run the business and they may even “groom your
grooming skills” if you are fresh out of
training. We suggest you refer to the
Purchasing
an Existing Grooming Business Information Menu.
Be sure to review Business For Sale or Lease
ads in the
PetGroomer.com Classified Ads.
If you choose to travel down the path to
employment we have these suggestions. Never
approach an employer after graduation with the
attitude, or bold statement, that you are a
full-charge pet groomer. Most business owners
will refute it, post haste. If they don’t do
it verbally, and you aren’t psychic, they are
thinking it!
Could you possibly be hired in the role of
full-charge pet groomer after graduation? Yes,
it does happen regularly. We know many retail
stores, boarding facilities and veterinarian
clinics with pet grooming departments willing
to consider new graduates in full-charge
roles.
Independent grooming business owners may as
well, but they know you need to be “finished
off” with plenty more experience and their
constructive input which could be very
valuable. If you don’t know it yet, grooming
is a far more complicated art and profession
as opposed to the stereotypical image of
average consumers who may say, “What’s so
complicated? You’re just giving haircuts to
dogs?” Every groomer faces that blindness at
times.
Many career seekers tell us employee benefits
are critical in their choice of career. The
pet superstores offer employee benefits
familiar to career seekers entering grooming
from the corporate world. Very few
independents offer similar benefits packages.
If they do it’s frequently a large
veterinarian clinic. Where benefits are
critically important, and yet you choose
self-employment, account for the cost of
benefits in your financial planning usually
stated in your formal business plan. You are
going to need to purchase those benefits
instead of receiving them. Ask your accountant
if their purchase is an operating expense for
your business.
 Your search for employment can be boosted by a
grooming school's “placement program.” Many
schools maintain a list of grooming businesses
willing to consider graduates for employment.
When you interview prospective schools ask
about their placement programs and how many
graduates they have placed into employment.
Some U.S. states require vocational schools to
maintain a specified placement ratio or their
state licensing status will be reviewed and
possibly revoked. If your desire is to
become a career employee try to work for the
most professional grooming business in town.
Whether it’s a pet salon, or a grooming
department in a pet care business, work for
the business with the best reputation,
facilities and employment policies. To
maximize your income it helps to work for a
stable business that is busy throughout the
year. You may expect January and February to
be "slow" where winters are harsh or the
primary local industry is seasonally based,
such as resort towns. Ideally, you want to
work for a business that is not affected by
seasonal influences when you desire a steady
income. We're just beginning to
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