Interview Massage Employers

Learning how to interview massage employers will help you in creating or finding your ideal job in massage. So often this aspect is overlooked out of the need to find or take the first job offered. In the long run this can help you avoid the many headaches that people are finding in massage jobs. I think that one of the reasons why there are so many problems in job situations is really because jobs are a fairly new phenomenon in the massage profession. Massage Employers don't really know what massage therapists need to be successful in jobs and often overlook their needs to create more profits. Teaching massage employers what you want and need and standing up for your needs is really what is needed in the massage profession.

Here are some good questions to ask when preparing for a massage job interview. You need to interview massage employers as much or even more than they interview you to make sure that you want to work for them!

These are from my Ebook -The Massage Job Guide - How to find or create your Ideal Job in Massage (and a few more questions that I have been adding since I wrote the guide in 2009)

• What image do they portray to the community in their marketing/advertising?

• What is their reputation in the massage community?

• Will they supply all the clients?

• How will they get you the clients? What marketing/advertising will they be doing?

• Where will they get referrals from? What people are they networking with?

• Is there an incentive for you to bring your own clients in like a higher hourly wage or bonus?

• What incentives will there be for you to build a practice? One company I read about tracked the number of repeat clients per month and gave incentives for therapists who improved their numbers each month.

• Will they make you sign a non-compete clause that states that you can not take clients with you if you leave the office or start your own practice within X-amount of miles from the office? Some places may ask you to do this. It is difficult to enforce, as clients will go where they want anyway. You may also be able to leave and tell clients where you are going but not be able to solicit their following you to your new location. Check with an attorney on this before signing a non-compete clause.

• What benefits will you have? Vacations, retirement accounts, sick days, etc.

• What support will they provide to assist you in working with clients and understanding the therapeutic process? Weekly meetings to keep you informed of what is going on in the company would be beneficial. Supervision? Peer Groups?

• Will they do the insurance billing and bookkeeping or teach you to do it?

• Will they supply the table, linens, lotions, music, stereo and other accessories or will you?

• One thing you need to make sure of is what your official status is – employee or sub-contractor. I have seen many places say that you are an employee but in reality they should be sub-contractors.

• What are their policies regarding clients who ask for inappropriate things like happy endings?

• What are their policies regarding clients who have less than ideal hygiene or who you just are not a fit for?

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