Ways to Hire Good Personal Trainers
A successful personal training business requires trust and respect between the client âEUR¨and the trainer. Similarly, the relationships between the trainers and the training business âEUR¨employing them must be based on the same trust, respect and understanding of âEUR¨the business' core values. Positive relationships attract, retain clients and increase âEUR¨the profitability of the business.
Contrary to popular belief, running a successful personal training operation requires a âEUR¨different set of management skills than running a successful club. If you want your âEUR¨personal training operation to be profitable, whether it is a business unit in a larger âEUR¨health club, or a studio, you must have the proper PT staff. Owners and managers âEUR¨who focus on memberships, marketing and bookkeeping don't always understand âEUR¨what is involved to effectively run a successful PT program.
So, how do you put together a winning program? It all begins with the hiring and âEUR¨training your personal training staff. This article will detail how to properly hire the âEUR¨right training personnel, the marquis of your personal training operations. âEUR¨Hiring a certified trainer does not always mean you are getting an experienced and âEUR¨professional trainer. The trainer should be well-versed in dealing with many different âEUR¨populations and posses strong people skills. Knowledge on techniques and equipment âEUR¨is important but creating a connection with your clientèle is imperative.
First you want to create the largest pool of candidates. Start with word of mouth to âEUR¨your existing staff. Other successful approaches are to place classified ads in the âEUR¨local paper or to work with certification groups and local colleges.
Next you MUST receive and review the applicants resume before scheduling an interview, âEUR¨this will save you lots of time in interviewing candidates that aren't suited to your âEUR¨organization. Two years minimum experience training is generally recommend (not âEUR¨just working out by themselves) and they should be certified by one the several national âEUR¨certification programs. A bachelor's degree in exercise science or physiology is âEUR¨nice but not necessary, many excellent trainers are certified but do not have a bachelor's âEUR¨degree.
Beware of things on resumes like gaps in employment, or hopping from one âEUR¨facility to another. Also ask for references to be forwarded at the time of the âEUR¨resume, this will speed up the hiring process. You are looking for personal trainers who want to make at least a two year commitment to have a career âEUR¨with your facility.
Contrary to popular belief, running a successful personal training operation requires a âEUR¨different set of management skills than running a successful club. If you want your âEUR¨personal training operation to be profitable, whether it is a business unit in a larger âEUR¨health club, or a studio, you must have the proper PT staff. Owners and managers âEUR¨who focus on memberships, marketing and bookkeeping don't always understand âEUR¨what is involved to effectively run a successful PT program.
So, how do you put together a winning program? It all begins with the hiring and âEUR¨training your personal training staff. This article will detail how to properly hire the âEUR¨right training personnel, the marquis of your personal training operations. âEUR¨Hiring a certified trainer does not always mean you are getting an experienced and âEUR¨professional trainer. The trainer should be well-versed in dealing with many different âEUR¨populations and posses strong people skills. Knowledge on techniques and equipment âEUR¨is important but creating a connection with your clientèle is imperative.
First you want to create the largest pool of candidates. Start with word of mouth to âEUR¨your existing staff. Other successful approaches are to place classified ads in the âEUR¨local paper or to work with certification groups and local colleges.
Next you MUST receive and review the applicants resume before scheduling an interview, âEUR¨this will save you lots of time in interviewing candidates that aren't suited to your âEUR¨organization. Two years minimum experience training is generally recommend (not âEUR¨just working out by themselves) and they should be certified by one the several national âEUR¨certification programs. A bachelor's degree in exercise science or physiology is âEUR¨nice but not necessary, many excellent trainers are certified but do not have a bachelor's âEUR¨degree.
Beware of things on resumes like gaps in employment, or hopping from one âEUR¨facility to another. Also ask for references to be forwarded at the time of the âEUR¨resume, this will speed up the hiring process. You are looking for personal trainers who want to make at least a two year commitment to have a career âEUR¨with your facility.
