Stop hiring nail techs blind

Where techs look for work

A tech who wants a new chair searches "nail tech jobs" plus their city. We have a jobs page for every city, and that's where your post goes. It's a simple list of open chairs, newest first. Techs can filter it by pay, tips, schedule, and role. (This is how we explain it to techs.) Here's what it looks like with your post on it.

Your post also shows up in four more places. You don't have to do anything extra.

• Its own page. Every post gets its own link, set up so Google reads it as a job listing. We tell Google the minute you publish.
• Your salon's listing. A Now Hiring section shows up on your page, with a button to call the salon.
• The state and national jobs pages, newest first. Your listing needs to be mostly filled in to show up here.
• The weekly job alert email. Techs sign up for alerts in their city, and the newest posts go out every Thursday.

Signed-in techs also see jobs in their dashboard, and they can sort by what's closest. So a salon 10 minutes away shows up before one across the county.

What goes in a job post

Posting takes three screens. Pick the post type, tap your answers, check the preview. There's no long form to fill out, because techs don't read long posts anyway. They read the quick facts, and those are the same things they filter by. See all three screens, step by step.

• Role. Nail tech, receptionist, manager, or something else you name.
• Full time or part time.
• Pay. You pick one of four setups. More on that below.
• Average tips per day. Pick a range, from under $50 to over $200. Or pick Varies if you'd rather not say.
• Services for this chair. You pick from the services already on your listing.
• A title and a description. We write both for you from your answers. Edit them, rewrite them, or let AI write them for you.
• A photo, if you want one. You choose from the photos on your listing.

Say what the job pays

Every post says how the job pays. An ad that says "competitive pay" gets scrolled past. You pick one of four.

• 60/40 commission. The tech keeps 60 percent of what they bring in.
• 70/30 commission. The tech keeps 70 percent.
• Booth rental. The tech rents the chair and keeps their clients and their money. The post is marked as a contractor position.
• Hourly plus tips. This is the only one that asks for numbers. Give a low and a high, per hour, week, or year.

Tips sit right next to pay, and techs read the two together. A 60/40 split at a salon with $200 tip days is a very different job from the same split with $40 days. Don't track tips? Pick Varies. It's honest, and it still counts as an answer.

One thing the post can't decide for you: employee or contractor. Booth rental usually means contractor. A commission or hourly tech who works your hours with your products is usually an employee. The rules change by state, and the short version is in the questions at the bottom of this page.

Before you post

A job post belongs to a salon listing, so the listing has to be yours first. Is your salon already on Polish Perfect? Claiming it takes one automated phone call, and your post can go up the same hour. Not listed yet? Add your salon. You can post once the listing is live.

Do two more things first, because they decide how far your post travels. Set your hours, add a few photos, and list your services. The state and national jobs pages only show posts from salons with a mostly complete listing.

Then look at your listing the way a tech would. They check out the salon before they apply, so your page should answer their questions. The rankings guide lists everything that counts.

What you get when a tech applies

There's no apply-by-phone and no outside link. A tech who wants the chair signs in and sends two things: three to five photos of their own work, and a note to you. That's the whole application. And it's the part a phone call can't show you.

• The application opens a message thread in your dashboard inbox. The photos and the note sit at the top.
• You get a notification in your dashboard as soon as it comes in.
• You reply in the thread. Ask for a time, send the address, ask what they charge for a full set. Nobody gets a phone number until you're ready to share one.
• If the tech has a public profile, the application links to it. You'll see their specialties, years of experience, photos, and reviews from clients. See what goes on a tech profile.

Each tech can apply to a post once, so your inbox doesn't fill up with repeats. Licenses aren't part of the application. Hiring in Texas or California? The license lookup checks a name or license number against the state board in a few seconds.

Your post stays up for 30 days

A post is live for 30 days from the moment you publish. On day 30 it comes off every page, its link stops working, and we tell Google the job is closed. That keeps the city pages honest. Nobody applies for a chair that was filled months ago.

• Still hiring on day 30? Post again. A new post goes back to the top of the city page as the newest one, which is where you want to be anyway.
• Filled the chair early? Delete the post from your dashboard so techs stop applying.
• Need to change something? You can't edit a live post, so read the preview before you publish. If something's wrong, delete it and post again. Your answers aren't saved, but redoing them takes a minute.

More than one salon, or a slow city

A post is tied to one salon. Own three locations? Write three posts. You choose which salon you're posting for, and each post goes on its own city page. That's on purpose. A tech in one city doesn't want to drive to another.

Sometimes the problem is the city. Maybe few techs are looking in your town. Or you need someone this week and can't wait. That's what Boost is for.

• On your own city page, a boosted post sits at the top, above every other post, for as long as the Boost runs.
• You can also send it to nearby cities, a whole state, or the whole country. It shows in a Sponsored section on those pages, where techs who'd commute can see it.
• You set the budget, starting at $5. Every claimed salon gets free credit that covers the first Boost.

Boost doesn't change what's in your post. A boosted post with no pay info still gets skipped. So write a good post first. Then boost it if your city is slow.

Posting checklist

Here's everything above, in order.

1. 01Claim your listing, or add it. Set your hours, photos, and services so your post reaches the state and national pages. Start here if you haven't.
2. 02Pick the pay setup you really use, and be honest about tips. Those two answers decide who opens your post.
3. 03Read the title and description we wrote and make them sound like your salon. Add a photo of your salon if you have one.
4. 04Check the preview. You can't edit after you publish.
5. 05Watch your inbox and reply the same day. A tech who applies to you is applying to other salons that same afternoon.
6. 06On day 30, post again if the chair is still open. Delete the post the day you fill it.

Posting takes a few minutes and it's free. Post your opening.