We usually have a few positions open on our corporate team and are always looking for qualified candidates interested in opening a Pure Barre studio. We are also opening our first studio in Toronto later this year, which will open up additional job opportunities internationally. Given our 322 studios open in 42 states, along with the District of Columbia, there are also job opportunities around the country through Pure Barre's vast franchise network. Consideration for relocation assistance depends on the position. We have a number of team members that work remotely in the areas of real estate, franchise consulting, and training. The majority of our corporate team members work full-time from our headquarters in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Through our franchise network, thousands more are employed at Pure Barre studios around the country. Out of our 322 open Pure Barre studios across the country, we also have 14 corporate studios with a total of 136 employees. Pure Barre has 40 full-time employees at our corporate offices, along with 23 part-time employees on our training team. We have a lean team, and everyone wears a lot of hats, so we need people who are going to come in and get the job done, whatever the job entails on that particular day. We look for self-motivated, energetic, smart people who are super passionate about Pure Barre. What qualities do you look for in every candidate? Dogs roam freely in the corporate offices, and employees can wear their workout clothes to work, pop over to a barre class, then get back to the desk, sweaty as they want to be.ĬEO Sloan Evans explains the Pure Barre culture and what he's looking for in new employees. The company offers jobs in three areas - corporate positions (such as in sales or marketing), studio positions (such as manager or instructor), and franchise owners (individuals who open their own branded Pure Barre studios and run them independently).
The workout is rooted in ballet technique - at the barre - with extra cardio for effective calorie burning and muscle-shaping results. By 2009, Pure Barre began franchising locations, and today there are more than 320 Pure Barre locations across the U.S. Make sure you have a good support person in place, which (for me) is Carly,” Gagovski said.Dancer and choreographer Carrie Rezabek Door opened her first fitness studio in 2001 at age 27 in the basement of an office building in Birmingham, Michigan. Understand that the first six to 12 months is a lot of work. What’s your advice for someone starting a business? “I would have liked to have known how much work it was going to be the first year. They see the barre and they think it’s a ballet studio, a dance class.” Gagovski agreed: “Nothing we do is ballet-like. What misconceptions do people have? “When they see the ballet barre, they think it’s a dance studio. My husband and I moved (from California) to Naperville in 2016 and I wanted a community, a place to meet people and keep up with Pure Barre. What does an employee say? “I started taking Pure Barre before my wedding in 2015,” manager Carly Sochacki, 34, of Naperville, said. Her doctors were so excited.”Īny plans? “We have some exciting plans in the works to increase our footprint, focus on our retail business a little more.” Nine months in, she had scans and (saw) improvement in her bone density.
We’ve grown quite a bit.”Īny favorite stories? “A client in her 60s never worked out. What challenges do you face? “It is challenging managing a staff, managing their schedules. Is there a busy time? “It picks up in the fall, for sure.” Being able to walk downtown was really important and I love that. What’s the best part of doing business in Naperville? “I love Naperville. We saw their comments coming in, ‘thank you for being here,’ ‘I appreciate this,’ ‘I needed this.’ It helped a lot of people to be able to maintain some level of normalcy in a very non-normal year. “It was great because we had hundreds of people taking the classes live from home. On March 17, 2020, we started livestream classes. Turns out we were closed for three and a half months. March 16, 2020, we thought we’d be closed for two weeks. How has the virus impacted your business? “We had to pivot overnight. How many clients? “When I started, we had a much smaller number.
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