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I have a couple questions for a career project that I'm doing :) 1. What are the training and educational requirements needed ? 2. What are the certification and testing requirements needed ? 3. What career options are avalible for this job ? 4. What is the average first-year salary in the Niagara Region {if you know} 5. What is the expected salary per year in five years ? 10 years ? 6. What benefits tyically go with this job? 7. What is the stability of the job ? {prospects for the future} 8. What is a typical day on he job? {hours worked, ect ..} Also, if there is any other interesting information abour hairdressing, feel free to include that. thanks :) xoxo, megg <3
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- 1. Depends on the state you live in they all have different requirements. Colorado requires that you pass a placement test that shows you can read, write, and do math ect at more than an 11th grade level then you have to go to school for 1600 hours. 2. After you recieve 1600 hours of schooling you take what is called a state board exam where you are tested primarily on your ablity to keep your clients safe. 3. Career options available are business ownership, booth rental where you are still your own boss but pay for the space you use in a salon, commision where you work for a percentage of your earnings, or hourly wage. In addition to your typical salon or spa there are other options of a career like working for professional actors or models ect... 4. Don't know about the Niagra Region but salary depends on a lot of things. 1. The career option you have chosen. 2. The size of your community. 3. Your talent. It can range anywhere from a negative $250,000 if you have chosen to buy a salon to a + $50,000. A more likely number in my experience is about $10,000. There is an unlimited earning potential in this profession but it takes a while to build the clientele. Your average hourly wage is about $100 if you are working for yourself but it takes 2-5 years to build up the clientele to be working 40 hours a week. 6. It is said that cosmotoligists are the happiest professions in america. The biggest perk is getting paid to make someone feel good about themselfs. Financial benifits, again depend on your career choice. 7. This is not a very stable career to begin with. If you ever move you have to start all over. You never know how much money you are going to make unless you are working for an hourly wage and that is never more than $12/hr. Over time you can make it stable. 8.There is no such thing as a typical day in this business!! Good luck!
- 1 - You have to attend beauty school, which ranges between 1,500 - 1,600 in the US. Canada requires both school and salon apprenticeship. 2. After you successfully complete and pass Beauty School (1,500-1,600 hours can take 1 year, full time to complete),then you have to take a state board licensing exam. You have to pass in order to get a license. The test includes written, oral and hands-on exams. (This is in the United States) 3. Career options - Cosmetologist working for a commission salon or independent as a booth renter, work for a loarge beauty products manufacturer or distributor in sales or education, be a guest artist on stage at hair shows for a large manufacturer or distributor developing and demonstrating the latest industry trends, work for movie studios as a hairdresser/make up artist, travel with celebrities as their personal hairdresser, work on tv shows and perform makeovers on tv, own & operate your own salon/spa, launch a beauty website, and launch your own line of beauty products. The possibilites are endless!!! 4. An average hairdresser, starting out, should be making no less than $35,000 to $40,000 US dollars per year. 5. You can grow to over $150,000 per year after you are established and decide what direction of the industry to pursue. 6. Unless you work for a large company, chain salon, manufacturer or distributor, benefits as an independent hairdresser are very limited. If you work for a large beauty manufacturer you can have a company car, travel & expense account, 401k, profit sharing, full health benefits, disability benefits, vacation pay, sick pay, holidays, etc. 7. Stability is stronger when you are woking for a manufacturer becomes less stable when you are an independent contractor. Stability is mostly dependent upon you, how much you are willing to work, how you market yourself, your advertising, the type of salon you work in, the type of clientele you attract, the type of services your perform most (chemical services bring in more $$ and a more stable/needy clientele), if you understand profit/loss and have a business sense of running a small business, etc. 8. If you are going to work behind the chair, as a hairdresser, you need to put in a minimum of 9 - 10 hour days, 5 days a week to make a decent living. This includes Saturdays... and evenings, the busiest times. If you work for a manufacturer, your hours are more 9 to 5, with paid vacation & holidays. Good luck
