Steps
- If you are still in high school, check and see if your school has a vocational school/community college that they work with. Often, you can spend one-half to two-thirds of your day learning how to be a hair stylist and spend the other part doing normal school work back at your high school (math, English, history). Plus, if you do this during junior and senior year, you might be able to go right into the industry.
- If you are out of high school, check the local paper for beauty schools, or ask your personal hair stylist where she went. Apply to more than one school, if possible.
- Contact the schools and set up a meeting with the advisor.
- If you are accepted, enroll and attend all your classes. Some will be hands on, others will be like traditional school.
- After completing the classes, look for beauty shops with openings for new stylists. Send in your application, do your best at the interview, and you may just be hired! Similarly, you could open up your own salon if you have enough money.
Tips
- The hair industry is a highly competitive one. Don't be offended if it takes a few tries for you to get hired, especially fresh out of beauty school.
- Don't be offended if a regular customer stops coming to you. It's not an insult to you personally, so just forget it and move on.
- If a customer complains about their hair, always offer to fix it free of charge. Sure, you'll lose a few bucks but you'll keep a valuable customer.
- Don't expect to make a lot just starting out. It takes time and constant customer satisfaction.
Warnings
- Be aware that you actually have to work for this. This is not an opt-out on a "real job"; you have to take classes to do this!
- Be aware you will most likely be asked to participate in "class tests".
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