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Jobs in Hairdressing

Hairdressing is a fantastic career choice and jobs in hairdressing will certainly be filled with an ever changing dynamic range of clients, styles and fashions. An incredible vast and diverse career can be attained through hairdressing training (both academic and vocational).

In terms of jobs, there are endless options and future opportunities open to a hairdresser. You could work for a well known salon or even go on to own your own hairdressing salon in your local town. Ideally you should be a creative type of person, enjoy working in a team but be very strong under your own initiative with an approachable attitude working directly and closely with your clients. An ambitious nature is highly regarded and valuable for any hairdressing job, as you will be working in a £2.6 billion industry and playing a crucial role in the success of the hairdressing salon. Successful hairdressers can enjoy top jobs around the globe, travelling to style supermodels on photo shoots, TV and movie stars on set, magazine models and much more.

What training will you need for jobs in hairdressing?

Starting out with a career in hairdressing formal training such as NVQs is recommended. However, you could start as an apprentice and learning the hairdressing trade whilst you're on the job which allows you to earn money, train and gain valued vocational skills. To start with you would be doing day-to-day hairdressing duties such as:

Booking appointments

Welcoming customers

Shampooing hair

Changing towel supplies

Cleaning away cut hair and keeping the salon tidy

Once qualified and employed as a full time hairdresser your jobs in hairdressing would include tasks such as:

Client consultation on hair styles and fashion

Shampooing and conditioning

Cutting, colouring and styling

Perming, straightening and blow drying

Product advice

Health and safety of chemical treatments

Ordering stock

Handling payments, refunds and complaints

What can you expect the pay and working hours to be like as a hairdresser?

As with most jobs much varies on the level of the position you get and the jobs location. As a trainee hairdresser you would earn the national minimum wage for your age range. After successfully completing your hairdressing training you can expect to earn between £11,000 and £20,000 a year depending on your location, training level, experience, etc - with many London employers paying over £30,000 for the very best hairdressers in the region. In your first few years most hairdressing jobs will require you to work 40 hours per week. The working hours depend totally on the jobs role, for example in fashion you maybe working late evenings or early mornings with a film shoot, however regular work in salons is can be found, most often including Saturdays and generally between 9 - 7.

What should you do next?

The hairdressing industry is a huge business and can take you all around the world very soon in your career. A wide variety of locations, job roles and clientele are available. Salonjobseeker.com makes seeking those perfect hair stylist jobs trouble free, giving you access to tools to prevent you missing an opportunity or not responding in time. Join thousands of other hairdressers from the UK and across the world create a career profile and CV free today.

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