Salon jobs

Hairdressing and beauty therapist jobs in salons are exciting careers and can lead to a wide variety of career paths depending on your training, knowledge, creativity and passion for the job. Your career will generally start out as a trainee where you can gain on the job experience while training to become either a full time hairdresser or beauty therapist.

In salon jobs you can be employed as a hairdresser, nail technician, therapists and some tanning treatments are also available in salons. As a beauty therapist your career development maybe limited in salons, as you would generally move into spas and dedicated beauty therapy centres.

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

Entry level training and career development

Your training requirements include; NVQ Levels 1, 2 and 3 in Hairdressing, City & Guilds Level 4 Higher Professional Diploma in Salon Management, BTEC / HND and Degree courses in beauty and hairdressing. You can take degree courses in management to expand your pay bracket. Whatever your training background and previous employment history – you are sure to find a great selection of matching jobs with salonjobseeker.com.

What can you expect to earn?

Trainee hairdressers can expect to earn around the National Minimum Wage, which does vary depending upon your age. On becoming a fully trained hairdresser you can earn between £11,000 and £16,000 per year. Moving on towards the top of the hairdressing job profession you can earn in excess of £30,000 with many top London salons paying £50,000 or more.

What should you do next?

The hairdressing industry is huge business and can take you all around the world with a wide variety of locations, job roles and clientele available. Salonjobseeker.com makes finding your perfect hairdressing job so much easier by keeping you up to date with opportunities and giving you direct access to employers looking for candidates just like you. Why not register your profile and upload your CV today.