Year 10 Social Studies Career Essay Hairdressing

2017 Year 10 Careers Essay

QUESTIONS

1.  Using the research you have just gathered on your chosen job, Explain in an essay..

What are the key aspects of the chosen job or career you have studied this year

• What Criteria do you need to get into the job/career
• What skills and qualities are needed to work in this job/career
• Describe the day in the life of the job/career

Hairdressing Essay

This essay will explain what key criteria, skills and qualities are needed in order to be a hairdresser. It will also explain what a day in the life of a hairdresser is like, and in general information for hairdressing in NZ.

To become a hairdresser, there are many skills and qualities that will be needed to excel this career path. Firstly you need to have a lot of patience and time management skills. When dealing with customers you need to be able to remain calm and do your work quickly and efficiently, and deal with busy stressed customers, meaning you have to have patience with them and the work, and be able to achieve the goal quickly and to a high standard so that everyone is happy and people return to the salon. Sometimes people that come in and want a haircut, colouring, etc, will be short of time and want the job done fast, so if you have good time management skills and patience, knowing how to deal well with the customer, everyone will be satisfied with the end result. So in conclusion to the previous statements, time management skills, patience and being able to complete tasks efficiently are key skills required for hairdressing.

For hairdressing, you also need to have good people skills, such as communicating and have good social skills. The reason for this is because the whole job is centered around dealing with customers and people. It’s a social job, and while you are with a customer, you have to be able to talk and communicate with them to make it an enjoyable experience. Being a hairdresser, you will have to deal with all sorts of people. People in rushes, people who are chatty and just in general, a random selection, so in order for it to be a successful job, you should possess good strong social skills and a friendly chatty manner. If you have these skills, then customers will come back to your salon, and thats how you make money, and everyone is happy! So, good communicating skills are essential for being a hairdresser!

To get into hairdressing you have to train for 3-4 years and gain the basic physical skills of hairdressing. You firstly need to be aware of all the health and safety issues and concerns within your job.  You have to take a training course to perfect the basic skills of hairdressing. These include customer service, cutting hair, colouring, chemical services such as perming and straightening, fashion skills (as in what sort of hairstyles people may want), hair-up work, shampooing and blowdrying hair. Once you have those skills down you can apply for a job. Once you have those skills down you can apply for a job.

There a lot of parts in a day of hairdressing and each day varies. Throughout the day, you might have to answer the phone, write down bookings and contacts. You have to cut/colour/wash etc customers hair. Interacting with the customers, possibly dealing with money. Most salons usually open around 9am to 10am, and sometimes can even close at latest 8pm, but it veries. During the weekdays it would be closer to 5pm. Your whole day will change depending on how busy the day is, and how many customers you get. Sometimes you may have to sweep the floors, or clean up around the salon. That basically makes up the day of a hairdresser, and what skills are used in day of work.

That basically concludes a day as a hairdresser, and what the job is about. There are many skills and qualities needed, and a lot more comes into it than originally thought. It’s an intriguing job with many interesting parts.