Hairdressers, Hairstylists, & Cosmetologists

Provide beauty services, such as cutting, coloring, and styling hair, and massaging and treating scalp. May shampoo hair, apply makeup, dress wigs, remove hair, and provide nail and skincare services.

On the job, you would:

• Keep work stations clean and sanitize tools, such as scissors and combs.
• Bleach, dye, or tint hair, using applicator or brush.
• Cut, trim and shape hair or hairpieces, based on customers' instructions, hair type, and facial features, using clippers, scissors, trimmers and razors.

Education

• certificate after high school
• high school diploma/GED

Business

• customer service
• sales and marketing

Education and Training

• teaching and course design

Basic Skills

• listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
• talking to others

Social

• looking for ways to help people
• understanding people's reactions

Problem Solving

• noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Realistic

People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.

• Attention to Detail
• Self Control
• Cooperation
• Dependability
• Adaptability/Flexibility
• Independence

Hand and Finger Use

• hold or move items with your hands
• keep your arm or hand steady

Verbal

• communicate by speaking
• listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

• create new and original ideas
• come up with lots of ideas