5 Things NOT To Do In a Job Interview After Beauty School

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5 Things NOT To Do In a Job Interview After Beauty School

Published: September 03, 2008
by Rosanne Ullman

The year that you attend beauty school will fly by, so I like to prepare you for what will come next: the job. Some of you probably are already job hunting so you’ll have cash while attending cosmetology school and, by the

way, I repeat an earlier suggestion to go for a salon receptionist position.

The other day I was listening to Chicago-area talk radio, so here’s a shout-out to the DreX in the Morning show on 103.5 KISS-FM, which is where I heard callers talk about mistakes job applicants have made. Five tips I noted:
1. Don’t dress too casually. The caller remembered a candidate whose thong underwear rose above her pants.
2. Don’t forget your manners. Someone recalled an applicant who threw his gum into the wastebasket—from the whole way across the room!
3. Don’t arrive on the dot: “on time” is the new “late.” It’s more professional to arrive about 10 minutes ahead of your interview appointment.
4. Don’t list your chief reason for wanting to work there as “it’s just seconds from my house.” Instead, mention something special about the company that fits with your talents or personality.
5. Don’t leave home without knowing what’s available about you on the Internet. Check out an article I wrote for firstchair.com called, “What Does Your Online Portfolio Say About You?”

Once you have a beauty school degree, you will be considered a professional. Think of yourself that way, and you’ll start acting like it!