Beauty School Grad Krissy Goes Job Hunting

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Beauty School Grad Krissy Goes Job Hunting

Published: March 06, 2009
by Rosanne Ullman

Krissy’s back! After we finished chronicling her beauty school experience here on the blog, I missed my girl! So I caught up with Krissy Simmons and am thrilled to report that she’s putting her cosmetology school training to the best use—making

money!

“When I started cosmetology school, I automatically started thinking in the back of my head about where I might want to work,” Krissy says. “My cousin was a hairstylist at a higher end, very prestigious salon, where she had a stable position. But I knew I didn’t want to start off in a salon like that. I would rather build up my talents in a smaller, corporate type of salon.” As her graduation date approached, Krissy started calling around to salons to explore opportunities to be an intern or assistant.

“I applied at three salons,” continues Krissy, who began interviewing before she graduated from beauty school. “The first interview was pretty intense, as I’d never interviewed with a salon before. It was with a smaller, private salon, where the owner needed an assistant. The interview went very well. However, the owner wanted someone who was really passionate, and she didn’t like the fact that I was in school part-time for nursing. I explained that just because I was in nursing school didn’t mean that I didn’t have a passion for hair.” The owner must have been skeptical, because Krissy didn’t get that job. Interviews at two other salons had better results, as you’ll see in a future blog.