Cosmetology Career Offers Flextime Options

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Cosmetology Career Offers Flextime Options

Published: November 22, 2008
by Rosanne Ullman

One of a cosmetology career’s many benefits is that flextime is part of the deal. While your friends work

ing in offices must show up for a 9-to-5 type of schedule and those in retail or food service have shifts dictated by their supervisors, after you’ve been out of beauty school for a few years you can pretty much set your own hours. You’ll either lease space as an independent contractor, which means you’ll work for yourself, or you’ll be on staff at a salon, where typically you can arrange a schedule that suits your life. Maybe you want to be home in time to greet your kids from school, you’d rather work busy Saturdays in return for having Tuesdays off or you prefer to work four long days a week.

A short piece on NPR radio discusses how so many companies continue to have difficulty wrapping their heads around flextime even though the policy has proved to keep valuable employees. For cosmetologists, though, it’s just business as usual. In fact, did you know that flextime was first introduced by a salon owner? Her name was Martha Matilda Harper, and she figured out the advantages of flextime more than 100 years ago!

Your life and needs change from year to year, and having control over your career and the hours you work takes a huge burden off your mind. Whatever comes along, you can shape your cosmetology career to fit snugly into your lifestyle.