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Start Your Cosmetology Career after Beauty School with a Great Salon Job Interview

Published: December 03, 2007
by Rosanne Ullman

If you want to start your cosmetology career working at a salon after you graduate from beauty school, you’ll have a lot of options because salons always need great people. The trick is how to truly become, not just appear to be, one of the great people they need.
Cosmetology Career in a Salon after Beauty School

Cosmetology Career in a Salon after Beauty School

At the interview, draw on what you learned in your cosmetology classes. Be prepared with stories from your studies that illustrate how passionate you are about your chosen cosmetology career. Be cheerful, and be helpful. One spa owner told me she purposely drops a pencil on the floor during every interview with employment candidates. If the applicant immediately reaches to pick up the pencil for her, she knows that person has the right instincts to deliver top customer service. It’s a subtle test that a lot of applicants fail.

Dress more professionally than you think you need to, and don’t show much skin but do try to let your own sense of style shine through. Read the salon’s entire website before you get there, and carry a list of questions that are not addressed on the site. The major question you should ask is how much opportunity for growth you’ll have, not how much money you’ll make or how much time off you can take. Show an interest in advanced beauty education, serious challenge and hard work. That’s what every employer is looking for.