my name is Janette man Eric I'm a
hairdresser I've been doing this for 10
years as a hairdresser I do haircuts I
do hair color I service men women
children brides bridesmaids and hair for
editorial work which means for magazines
to be a hairdresser it's important to be
able to multitask you have to be
detail-oriented have an artistic eye
understanding how color works right out
of high school I went to hair school I
knew that this is what I always want
introduced so by the time I was 19 years
old I was already finished some people
that I also work with not only my
clientele is the front desk there's a
sales rep that works not in the salon
but they get products for you also the
salon owner and my coworkers we do work
together but we don't really rely on
each other to make money but we do want
to keep a good atmosphere in the salon
one of the hard truths about this
industry is that it takes a long time to
get where you ultimately would want to
be there's no way that you would ever
get out of school and immediately start
making a lot of money some important
skills that you need to have to be able
to be a good hairdresser is people
skills customer service skills you have
to be able to stand on your feet for a
long time and be okay with that and also
have money skills just because you get a
lot of tips and money that comes
directly to you and the people skills is
actually sometimes more important than
your skill level because you could be
the best hairdresser but if you are not
personable then you won't be able to
retain a clientele what I would say to
someone wanting to get into industry is
that one it's not a nine-to-five job yes
it can be eventually but when you're
first starting out you're going to work
long days and early mornings you're
going to work every Saturday and the
other thing is that you have to be able
to get along with a lot of different
personalities because in the hair
industry there are a lot of different
personalities the best part of my day as
a hairdresser is when I get off work and
I realized I worked all day I didn't eat
I didn't sit down and I didn't even
notice