To become a hairdresser, you need to be a very special person. You will need to have a unique combination of skills and will also require a great deal of training. To be a competent hairdresser you will have to possess an almost unrivalled level of ability in a vast array of skills.

You will have to be an excellent communicator. Not only with your friends and people you know well, but with people from every age group, social background, ethnic background, occupation and gender.

• You should have a degree of artistic skill and flair.
• You will have to learn basic rules of chemistry, physics, anatomy, biology, physiology and mathematics.
• You will need a high degree of physical stamina.
• You should be highly dexterous.
• Your personality should be vibrant, sparkling, strong and interesting.
• You should be diplomatic, sympathetic, and have the ability to listen and communicate.
• You will have to be prepared to undertake a long initial training and then go on to learning for the rest of your working life.

To find all of these qualities in a single individual is very difficult and that is why good hairdressers are unique.

Unique skills should be rewarded. The pay while training may be low, but it is often enhanced with tips and gratuities from clients. Once you qualify as a graduate stylist your pay will increase and further income can be made in the form of commission. Stylists in top salons and those who progress to supervisory or management positions will earn even more.

In addition, as a qualified hairdresser with further training and experience, there are further opportunities to diversify into other hairdressing related occupations. Some are in teaching and training which attract high salaries and benefits.

Job satisfaction is a payment that can never be quantified. You will be working in a fast-moving, ever-changing fashion industry. Hairdressers love their work and gain enormous pleasure working with the public to enhance their well-being. As a hairdresser you will have skills that will ensure job mobility, both in the salon and out in the rest of the world.

Hairdressing as an industry will be here forever; it has an amazing product. But most importantly, in today's society with job losses and failing industries, the product that hairdressers produce and the skills they have will never go away.

Jon's Model School runs every Wednesday from 2pm until 7pm.

We have students at all training levels. We welcome new trainees, from the age of fourteen, to come along to our training sessions in the evening, and from these we choose our Saturday staff. During these weeks the students have the chance to decide if this is the career for them, before they leave school. It also enables us to employ committed staff at the age of sixteen to work with us in our salon, full-time, were they will continue their training as assistants, progressing to colour technicians and then stylists. Our trainees and models have a lot of fun, there is always a happy, buzzing atmosphere!

If you would like to be a part of this and join our team, please telephone: 01905 26341

We would like to invite you to be a model at our salon. We use quality products and our latest equipment.