What do they do?
Provide beauty services, such as cutting, coloring, and styling hair, and massaging and treating scalp. May shampoo hair, apply makeup, dress wigs, remove hair, and provide nail and skincare services.
Also known as:
Beautician, Cosmetologist, Hair Designer, Hair Dresser, Hair Stylist, Hairdresser, Hairstylist, Stylist
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- High school diploma equivalent (44%)
- Some college, no degree (32%)
- Associate's degree (12%)
- Bachelor's degree (6%)
- Less than high school diploma (6%)
- Master's degree (1%)
- Doctorate or Professional Degree (<1%)
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People in this career often have these skills:
- Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
People in this career often know a lot about:
- Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Sales and Marketing - Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
People in this career often have talent in:
- Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
- Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
- Finger Dexterity - The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
- Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Originality - The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
- Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Visualization - The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
People in this career often do these activities:
- Clean facilities or work areas.
- Clean tools or equipment.
- Apply solutions to hair for therapeutic or cosmetic purposes.
- Groom wigs or hairpieces.
- Trim client hair.
- Schedule appointments.
- Maintain client information or service records.
- Sell products or services.
- Promote products, services, or programs.
- Demonstrate activity techniques or equipment use.
- Assess skin or hair conditions.
- Train service staff.
- Supervise service workers.
- Administer therapeutic massages.
- Apply cleansing or conditioning agents to client hair, scalp, or skin.
- Operate cash registers.
- Administer basic health care or medical treatments.
- Provide medical or cosmetic advice for clients.
- Set up merchandise displays.
- Order materials, supplies, or equipment.
- Design costumes or cosmetic effects for characters.
- Treat nails by shaping, decorating, or augmenting.
This page includes data from:
Career data: O*NET 28.3 Database
by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (“USDOL/ETA”). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA
Occupation statistics: USDOL U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics
Videos: CareerOneStop, USDOL/ETA and the Minnesota Department of Employment & Economic Development
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