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Hairdresser / Hairstylist
Role & responsibilities
Consults on styles, cuts and colors hair, provides treatments, and ensures a hygienic, customer-focused salon experience.
Key strengths
- Customer service26% (Job)
- Creativity22% (Job)
- Safety awareness18% (Job)
- Communication18% (Job)
- Attention to detail16% (Job)
What this means for you
- Creativity – Applies creativity to solve role-specific challenges effectively.
- Safety awareness – Maintains clean, safe, and hygienic working practices for clients.
- Customer service – Applies customer service to solve role-specific challenges effectively.
Typical tasks
- Consult with clients to recommend cuts, color, and treatments.
- Maintain sanitation standards and manage appointment scheduling.
- Perform haircuts, styling, coloring, and finishing services.
Daily work
- Wraps up by tracking progress, documenting decisions, and planning the next iteration or handoff.
- Spends the core hours executing deliverables, collaborating with partners to unblock work and keep momentum.
- Starts the day reviewing priorities, stakeholder requests, and risks related to the Hairdresser / Hairstylist role.
Education & entry routes
Helpful but not mandatory
- Small business management course for salons
- Advanced coloring techniques workshop
Alternative pathways
- Salon Manager
- Barber
- Makeup Artist
Work environment
- Team size
- Small salon teams
- Typical employers
- Salons, spas, freelance or mobile services
- People contact
- High one-on-one interaction with clients
- Stress level
- Moderate during busy appointment periods
- Working hours
- Flexible hours including evenings and weekends
Entry & progression
Common entry roles
- Junior Hairdresser / Hairstylist
- Hairdresser / Hairstylist Intern
Next career steps
- Lead Hairdresser / Hairstylist
- Senior Hairdresser / Hairstylist