Tips to Craft Your Beauty Resume

Polish Your Glamorous Resume

We often find clients drafting their resumes need a little direction when it comes to the placement of information in the document. Understandably so, after all, what is the difference between highlights of qualifications, transferable skills, and technical skills?

Creating your resume is easy once you understand the difference between these categories.

Highlights of Qualifications

Like movie highlights show the best parts of a movie, your resume highlights your top achievements. This category is where you put any experiences that make you stand out. For example, a Hairstylist that wants to highlight their impressive amount of experience might say, “Licensed Hairstylist with 15+ years of experience in high-end salons.”

On the other hand, a Hairstylist with less experience cutting hair but very skillful in selling product might say, “Recognized for increasing retail product sales by 40% through personalized recommendations.”

Transferable Skills

In the beauty industry, transferable skills are soft skills that apply across various roles in salons, spas, retail, or freelance beauty work. In other words, these skills are useful regardless of the environment/job setting.

A common example that are very valuable in the beauty industry include Customer Service skills. This is the ability to build trust with clients. Examples include learning the name, story, and preferences of each client.

Another common example is Time Management. Arriving to work and starting the appointment on time shows the client respect. The ability to manage appointments efficiently is very important in the beauty industry.

Technical Skills

Technical skills are specific, hands-on skills and certifications relevant to beauty services. Depending on the type of resume you choose, technical skills can be placed under the “education” category, or can be placed in a category of its own.

Examples include Haircutting and colouring techniques, Skincare treatments (facials, dermaplaning, chemical peels) etc.

While product knowledge is not technical in nature, it is considered a technical skill as it is a job-specific and individuals often receive training in specific product lines. Examples include Dermalogica, Matrix, etc.

Another example of technical skills includes the use of equipment such as microcurrent devices, and the correct disposal of waste materials, such as dermaplaning blades.

Good luck!

EXECUTIVE SPA GROUP