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Can you imagine the man down at the barber shop who cuts your father’s hair performing a Brazilian wax? How about giving manicures and pedicures? The answer is a resounding “no.” Many barbers just want to continue the barber shop tradition and keep the services they offer simple - haircuts and shaves. But in some [...]
Tori Allen is President and CEO of Brainchild Associates, with more than 10 years of experience as a communications professional. She specializes in experiential branding and consumer marketing for businesses and individuals. She has helped numerous clients in the beauty and cosmetology industry. Follow Tori on Twitter @brainchildassoc or visit her Facebook fan page.
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Today’s esthetician enjoys a broad range of esthetics career options in the traditional salon/spa setting, theatrical makeup for stage, or the film industry. Cosmetics companies offer numerous opportunities, from sales and training to management and executive positions. All of these, however, lie outside the scope of this article, which is devoted to career options for estheticians in medical settings.
Two questions should come to mind when considering working as an esthetician in a medical setting: would I like it and would I be good at it? The answers may not be as obvious as you think. Physicians and estheticians may not be that different. The reasons for choosing careers in esthetics or medicine differ in many respects, but they also overlap in more ways than you might think, which makes combining the two a natural choice.
In troubling times, most people feel that their careers could be in jeopardy – but there are a few careers that are not seeing the ax. Cosmetology and beauty careers are among those seeing an increase in demand for skilled professionals.
Some people might feel that spending money on cosmetology services to make them look better [...]
U.S. News and World Report declared hairstyling and cosmetology one of the best careers for 2009. That’s no surprise considering how well being a cosmetologist fits US News’s “Best Career” specifications:
1. Job outlook
2. Average job satisfaction
3. Difficulty of the required training
4. Prestige
5. Pay
Essentially, cosmetology tops the list because it meets the five basic qualifiers: there [...]
