Dear Lil,
I’m 23 years old and looking to change my career path. I went to college for a few years, but didn’t find anything interesting and I didn’t graduate. I’ve been waiting tables for the past few years, but I’m just not happy knowing that I have just a job and not a career.
I’ve always been interested in hair and nails and my friends look to me for hairstyle advice. I’d like to get my cosmetology license and own my own salon someday but I’m scared that I might be making the wrong decision. With the rumors of the potential consequences of House Bill 1006, I’m starting to second guess my decision! I’m afraid to spend what little I have in savings on cosmetology school, only to end up making less money than I did when I was waiting tables. Should I give up on this dream and try to find something else I might be good at?
Please help,
Jennifer
Dear Jennifer,
I can understand your confusion and fear! This House Bill 1006 is getting huge amounts of attention and lots of stylists are up in arms over the possibility of de-regulating their industry.
Jennifer, you should be proud of yourself for making the decision to pursue your dreams! Life is just not worth the hassle if you can’t live your dreams to the fullest. I say get out there and make it happen! This bill hasn’t passed yet, and you need to learn the trade in order to be a skilled professional. Learning how to cut hair with a Flo-bee isn’t what I’d call a trained professional. It takes lots of talent and dedication to be a hair stylist and I for one would never want an unlicensed person working on my coif!
Enroll tomorrow if you can, and get in there quick! If you take classes now and receive your certification even if the bill passes, you will have the knowledge and expertise to do the job of your dreams with safety and precision.
Love and Kisses,
Lil ïŠ
Training will always put you above others who have not advanced their career. Quality beauty shops will still prefer trained over the untrained. Once you get in the door, your skills, not just training, will advance your career.
There are many career fields where this is true. Computer companies are not forced by law to hire trained techs. Computer companies could hire untrained new employees cheaply and train them themselves. But instead, they expect new employees to have training before they get hired. If this works for computer techs, it will work for beauty shops.
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