Hairstylists serve as some clients’ confidante and therapist as well as their stylist (Career Thoughts). While they’re clipping hair and mixing dyes, stylists are forming bonds with their clients as they discuss their lives and jobs. Anyone who’s experienced an awkwardly silent haircut knows how strange it is to be inches from the person holding the scissors and looking at you in the mirror, and yet you have nothing to say to each other for the full hour. Without proper communication and conversation, trips to the hairstylist could be total disasters. Learning to talk on the job helps a stylist build relationships with people, establish the types of styles they prefer and dislike, earn more tips, and ultimately, establish a larger client base. Having a way with words also helps the hairdresser who might have to advise against certain colors and cuts. Perhaps most important for the stylist is the ability to communicate what he or she will be doing to the
Hairstylists serve as some clients’ confidante and therapist as well as their stylist (Career Thoughts). While they’re clipping hair and mixing dyes, stylists are forming bonds with their clients as they discuss their lives and jobs. Anyone who’s experienced an awkwardly silent haircut knows how strange it is to be inches from the person holding the scissors and looking at you in the mirror, and yet you have nothing to say to each other for the full hour. Without proper communication and conversation, trips to the hairstylist could be total disasters. Learning to talk on the job helps a stylist build relationships with people, establish the types of styles they prefer and dislike, earn more tips, and ultimately, establish a larger client base. Having a way with words also helps the hairdresser who might have to advise against certain colors and cuts. Perhaps most important for the stylist is the ability to communicate what he or she will be doing to the