Potential Career Paths for Licensed Beauty and Barbering Industry Professionals
What can you do with an education from a Paul Mitchell School?
The range of potential beauty and barbering industry careers can be much more than you may imagine. The beauty industry is a vast and growing field. With a range opportunities in cosmetology, barbering, esthetics, and manicuring (nail technology), there are many options for careers in the beauty industry. Learn more about possible career paths in the beauty and barbering industry below.
Potential beauty and barbering industry career paths
Salon, Spa & Barbershop
Are you great with people? Do you enjoy helping them look and feel their best?
Working behind the chair could be a great path for you. Here are some of the most popular behind-the-chair opportunities:
- Hairstylist
- Barber
- Nail Technician / Nail Artist
- Esthetician / Skin Therapist
- Trainer
- Coordinator
- Manager
- Owner
Entertainment
Do you love working as part of a team of creative people?
Help create popular culture! Skilled hairdressers and makeup artists are a key part of every movie and television production. They’re also in demand in these fields:
- Theatre
- Music
- Film
- Television
- Celebrity Clientele
- Fashion
- Photo Shoots
- Runway
- Cruise Ships
Beauty Sales and Distribution
Are you a natural salesperson who loves to share your favorite brands?
Share your passion for great hair, makeup, and salon products, and help salons grow their business in one of these roles:
- Sales Manager
- Customer Service
- Distributor Store Sales
- Distributor Sales Consultant
- Education Manager
- Distribution Center
- Marketing
Beauty and Barbering Schools
Do you love sharing your skills and working with passionate people?
You can help shape the future generation of stylists with a career in our beauty schools in the areas of, but not limited to:
- Admissions and Enrollment
- Instructor / Teacher (Education)
- Operations
- Logistics
- Marketing & Digital Marketing
- Career Services
- Financial Services
- School Director
- Advanced Education Team Member
- and much more!
Check out the current openings at Paul Mitchell Schools.
Beauty Product Companies
Do you want to be part of a beauty brand?
There are hairdressers doing everything from product testing to marketing to hair shows. Positions include, but are not limited to:
- Marketing & Digital Marketing
- Research & Development
- Product Testing
- Education/Shows
- Artistic Teams or Platform Artist
- Media and Production
- Leadership Roles
- Sales
- Business Development Coordinator
- and much more!
*Completion of a program at a Paul Mitchell franchise school does not guarantee employment.
How we can help you start your beauty industry career
At Paul Mitchell Schools, career planning starts as soon as your education does. While it’s up to you to find your niche in the beauty or barbering industry, our career services teams will help support you along the way. Here are a few of the resources, programs, and services we use to help you start your career planning.
Career Services Leader
The Career Services Leader is available to graduates and current students to assist with career planning and facilitates professional development learning and activities in Core, the classroom, and the clinic classroom.
Career Services Events
These events are held throughout the year, so you have many opportunities to meet prospective employers in the beauty and barbering industries. These events include but are not limited to, salon tours, career fairs, hair shows, distributor events, and guest artist days.
Professional Development
Future Professionals’ journey through professional development lessons, mini-classes, and checkpoints through the Core, Adaptive, and Creative phases of learning. Additionally, Connecting to My Future: A Professional Development Guide for Future Beauty and Barbering, our proprietary professional development curriculum, features crucial messages from industry leaders, support for clinic classroom learning, and the foundations of essential skills and financial literacy.
Ready to learn more about our beauty and barbering programs?
Whether your passion lies in cosmetology, barbering, esthetics, nails, makeup, or instructing, your education journey begins at a Paul Mitchell School! Find a location near you to embark on your beauty education adventure.