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Hairdresser Resume Example: Full CV, Skills and Portfolio

A hairdresser resume needs more than a list of cuts and colours. Explain your service specialities, client consultations, salon responsibilities and relevant training. The example below shows how those details fit together without promising that a particular template will get you hired.

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Complete hairdresser resume example

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Jamie Taylor

hairdresser

City, country · [email protected] · your phone number

Professional summary

Hairdresser with five years of salon experience in cutting, colour consultations and appointment planning. Focused on explaining achievable results, recording client preferences and maintaining an organised workstation. Supports junior colleagues with consultations and salon routines.

Work experience

Hairdresser

Example Studio Salon · 2023–present

• Provide cutting and colour services following consultations about maintenance, preferences and previous treatments.
• Maintain client service notes and product records so returning appointments have a clear history.
• Helped two junior colleagues practise consultation questions and prepare workstations under the salon's training process.

Junior Stylist

Example High Street Salon · 2021–2023

• Supported senior stylists with appointment preparation, washing, styling and workstation cleaning.
• Developed cutting and colouring skills through supervised practice and documented training sessions.
• Helped reception confirm appointments and explain the time needed for booked services.

Education and training

• Hairdressing training programme — Example Training College, 2021
• Further training: colour consultation and colour correction — Example Salon Academy, 2024

Relevant skills

Client consultations · Cutting and styling · Colour-service planning · Client records · Appointment coordination · Salon hygiene routines

Portfolio and credentials

Portfolio: your-portfolio.example — selected work shared with client permission. Add your actual licence or qualification name, issuing authority and validity where required; do not copy a fictional credential.

How to adapt this example to your application

1. Choose portfolio examples that match the salon's services. Explain what you did personally and obtain permission before showing identifiable client photos.
2. Include a retention or rebooking figure only when it comes from records you can explain. State the period and definition, not an unexplained percentage.
3. Identify the qualifications and permissions relevant to the place where you will work. Requirements differ by jurisdiction; a course completion is not automatically a professional licence.

Turn a duty into useful evidence

This shows a specific client-care process. Add a genuine measured result if you have one, but a precise description is better than fabricated revenue or rebooking numbers.

Applying for your first hairdresser job?

Lead with your completed training, supervised practice and the services you can honestly perform. A short, well-labelled portfolio can demonstrate progress. Keep apprentice responsibilities distinct from services performed independently.

Newly trained hairdresser with supervised salon-placement experience in consultations, blow-drying and workstation preparation. Maintains clear service notes and a small portfolio of training work. Seeking a junior role with structured development.

Use this wording only where it accurately describes you. A course exercise, placement or volunteer role should be labelled as such, not presented as paid professional experience.

Final checks before you apply

• Make your portfolio link usable without requiring access to a private account.
• Distinguish work you completed independently from assisted or supervised work.
• Check that qualifications and any required licence information are current.
• Open your exported file and check that you can select and copy its text in the correct reading order. Follow the vacancy's requested file format.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need a photo on my hairdresser CV?

A headshot is not the same as a portfolio. Follow the employer's instructions and local application conventions; use a separate portfolio link to demonstrate your work.

Should I list a personal social-media account?

Only if it functions as an appropriate professional portfolio. Check the public content, captions and client permissions before including it.

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