Hairdresser CV example

A hairdresser or barber CV should show what you can do in the chair, how many clients you see and how many come back, and your qualification level. Link to your work on social media or a portfolio, and name the techniques and colour brands you are trained in.

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Jade Carter

Senior Stylist

Liverpool · 07700 900172 · jade.carter@example.com · instagram.com/jadecarterhair.example

Profile

Senior stylist with eight years in city-centre salons, specialising in colour, balayage and precision cutting. Sees about 30 clients a week with a 75% rebooking rate, trains juniors and keeps the column full on social media. Looking for a senior stylist or salon manager role.

Experience

Senior Stylist Bold Street Hair Studio, Liverpool · 2022–present

See about 30 clients a week for cuts, colour, balayage and bridal styling.

Keep a 75% rebooking rate and grow the column through social media posts of finished work.

Train two junior stylists in colour application and consultations.

Run patch and strand tests and keep colour records for every client.

Stylist, then Junior Mersey Cuts, Liverpool · 2018–2022

Washed, blow-dried and assisted, then built a personal client list as a stylist.

Qualifications

Creative Hair Professional Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship 2021

Level 2 Hairdressing Professional 2019

Balayage and colour correction courses 2023 and 2025

Skills

Colour, balayage and colour correction

Precision and textured cutting

Consultations and patch tests

Retail and rebooking

Fictional example for a hairdresser. Every person and employer in it is invented. Replace every detail with your own.

What salons look for, and where this CV shows it

The job asks you to	Where this CV shows it
Talk to customers and discuss styling ideas	Consultations for about 30 clients a week
Wash, cut and style hair	Cuts, blow-dries and bridal styling
Apply colours, tints, braids and hair extensions	Colour and balayage, with patch and strand tests
Order stock, take payments and make appointments	Rebooking clients, with a 75% rebooking rate

The left column follows the National Careers Service job profile for a hairdresser. If the advert you are answering describes a duty in other words, use its words for work you have actually done.

Inside this example

Profile: 45 words here
Experience: 87 words here
Qualifications: 24 words here
Skills: 20 words here

How to write yours

Give clients and rebooking

Clients a week and the rebooking rate are how salons judge a stylist's following. Use your real figures.

Link your work

A social media or portfolio link in the header lets a salon owner see your cuts and colour before the trade test.

Name techniques and courses

Balayage, colour correction, barbering and extensions are separate skills. List the ones you are trained in, with the year.

Show training others

Training juniors shows you are ready for a senior or manager role.

Checks and qualifications to mention

Qualifications. The National Careers Service names the Hairdressing Professional and Barbering Professional Level 2 and Creative Hair Professional Level 3 apprenticeships, which take one to two years. Give your level and year.
Trade test. Salons usually ask you to cut or colour a model at interview. Be ready to show the techniques your CV lists.
Self-employed or chair rental. If you rent a chair, list it like a job with the salon name and dates, and say you are self-employed.

One page. The Creative header suits salons; keep your portfolio link in it so it is the first thing a salon owner can click.

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