NEW COSMETOLOGY CAREER OPTIONS AVAILABLE AT DESIGNS SCHOOL OF COSMETOLOGY(DSC)!

Great new career opportunities are ahead of you in cosmetology! It’s time to consider cosmetology’s many diverse and creative career avenues. Like any future career option, you will have to work hard at cosmetology, perfecting your skills in customer service as well as a commercial artist. Combined studies and talents in people skills, journalism, management and marketing can make you a specialist within the professional beauty industry. Today, there is a dramatic shortage of hairstylists and salon professionals, offering a unique industry with ‘Zero Unemployment’.

DSC has successfully helped many local high school students as well as numerous former college graduates launch an exciting new career in cosmetology. Many of these students are changing career directions or starting a new mid-life career where they can use their creative, artistic and interpersonal skills.

As we head further into the new 21st century, cosmetology has become a very respected career where the list of opportunities are endless. Here are just a few of your current cosmetology career options:

Salon Owner	School Instructor	Salon Manager
Salon Coordinator	Hairstylists	Esthetician
Nailcare Artists	Image Consultant	Perm Specialist
Haircolor Specialist	Salon Sales Consultant	Manufacturer Sales Representative
Makeup Artist	Director of Education	Distributor’s Sales Representative
Artistic Director	Test Center Manager	Test Center ~ Research Hairstylist
Fashion Show Stylist	Photo and Movie Stylist	Platform Artist / Educator
Beauty Magazine Writer	Beauty Magazine Editor	Cosmetology School Owner
Beautycare Marketing	Salon Franchisee	Salon Chain Management
Beautycare Distributor	Salon Computer Expert	Beautycare PR Specialist
Research Chemist	Beauty Product Designer	Beauty Business Consultant
Trade Show Director	Beauty School Owner	Cosmetic and Fragrance Designer

By research compiled in the most recent 2003 NACCAS Job Demand Survey, cosmetologists have dramatically increased their earning power today with zero unemployment due to the severe shortage of licensed salon professionals. Cosmetology career options for the future are looking beautiful! Based upon a typical 50% commission factor, the average 2002 income for salon professionals was $18.08 per hour while salon owners averaged $24.36 per hour. The corresponding full-time salaries were $48,720 for salon owners and $36,360 for all non-owner salon professionals – inclusive of tips. Today, the professional salon industry continues to offer terrific new employment opportunities to qualified job seekers as hair designers, aestheticians, makeup artists and massage therapists -- to qualified job seekers. Whether it is to launch a new career or to begin a mid-life career change, cosmetology offers many new opportunities. Currently, there are many exciting and positive career options in cosmetology, as American consumer’s needs and demands rapidly rise for professional image-oriented and relaxing hair, skin, nail and spa services.
For a free career counseling session and further information on an exciting new career in cosmetology, contact further information, contact Sharon Skinner, owner of Designs School of Cosmetology at 805-237-8575. You may also contact the National Accrediting Commission of Cosmetology Arts & Sciences is headquartered at 4401 Ford Avenue ~ Suite 1300, Alexandria, VA 22302 USA, 703-600-7600 or visit their website at www.naccas.org.