Page 10 Section II Portland Observer, May 26, 1983
A hairdresser job is not just sim
ply dressing hair. The cosmetologist
has many roles. They are part o f a
multi-billion dollar industry.
Besides being highly trained in a
va riety o f beauty services, these
w ould include h air c o lo rin g , hair
co n d itio n in g , perm anent w aving,
h airculting, hair styling, m anicur
ing, facial massage, and m ake-up;
you also know how to deal effective
ly w ith the public. Since you are a
beauty professional, you are not so
much selling services as you are ad
vising your clients on what is best
for them to im prove their appear
ance. You are, so to speak a
‘ 'beauty doctor.”
I f you become a salon owner or
m anager, you must also become
w ell versed in business practices.
H ow to buy most ec o n o m ica lly,
how to m ain tain accurate records
and how to get and keep loyal em
ployees— these w ill be part o f your
required abilities. Hairdressers with
outstanding talent are o ften asked
to become p la tfo rm artists. H ere
agían, you must widen your skills
and take the necessary train ing to
become a public speaker or at least a
very good dem onstrator. Talented
persons are also called upon by
magazines to do hair style and what
are know n as technicals, detailed
procedures or p ro fession al tech
niques such as c u ttin g , co lo rin g ,
conditioning, and permanent wav
ing. This means you must know how
to work in front o f a camera or for a
camera. You should also be able to
artic u la te the h o w ’ s and w hy's o f
what you are doing. The entertain
ment industry, theatre, film s, and
television, the w orld o f couturiers
and fashion, the big hair color and
cosmetics m a n u fa c tu re rs , the
beauty publications for the profes
ión and fo r the p u b lic — all these
huge comm ercial activities require
the artistry o f the professional hair
dresser and cosmetologist. It is ob
vious that the o p p o rtu n itie s are
highly rewarding. But how far you
go and how much money you make
depends on you. Some hairdressers
never make more than a modest in
com e, and not in fre q u e n tly they
Saundra Aaron w ith her customer at "Moniques".
(Photo; Richard J. Brown)
prefer it that way. Some attitudes
might be: “ I don’t want the respon
sibility o f running a salon.” “ I like
living in a sm all co m m u n ity and
serving the women I kn o w ,” “ I en
joy my work but I like a c o m fo rt
able, easygoing sched ule.” O r
another hairdresser m ight say: “ I
have a small salon— just two other
operators and m yself. It's big
enough: I m ake an a ttra c tiv e in
come, there's no strain, no pressure.
I'm happy just as I am .”
These are some o f the viewpoints
and certainly they are valid ones—
that usually m ilitate against one's
ever attaining a large salary or high
profits.
One o f the attractio ns o f a hair
dressing carreer— and this is im port
an t— is that you can be as small as
you like or as big as your talent and
im ag in a tio n w ill a llo w . A n o th e r
plus for beauty culture as a career is
that no discrim ination exists as to
age, sex, color, or creed. Any man
or woman, regardless o f age, can go
to a beauty school, put in the re
quired num ber o f hours and
eventually a fte r passing the State
Board Examination, get a license to
practice. This presupposes o f course
that the person has the academ ic
background required by the state; in
most states it is quite modest. M en
and women are equally welcome in
this fie ld . Statistics no doubt w ill
show that m any m ore w om en are
practicing hairdressers; at the same
time another set o f statistics w ill in
dicate that o f the world's most out
standing stylists, the m a jo rity are
men. The color o f the skin is o f m i
nute significance in the w o rld o f
hairdressing. M any black hair dres
sers, o f course, open salons in pre
d o m in a n tly black co m m un ities.
M an y beauty shops, how ever, are
com pletely in te g rated , b oth as to
personnel and the clients they serve.
Taste, talent and p erson ality—
perhaps m ore than in most vo ca
tions— are the determ ining factors
in a hairdresser cosmetologist's de
sirability to employers and client!
clients.
Student opportunities with Corps
The Army Corps o f Engineers is
(he world's largest engineering or
ganization. The Corps is engaged
worldwide in the design and opera
tion o f dams and reservoirs for elec
tricity, flood control, irrigation,
recreation and maintenance o f
rivers and harbors for navigation.
Under the direction o f the Depart
ment o f the Arm y, the Corps
operates 41 districts in (he U.S. and
abroad with approximately 4$,000
employees.
Summer Aid Program
The summer aid program is
intended to help 16 and above who
desire summer employment to earn
money, develop good work habits
and gain valuable people work ex
perience to be used on future jobs.
Job duties and the number of posi
tions available vary with each
project location. Responsibilities
may include jobs such as clerk
typist, tour guide, engineering aid,
surveying and drafting aids, trades
helper and computer aid. I f you
need summer employment and meet
the economic need criteria, there
may be a job for you with the Corps.
Stay-In School Program
The stay-in-school program pro
vides employment for students
during the academic year. Students
are allowed to work up to 20 hours
per week with the work hours fitted
to their school schedule. M aintain
ing good grades is required. Stu
dents applying for these positions
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Government
Government service is one o f the
nation's
largest
fields
of
employment— about one out o f six
civilian
workers.
Government
workers also make up a significant
portion o f each State's workforce.
Forty per cent of government
workers are in education. Others are
in the military and international
fields— administrators,
clerical
workers,
scientists,
engineers,
technicians,
craft
and
manuel
workers. They work in offices,
laboratories,
hospitals,
military
bases, and schools. Many are in fire
protectin, welfare, social services
and community development.
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sales
Cosmetologists
must meet the economic need criteria
also.
Enginsersin-Trainlng Program
(EITI
The graduate engineer entering
the E IT Program will embark on a
12-month rotational program o f
training and orientation to include:
planning, operations, and facilities
engineering. Other assignments in
clude engineering design, field con
struction, maintenance and include
orientation in Navigation Division
and two weeks in the Data Process
ing Center where they become fa
miliar with the District's computer
system.
Tom
Hopkins, internationally
known
trainer
o f professional
salespeople and author, will present
“ Selling and Persuasion: Your Keys
to Success in the 80s" on June 2nd
from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the
Multnom ah County Expo Center.
The seminar is designed for those
who are involved or plan to be
involved in any type o f sales.
The seminar will teach, among
other subjects, how to be a sales
champion, six steps in controlling a
prospect,
persuasion
through
emotion, how to answer objections
and a step-by-step method for
closing sales.
Hopkins has trained over 700,000
salespersons throughout the U .S .,
Canada and otehr nations. H E is the
author o f “ H ow to Master the Art
o f Selling” . His audio and video
cassette tape training systems are
used by over a million persons each
day and over 33,000 corporations
utilize one o f his sales training
programs.
Advance registration is suggested
for seating is limited. Call 243-3323
for information.
The U .S. Postal Service is the most visible o f government
services— visiting homes and offices daily.
Eighty per cent o f the employees are in mail processing occupations, but
the postal serivee also employees workers in maintenance and repair,
personnel, admistration and clerical jobs.
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Professions Utilized
Engineering: The Corps utilizes
Civil, Mechanical, and Electrical
Engineers. The basic requirements
at all levels is a bachelor's (4 year)
degree in engineering.
Accounting:
Individuals
who
have ccompleted 24 semester hours
or 36 quarter hours in accounting
qualify for positions in the Corps
Audit Office.
Engineering technician: To qualify
for positions in our Engineering
Technician Series, as a minimum
must be a high school graduate or
individuals possess a General Edu
cation Development High School
Equivalency Certificate. Courses in
engineering or engineering tech
nology,
construction,
physics,
drafting and surveying would all be
applicable.
Computer operator: T o qualify
for positions in our Computer
Operator Career Field, individuals
must possess a high school diploma
or General Education Development
High School Equivalency C e rtifi
cate. Applicable experience in
cludes: ability to operate electric
accounting machines, clerical ex
perience, ability to operate office
business machines (such as card
punch verifiers, etc).
The Cooperative Education
Program
The Cooperative Education Pro
gram is a long-established program
which recruits, hires and develops
students in administrative, technical
and managerial career fields. A Co
operative Education Program is
built around alternating periods of
academic study at a university or 2-
year college. The student must be
After graduation from Andrew
Jackson High School In June
1M2, Mamatha Lawrence began
work as a Summer-Aid for the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Personnel Office. She Is contin
uing her education at Portland
Community College In Buslnees
Administration with an Ac
counting major. Shs then was
transferred to the Finance and
Accounting Branch under the
8tay-ln-School Program. Merna
the Is currently working part-
time while attending school full
time. Eventually she will com
plete college and become a Cer
tified
Public
Accountant
(C.P.A.j.
registered at an institution o f higher
education and be pursuing studies in
a related career field. Career fields
for which students are currently
being considered are: ( I ) personnel
management, (2) automatic data
processing, (3) engineering, (4) sur
veying, (5) accounting, (6) budget
analysis, (7) procurement. Co-op
students will be appointed by the
agency into the Excepted Service
and are considered employees of
that agency during their cooperative
education-training program.
For further inform ation contact
Personnel, M ary Ann Cox, E IT
Program Coordinator, 221-6971 or
Ismael Villastrigo, Stay-in-school
Program, Summer Aid Program
and Cooperative Education Pro
gram Coordinator, 221-6963.
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