Works experience

[Tess Warwick]

Hello Geeks!

Got a question ...

I have a works experience kid this week. Now I know this girl from a previous 12 week, one day a week school 'thing. She's bone idle and expects to sit and watch.
I only worked with her (if you can call it that ...) one day.

My question is, what the hell do you do with them? They can't do anything 'hairdressing' so what do you get them to do?

Love to know if anyone else has volunteered for this and what you get them to do ..

[crazybek]

Is it your salon?
If not is your boss aware of this?
We used to take them but the last 3 weve had have caused such a nightmare weve stopped for a minute.
When we had them we would encourage them to be in the salon with us and engage them in as much conversation with clients as we could,just to show them social skills and how to talk to clients.
By the end of the week we would show them and let them shampoo hair (which would normally result in a tip!)so they were engaged as much as possible.

We then would cut their hair or colour if they were allowed if theyd worked well and showed us they were enthusiastic about what they were learning.

Schools dont teach children the neccessary social skills they need when they start working or training at 16 which i feel is a shame,however if we can mentor them a bit and try and make the most of the week theyre with us,at least weve tried x

[BABSann]

Hello Geeks!

Got a question ...

I have a works experience kid this week. Now I know this girl from a previous 12 week, one day a week school 'thing. She's bone idle and expects to sit and watch.
I only worked with her (if you can call it that ...) one day.

My question is, what the hell do you do with them? They can't do anything 'hairdressing' so what do you get them to do?

Love to know if anyone else has volunteered for this and what you get them to do ..
Make the teas and other drinks, take clients coats if they're wearing them. Sweep floors, cleaning, reception duties, preparation of foils( not sure what you call that as I'm not a hairdresser)

Don't let them lounge about, they actually get really bored usually and appreciate being given chores as generally don't have a clue what to do.

I do find some of them you have to repeat what you want from them several times before they seem to get the gist of it.

Hths a little.

[Totallypolish'd]

When I started out as a junior the first few weeks were spent taking coats, making tea/coffee, cleaning the salon correctly, restocking towels, fanning out wraps/sticking easi meche to the highlight trolley, removing hair from brushes/rollers, mixing the colours after they'd been measured, updating record cards. When there was nothing for me to do I'd watch stylists apply tint/highlights as they explained the techniques etc so it didnt look like I was standing around.
Hth! X

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