Newly trained, looking for work

[Nailed-it]

Hi all, I'm new to this but I love all the different opinions people give/get so was hoping maybe some people could help advise me as well! I'm 20 years old and just finished doing a Nail tech certification course. I live in a very small city on Vancouver island, BC. There is not many places here looking to hire new technicians at the moment. I tried working out of my house for a little bit but could not get the amount of clients I need, along with medical and financial restrictions, I am needing to rethink some things. So I am now starting to look for a job in a salon but am finding they all want more experience, am not sure how to get the experience if I can't get hired anywhere? So I was thinking should I try maybe asking If I could do an apprenticeship with them? I still need to improve on many things so I'm hoping that someone would be open to this, I love doing nails and don't want to stop anytime soon. So does anyone have any experience or opinions on this?
Thank you for taking the time to read this!

 

[EmmaLF]

Highly highly recommend getting some experience by doing this. I found it hard to find a job fresh out of college. I started an internship and was so nervous doing anything I had no confidence. Fast forward a few months and I was flying it. I was confident in my treatments and dealing with clients. I finished it and found a job in a salon and now I'm starting my own business on the side. I worked for nothing for 9months but its the best thing I ever did. If you can't afford to work for nothing, try to get a part time job somewhere else (store,restaurant etc) and see if you can get some work experience in a salon for the other days.

 

[Nailed-it]

Thanks I will have to try that! It would be great to get more confident at everything, Hopefully it works out

 

[Nailed-it]

I would love to hear other peoples stories if they have experience with this as well