personal shoppertohairdresser
A personal shopper already meets 29% of what the hairdresser role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
29%
71.1/ 100
1 Share of the hairdresser role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the personal shopper profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A hairdresser role treats 6 of its required skills as things a personal shopper already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise on hair style
- communicate with customers
- identify customer's needs
- maintain customer service
- satisfy customers
- stay up-to-date with hair style trends
What stands in the way is 11 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A hairdresser role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a personal shopper background worth leading with.
- already held advise on hair style communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held stay up-to-date with hair style trends information skills
- already held satisfy customers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held offer cosmetic beauty advice communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held maintain professional administration management skills
- already held administer appointments management skills
All 9 carried skills, including the 6 the hairdresser role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 29 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held curl hair required
- required, not held use equipment for hair care required
- required, not held wash hair required
- required, not held dye hair required
- required, not held style hair required
- required, not held work ergonomically required
- optional, not held apply hair cutting techniques optional
- optional, not held help customers with hair problems optional
- optional, not held treat facial hair optional
- optional, not held treat scalp conditions optional
- optional, not held design hair style optional
- required, not held hair required
- required, not held hair colouring required
- required, not held hair products required
- required, not held process payments required
- optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
- optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
- optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
- optional, not held supervise staff optional
- required, not held maintain equipment required
- optional, not held maintain relationship with suppliers optional
- optional, not held organise product display optional
- optional, not held recommend cosmetics to customers optional
- optional, not held sell hair products optional
- optional, not held order supplies optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held maintain wigs optional
- optional, not held maintain work area cleanliness optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a hairdresser role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 curl hair skill · occupation specific
- 02 hair knowledge · sector specific
- 03 use equipment for hair care skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 9 skills that carry over
- already held advise on hair style skill
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held identify customer's needs skill
- already held maintain customer service skill
- already held satisfy customers skill
- already held stay up-to-date with hair style trends skill
- already held administer appointments skill
- already held maintain professional administration skill
- already held offer cosmetic beauty advice skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held monitor stock level optional
18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply hair cutting techniques optional
- optional, not held help customers with hair problems optional
- optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
- optional, not held maintain relationship with suppliers optional
- optional, not held maintain wigs optional
- optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
- optional, not held monitor stock level optional
- optional, not held organise product display optional
- optional, not held recommend cosmetics to customers optional
- optional, not held sell hair products optional
- optional, not held treat facial hair optional
- optional, not held treat scalp conditions optional
- optional, not held design hair style optional
- optional, not held maintain work area cleanliness optional
- optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
- optional, not held order supplies optional
- optional, not held supervise staff optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
21 held skills the hairdresser role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role accompany people skill
- not needed by the target role achieve sales targets skill
- not needed by the target role advise customers on clothing accessories skill
- not needed by the target role advise customers on jewellery and watches skill
- not needed by the target role advise on clothing style skill
- not needed by the target role advise on furniture style skill
- not needed by the target role apply fashion trends to footwear and leather goods skill
- not needed by the target role assess character skill
- not needed by the target role assist clients with special needs skill
- not needed by the target role assist customers skill
- not needed by the target role assist with dressing skill
- not needed by the target role control of expenses skill
- not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
- not needed by the target role implement customer follow-up skill
- not needed by the target role listen actively skill
- not needed by the target role network with store owners skill
- not needed by the target role perform services in a flexible manner skill
- not needed by the target role sales argumentation knowledge
- not needed by the target role teach fashion to clients skill
- not needed by the target role trends in fashion knowledge
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held hair required
- required, not held hair colouring required
- required, not held hair products required
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.