The Blowout Vol. 5

Hey, you 👋

Back again. This time we're talking about your resume — specifically, how to make it work for you instead of just sitting there looking like everyone else's.

Let's get into it.

Your resume is basically a dating profile. No, really.

Think about it. When you set up a dating profile, you're not writing it for every single person on the app. You're writing it for your person. The one who thinks hiking is a personality trait, or who also stress-watches cooking videos at midnight. You lean into who you actually are, because you're not trying to match with everyone — you're trying to match with the right one.

Your resume works the same way.

A lot of new stylists make this mistake: they try to write the most generic, appealing-to-everyone version of themselves and end up sounding like... nobody. No vibe, no voice, nothing that makes a salon owner think "okay, I need to meet this person."

Here's what actually works: figure out what kind of salon you want, and let your resume reflect that back to them. Into editorial color work and bold transformations? Show that. Looking for a high-end, education-forward environment? Let your certifications and training lead. Obsessed with blonding? Make that the whole personality of your application.

The right salon should read your resume and think "this is exactly who we're looking for." That's the goal. Not "this person is fine." Fine gets ghosted.

Staring at a blank "About Me" section? We fixed that.

Okay real talk, the hardest part of any resume is writing about yourself. Nobody wants to do it. It always comes out either too stiff ("I am a passionate and dedicated beauty professional...") or too vague to mean anything.

That's exactly why we built prompts directly into the SalonJobs Resume Builder to get you unstuck. Things like:

• Built a personal portfolio of [X] transformations shared on Instagram / TikTok
• Earned [brand name] certification at [level] for [color / cutting / styling]
• Attended [brand name] education event covering [blonding / scalp health / texture / business]
• Independently pursued training in [vivids / cutting systems / hair extensions] outside of work

It's all right there. You just fill in your own details and suddenly you have an "About Me" section that actually sounds like a person who knows what they're doing. Pretty neat, right?

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Before you go...

The salons posting right now are actively looking. Not "we might hire someday" looking — actually ready to bring someone on. You're already ahead just by knowing where to find them.

See you in two weeks.