Your Career in Esthetics: A Few Keys to Success for Those Just Starting Out in the Beauty and Spa Industries

If you are just starting out in the esthetics business you may be wondering what tips those who have been in the business for a while can pass on. You may have entered the field excited at the prospect of working in a resort spa or a luxurious day spa. Perhaps you had an interest in the medical field but didn’t want to go the nursing route, so the medical spa environment appealed to you. Or perhaps the idea of flexibility in work schedules, setting your own hours and mastering your own destiny got you hooked. Perhaps you just wanted to help people and saw helping with skin care problems as a good way to contribute. Whatever originally drew you toward a career as an aesthetician it is very likely that your experience in the first few months as a practitioner has differed from your original ideas. Here are a few tips for those thinking about getting into the business.

First, know what you are getting into before you jump in. Many aestheticians in training are surprised that their pay rates are low in the beginning. But in the beginning an aesthetician is learning, building skills. In effect, planting seeds for future success. A new aesthetician can expect to put in some long hours and at first they will be for low pay. However, like the farmer planning his crop, the rewards will come later when the career ripens like the harvest.

Bur sure to plan your career. Make a road map for your success. Decide where you want to be in six months, one year, five years and ten years. Plan your work and work your plan. If you want to work in a day spa, or a resort spa, a medical spa or to have a private practice then do what is necessary to reach your goals. Get continuing education. Enhance your skills. Go to the professional conventions and get better at your trade. And be sure to stick with employers long enough to do them justice, learn from them and avoid the job hopper label. If you work at three different spas in a one year time, you are a job hopper and many places will not consider you stable, so finding a job may become difficult down the road.

Remember always that you are a professional, but you are a student of life as well and will need to continue to enhance your skills. Make goals and stick with them and you will arrive at your destination.