Hey,
How have you been girls? Me, really good! I am now on my first vacation in three years. Well deserved vacations. I must say I've worked really hard at least the past two years to be in the position that I am in now.
I've mention here and there in some of my blog posts that I work in a hair salon slash hair boutique but without giving any details or anything. I don't really know why I never gave any details it's not like it's irrelevant. I won't mention the name of the hair salon because anyways it is really easy to find and also the fact that it is a chain but all owned by the same person. I am a receptionist slash hair consultant. I take care of the appointment for the hair salon and I sell hair products in the boutique.
When I started there I didn't have any experience. The only related job I had was the L'Oréal wharehouse sale and let me tell you this job is not really an experience. It can get pretty crazy in there. All I had to do is fill up the shelves, tidy them and kind of supervise your area. I barely had any interactions with the clients because they would just come in grab whatever they needed and leave. The funny thing is this is what gave me an interview for the job that I have now.
When I sent my CV to the company, the wife of the boss liked the fact that I somehow worked for L'Oréal. When I went to the interview, the manager of the hair salon liked me on the spot. I got a trial the next day and hired the same day.
At first, I didn't really know what to think of it. Everyting was just so new to me and I must say a bit intimidating. At the time, I was the only full time receptionist so they gave me a lot of responsabilities. After a while, I just took everything in. Whatever they told me to do, I did. I really started to love my job only after a couple of months. I was even doing stuff they didn't really care if I did or not, but you know what I know for a fact this is the kind of attitude that gave me the position I am in right now. I am not going to say it was easy because it wasn't. I am now manager of the hair boutique side. For three years, I was in charge of the inventory, I've seen women who never worked in our special place become manager before me and when the last person got fired I decided to step up. I already knew everything. The head office couldn't call the Salon without talking to me so why stay in the shadow right?!
This job has given me so much. If I said that to one of my coworkers, they would say I'm crazy. I mean it's a hair Salon right, so yeah there's a lot of drama and gossips but beside all of this ... it's great.
I've grown, I was such a shy girl who didn't really spoke my mind. I would come in work do my job and leave. It got me out of my shell. There, you have to make room for yourself otherwise they won't respect you. The same with clients. You have to speak up. Remember them, make small talk, it's all part of my job. Clients love me and remember me. I can't go anywhere without seeing a client and that's how it should be. As for the technical part of my managing job. Yes, I still have to answer to a head office but I have a lot more of breathing space. I make all of the orders for the Boutique and we don't have just a few products. I talk to reps about new products, events we might get everything almost. I love my job. The good side to all this is that we get to try a lot of products. We are given so many I mean I have a hole collection. Just to name a few, Kérastase, Redken, René Furterer, Pureology, L'Oréal and it goes on and on. We also get courses for the product lines paid by the company. It's really fulfilling. There's so much to learn and it's never the same thing. Everyday is a chalenge.
My next step would to become a representative for one of those hair product line. But one thing at a time. I've only had the title for maybe for four months now. So I should make it last for a while longer. Don't you girls think?
Tell me, what you girls do for a living? I like reading your emails.
Mirl XOXO
