Cosmetologist CV: example and template

Example CV: cosmetologist

All the details in this example are fictional. Treat it as a model of layout and wording, and replace the content with your own experience.

How to write a cosmetologist CV

Professional summary

Write what you specialise in: skincare, aesthetic cosmetology, problem skin therapy, body treatments, spa. Add your years in the profession and the main devices. A clinic owner is looking for someone who can carry out the treatments on their price list from day one.

Cosmetology graduate with a year of experience at a spa. I carry out face and body care treatments, relaxation massages and brow styling. I want to develop in aesthetic cosmetology and device treatments.

Experience: duties and achievements

List the treatments and devices you use on your own and the skin problems you work with most often. Information about regular clients, treatment plans and product sales is welcome.

Skills worth listing

Separate treatments and devices from soft skills. For devices, give the name of the technology, not just the treatment name from the salon's price list, because every salon names treatments differently.

Cosmetologist training

In cosmetology, training in new technologies matters a great deal to employers. List it with the year and the name of the technology. Do not list training you are only planning as completed.

Cosmetologist CV after graduation

Describe your placements at clinics and the treatments you did on your own. Add your thesis topic, training and courses you took on your own initiative.

If you have photos of results from treatments on models, you can add a portfolio link with their consent.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

An aesthetic medicine clinic looks for device experience and work with a doctor, a spa for relaxation and body treatments, and a cosmetics manufacturer for training and sales skills. Put what is closest to the job ad at the top.

Cosmetologist or beautician: which CV to choose?

A cosmetologist is usually a cosmetology graduate who also carries out specialist device treatments and runs skin therapies. A beautician is most often a post-secondary school graduate who focuses on care and beauty treatments. If you mainly do manicures, brow tinting and skincare, see the beautician CV example.

The most common mistakes on a cosmetologist CV

• Treatment names from the salon price list instead of technology names.
• No information about hygiene and sterilisation, even though it is the basis of the work.
• Training without dates or the name of the technology.
• Photos of treatment results published without clients' consent.
• Leaving out product sales, which matter a lot to the clinic owner.

Questions and answers

What should a cosmetologist put on a CV?

A relevant degree, the treatments and devices you use on your own, training with dates, work with problem skin and soft skills such as empathy and building relationships with clients.

Should a cosmetologist add a photo to the CV?

In jobs connected with appearance a photo is welcome. Choose a recent, professional photo on a light background.

How do you write a cosmetologist CV with no experience?

Describe your placements with a list of treatments you did on your own, and add training, your thesis topic and willingness to learn new technologies.

See also

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