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Career Project. Contemporary English By: Logan Zubek. Career Options!!! . Cosmetologist Office Assistant. Duties of a Cosmetologist. Cosmetologists, provide hair care services to enhance the appearance of consumers.
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Career Project Contemporary English By: Logan Zubek
Career Options!!! • Cosmetologist • Office Assistant
Duties of a Cosmetologist • Cosmetologists, provide hair care services to enhance the appearance of consumers. • Other personal appearance workers, such as manicurists and pedicurists, shampooers, and skin care specialists provide specialized services that help clients look and feel their best.
Duties of an Office Assistant • Office assistants can have a variety of different duties. There may be different levels of office assistants, ranging form entry-level to supervisor. • The level of employment usually determines the amount of responsibility and the job duties.
Working Conditions of Cosmetologist • Cosmetologists put in a 40 hour week, but longer hours are common, especially among self employed workers. • Work schedules may include evenings and weekends, the times when beauty salons are busiest. • Workers, especially those who are self employed, determine their own schedules.
Working conditions of a office assistant • Office assistants usually work in schools, hospitals, corporate settings, or legal and medical offices. • Their jobs involve sitting for long periods. • Also they spend a lot of time typing.
Training, qualifications, and advancement opportunities of a Cosmetologist • All States require cosmetologists to be licensed. To qualify for a license, most job seekers are required to graduate from a State-licensed cosmetology school. • A high school diploma or GED is required. • Full time programs last up to 9 months or more and may lead to an associates degree, but training for manicurists, pedicurists, and skin care specialists require significantly less time. • Take courses in sales and marketing. • After graduating from a State approved training program, students take a State licensing examination. The exam consists of a writing test, practical test of styling skills, or an oral examination.
Training, Qualifications, and advancement opportunities of a office assistant • Employers usually require a high school diploma or equivalent, and some require basic computer skills, including familiarity with work processing software, and other general office skills. • Training is available through business education programs offered in high schools, community, and junior colleges, and post secondary vocational schools. • Courses in office practices, word processing, and other computer applications are particularly helpful. • Because general office clerks usually work with other office staff, they should be cooperative and able to work as part of a team.
$ Earning of a Cosmetologist $ • Depending on how much you work, earnings can vary from $15,000 to $50,000 a year.
$ Earnings for a Office Assistant $ • Depending on the position assistants can make $32,000 to $67,000 a year.
Alpena Hollywood School of Beauty • Located at 1005 Walter Street, Alpena MI • A specialty school • Has • Teaches hair styling, skin care, manicures, nail care, hair treatment, color and more.
Kirtland Community College • Located at 10775 Saint Helen Road Roscommon, MI • A 2 year community college • Office Program Information Systems Degree, is designed to prepare you for a great job in a office in every sector of the economy as soon as you graduate. It provides you with basic and advanced secretarial skills for a career as a: • general office assistant • word processor • executive secretary or assistant • legal or medical secretary
Degree/Training • Alpena Hollywood School of Beauty • Less than 2 year private school • Get Beauty License and Certificate of Beauty
Degree/Training • Kirtland Community College’s Office Information Systems Degree. • 2 Year course • Associates Degree
$Cost of Degree/training$Alpena Hollywood School of Beauty • Applying is free! • For the whole course depending on the skills you want to learn it can range from $6,000 to $10,000.
$ Cost for Degree/training$Kirtland Community college • 2 years under 21,000 for the course. • Application is free.
Similarities! • Both careers deal with people and communication skills. • Both work in a clean and neat work environment.
differences! • Office assistants work on the computer typing, sending documents, and answers phones. • Cosmetologists style, color, and cut hair. They also deal with skin and nails.
Which career do I prefer? • Cosmetology!! • I prefer it because I really enjoy doing people hair and nails. I do my friends all the time. • Also my grandma is a Cosmetologist and id like to follow In her footsteps.
Work Cited! • http://www.kirtland.edu/ • www.thehollywoodcuties.com/Alpena%20Application.pdf • http://www.acinet.org/\