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Success Story
Elizabeth Thompson - Salon Recruiting Agent
| High
school: Stonewall Jackson High School ('00) |
| Career
& Technical Ed. Program Studied: Cosmetology |
| Additional
Studies/Training: Internship, State board certification |
The Business of Beauty
Elizabeth Thompson is proof that there’s more than
one side to a career in cosmetology. “In high school,
I learned cosmetology fundamentals. During my senior year,
I had an internship working at a Hair Cuttery salon a couple
of nights a week. I got a full-time job there the week I graduated
from high school, and I’ve been with them ever since.”
Today, Elizabeth is a District Employment Leader for Hair
Cuttery, recruiting for salons throughout the Northern Virginia/DC
area. As she looks back on her high school CTE studies, Elizabeth
observes that “they gave me a lifetime career as soon
as I graduated from high school; I didn’t have to worry
about what I was going to do—or pay for a student loan.” |
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Kawania Williams - Salon Owner
| High
school: Virginia Beach TCE Center (’98) |
| Career
& Technical Ed. Program Studied: Cosmetology |
| Additional
Studies/Training: On-the-job training, state licensure |
A Career With Style
As a young teen, Kawania Williams was already styling her own hair, as well as her family members’ hair, so cosmetology studies were a natural for her in high school. “After I graduated, I had enough hours of experience to take the state boards ...and I went right to work [for a salon] right after my senior year.” Soon, she was able to operate a salon herself.
Asked to recall the main benefit of her CTE studies, Williams doesn’t point to technique, but rather to discipline. “We actually had to carry ourselves as if we were in the field, and we had to be very professional. We had to wear uniforms and address each other as ‘Miss’ [and] we had to dress for success. That helped me then and it’s still helping me today.” |
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| Early Childhood Development and Services |
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These are kid-oriented jobs, including large organizations
or single child-care situations.
The things you could do:
- Provide child care in your home.
- Work as a nanny, where you might live with another family.
- Teach preschool.
- Work at a child care center.
| Counseling and Mental Health Services |
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These are the people that help others work through issues,
solve problems, and reach goals.
The things you could do:
- Help students choose a career path!
- Help parents deal with issues raising their children.
- Counsel patients who have just learned that they have an illness, like
AIDS.
- Counsel people with drug or alcohol problems.
| Family and Community Services |
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These are service-oriented jobs, mostly provided to
adults and to the community at large.
The things you could do:
- Plan activities at an adult day care center.
- Recruit volunteers for a charity organization.
- Work for the Red Cross and help people in times of emergency or disaster.
- Administrate state and federal aid programs as a Social Services worker.
| Personal Care Services |
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These jobs include services performed directly “to”
people, such as haircuts and manicures.
The things you could do:
- Be a hair stylist.
- Provide massages.
- Be a funeral director.
- Be a personal trainer and help people stay in shape.
These are counselor-type jobs for people who are making
a purchase.
The things you could do:
- Provide assistance as a customer service represetative.
- Help people decide how to invest their money as a financial advisor.
- Research issues and problems that consumers have with the things that
they purchase.
- Help people get out of debt as a consumer credit counselor.
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