Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

This election season we keep hearing that it is all about the jobs.

Isn't it ALWAYS all about the jobs?

I was at a school this week to present a program on men's haircutting and opportunities in our industry for men's haircutters.

I made my typical trip around the school reading the things posted on the walls. I stopped to review the jobs board. Every school has one and they are always interesting.

The job listings were on small tickets, different colors for different job classifications.

Take a look at the picture of the jobs board that I snapped.

The different colors of the job tickets made the point all the more profound.

1 job listing in esthetics

12 jobs in nails

8 job listings in hairstyling

23 jobs in barbering / Men's haircutting

Where is the demand? Where is the opportunity? Where can graduates find an abundance of job prospects?

Men's hair cutting continues to dominate the beauty industry for opportunity, growth and income potential for recent graduates.

Developing men's haircutting skills and confidence has never been more important for early and sustained career success than it is RIGHT NOW!

Manikin Model Call

Marianna is staging a manikin model call. We are seeking Marianna manikins with awesome hair color and styles to display in our booth at the Fall 2012 American Association of Cosmetology Schools annual convention.

Our booth display will be bigger and better than ever this year.  We are the world leader in educational hair cutting and styling manikins, as such we are seeking to display our wares with pride and style.

If you are a cosmetology or barber school student, or if you know one, get their creativity fired up and get a Marianna manikin in their hands.

We are seeking Marianna manikins with amazing hair color.  We are seeking Marianna manikins with stunning styles.  We are seeking Marianna manikins with cutting edge haircuts.

Get a Marianna manikin and get busy.  Park on your manikin an attention grabbing, world class, amazing showcase of your hair skill and talent.

Capture a picture or two of your manikin style and shoot it to me in an email. izoot@mariannaind.com is my email.

I will reach out to winners to arrange to have your manikin displayed in our booth at the show.  If your manikin is selected for display you will receive a very nice Marianna gift as a thank you.  Plus you will recieve all the adulation, praise and recognition that comes with rocking a masterful manikin style at a major beauty school industry event with us!

Entries must be in to me no later than October 10th, 2012.  Manikins selected for display will NOT be returned.  If you enter a submission and your manikin is NOT picked you will still get a nice Marianna gift as a thank you for submitting.

Core Education 9.30.12

Marianna is excited to be hosting our 1st Core Education, Train-the-trainer event in New Brunswick, NJ right outside of NYC.  Barber and Cosmetology school educators are invited to attend this full day of solid education. $ great presenters.  Tons of great information.  Funny money to spend.  Deals to save on.  FREE lunch included.  Call Marianna today to register.  Space is limited.
LINK HERE for full details on the event!

Everyone needs a reason

The new Marianna is working hard to earn your business and live up to the expectations of a market leader.  We hope we are doing it every day.
Here is a great way to check our progress.  We developed the list at the LINK HERE of the reasons to do business with us.  Our salespeople and our management team considers this our daily to-do list.  These are the standards we look to live up to every day.
Have a look at the list.
Please let us know how we are doing.
Over the next few weeks in blog postings here I will be exploring each point on the list to share with you what we are doing t live up to these expectations every day.  We hope you will agree with these reasons to do business with us.  If you agree, please tell your friends.  If you do not agree, please tell us so we can work in that direction.

From the management...

Marianna Executive Vice President Quintin Schonewise has offered up the following welcome to our readers...

“I would like to officially welcome you to the new Marianna.  A company focused on being a complete resource to support the  Cosmetology, Esthetician, and Massage Schools of North America and beyond. Our unique position as comprehensive manufactures of beauty products allows us to serve your dispensaries, class rooms and kit needs. Our philosophy is simple. Quality, Innovation and Making it Easier.  Please call on our teams to assist you in reaching your goals and objectives.”

Quintin Schonewise

Executive Vice President

Marianna Industries

Marianna Core Education is on the way

The date is set.
The location has been secured.
The presenters have been lined up.
All is running smoothly in the planning and staging of the 1st Marianna Schools Core Education event.
Core Education is Marianna Schools new train-the-trainer educational initiative for cosmetology and barber school instructors.
Marianna has long been the leader in school kits and supplies. Now it is time for Marianna to flex that market muscle and give back some support in the area of educator training.
I joined the Marianna team on June 1st of 2012. A large part of my mission on the team is to develop and execute this Core Education initiative,
Marianna is seeking to carve out a unique position as the leading source of quality education and information for cosmetology and barber school instructors in America.
We plan to do this with a number of programs and offerings.
These 1 day Core Education events are the first of these plans.
This blog is a part of the program. So is our Twitter account @mariannaschools.
A youtube account will follow shortly.
If you are a cosmetology or barber school instructor in the NY, NJ, PA, DE area this first event is for you. have a look at the attached flyer. LINK HERE.
A next generation flyer is on the way as well with more detailed information.
The event is September 30th, 2012 in New Brunswick, NJ.
Call Marianna at 800.228.9060 for more details or to register. Registration is required. Lunch is included.
Stay tuned for more information.

Mannequins - 10 great reasons to love and embrace them.

Mannequins are the lead characters of a good cosmetology education. Mannequins are a key to long term success as a hair professional. Get to know your mannequin(s). Mannequins have names. Introduce yourself. Never let your relationship with your favorite mannequin get old, distant or stale. I have spent a lot of time with mannequins. I have gotten to know them well.

Here is my list of my top 10 reasons why mannequins can rock your haircutting education. The stronger your relationship with your mannequin(s) the stronger your skills and the bigger your success in the hair business will be.

#1 - Mannequins are always up for "it"... whatever "it" is. Today a cut. Tomorrow a color, Too much color. Too short a cut. It does not matter. Your mannequin is ready, willing and able to go for it. Tomorrow they will go for it or some other "it" again. With enthusiasm.

#2 - Mannequins do not post negative reviews on YELP! No luck. No problem. If and when things do not go too well... and that will happen, your mannequin is O.K. with it. Not complaints. No criminal charges to be pressed. No need to apologize. Mannequins know you are trying new things and breaking new ground. They understand their role in the equation.

#3 - Mannequins can have multiple haircuts, same day. If you still have the energy and the creativity mannequin is game. If that bob is crooked, cut it again. Just a bit shorter the next time. See if you can get it even. See how short it gets before you finally do get it even.

#4 - Mannequins will wait quietly as long as necessary. A waiting room full of mannequins is quiet and serene. If you run behind because you are slow at this stage of your career, it is O.K. Mannequin will wait, quietly, patiently. Mannequins will not talk smack about that last cut you gave them while waiting in the waiting room with other mannequins. They will just smile like the Mona Lisa and wait their turn.

#5 - Mannequins are clones - Mannequins are the ultimate referral senders. Every mannequin has a mom, a sister, an aunt, a niece, a gramma and all of them are genetically identical. In theory if you do the same haircut on the next mannequin it will look exactly the same. This consistency is great for learning, great for measuring progress and great for identifying challenges. The first thing you do when you finish off a mannequin is grab another. I have never seen the same mannequin look any different when they came out of the box. I have never seen two mannequins look the same once cut. We keep trying.

#6 - Mannequins have no prior bad experiences to color their receptiveness to your creative inspiration. They are always O.K. with road testing the next big fashion trend. They have no flashbacks of bad hair style decisions from their past. They have no memory of colors that did not work. Their prom up-do did not fall before the end of the first slow dance.

#7 - Mannequins do not have to sign the liability release. Do not ask. Do not reach for the pen. Reach for a hot iron, reach for a sharp scissors. Reach for some improperly mixed lightener. Have at it. No worries. If things go well. Great. Take a few notes and move on. If things go badly, try something else. No apologies needed. As long as you are learning, so it goes.

#8 - Mannequins will stop by your moms house so you can show off your work. If and when you create a masterpiece, and you will, eventually, you will want to show it off. Put your thumb in the hole at the base. Raise it high above your head and wave it around for everyone to see. Yes. You will do that, and you should. Prop mannequin up in your car and drive her over to mom's house. No, you can not use the HOV lane just because mannequin is along for the ride. Mom will be impressed. Yous little sister will be jealous. Aunt sally will be eager to queue up to be the next head you get your hands on. Show them off. Parade them around. Let them have their day to be the celebrity. There is no telling how things will go tomorrow. Tomorrow you might want to hide her.

#9 - Mannequins will sit still for as long as it takes. How long did it take you to wrap that perm? How long did it take you to put in that entire head of foils? How many times did mannequin need to get up to go to the bathroom? Nice. Mannequins will endure the agony of your slowness early on. They will be happy to stop and rinse ans start over from the beginning when things go awry. patience is in short supply on the stylist side of the cosmetology school equation at times. Never an issue for mannequin.

#10 - Mannequins do not grow out. Mannequins play for keeps. Your masterpiece can live on forever. If you nail that cut or slam dunk that color you can keep it forever as a testament to how far you have come and how talented you now are. A bedroom shelf of mannequin masterpieces can be a strong testament to a worthwhile cosmetology school experience, investment and endeavor. Keep the great ones. Keep the crummy ones, too. Later on you will look back and appreciate your educational journey and the powerful role mannequins have played in your early experiences and later success.

Grab a mannequin. What are you waiting for?

Happy hair-doing.
Ivan

Get your school noticed!

Modern Salon Media has a great opportunity for schools.  This is a great way to get your school noticed.  Have a look at the web page here for the Excellence in Education program.  This program identifies schools who are having an impact on students, the industry and their community.  LINK HERE for the Modern Salon media info page for the program.  There are different categories in which you can enter your school in the program.  Entry deadline is the end of the month... so get buys.
Additionally Modern will build a database of all the great things going on in schools, nationwide.  This info provides strong support for a strong and vibrant industry.  This competition helps you and your school and helps you and your school help all schools nationwide.
I like the program.  You should look into it.