Barbara
Personal Profile
From a young age I have had a great interest in beauty therapy and its ability to promote within me a positive enhancement of my physical and mental self image. I also feel that it has a strong impact on me, both in terms of being mentally challenging and also as a hands on profession.
I acknowledge that beauty therapy is both a very challenging and demanding career; however I feel that the rewards are amazing knowing that you have truly made a difference in the way a person feels mentally and physically.
I am eager to pursue beauty therapy as a career because I truly feel that it makes a difference to other people’s lives. In a society which is both demanding and fast paced, I feel that beauty therapy has an essential place; in terms of its relaxing and therapeutic qualities and its ability to enhance an individual’s sense of calm, well being and self confidence.
Beauty therapy is a career which requires dedicated, reliable and trusting people who can develop relationships with others quickly. I am an open and honest person, who treats other people with respect. I am also a very good listener which I feel is essential for a career in the beauty industry.
These are qualities which I feel I have fostered in the college on my practical lessons and in my previous jobs where I was working with elderly, disable and challenging behaviour people.
I was working with disable people, where I did treatments for ladies that were unable to visit a salon.
I used to work in Burger King, on a full time basis when I was younger.
This has involved interacting with a diverse range of people and has taught me to be more tolerant and patient with others. It has also helped me to develop effective communication skills, which I feel are skills that I will be able to transfer when undertaking a career as a Beauty Therapist.
Furthermore I have completed work experience in Bedford college and little bit of experience in 5th Avenue of beauty salon where I could observe how the beauty salon is running and I could observe and practice on my friends nail polish treatments. I have thoroughly enjoyed the experience and it has confirmed my desire to work in the industry.
I have enjoyed every aspect of my level two beauty therapy course and I also was enjoying doing my level three course even more. I enjoyed the variety the course offered, both in terms of the practical and theoretical knowledge I was acquiring.
I feel that I was a keen dedicated student and I feel that I was rewarded for this by winning the class Christmas make up competition for my level two beauty therapy.
I am particularly interested in expanding my knowledge base in regards to make up, body massage, body electrical, facial, facial electrical treatments, eyebrow microblading, filler injections.
I have researched a lot about each one of these subjects and they have continued to interest and amaze me. I also feel that it is imperative for a Beauty Therapist to have a good understanding of the human body, as you are constantly working on the body. Therefore I feel that it is necessary for me to keep expanding my knowledge in regards to anatomy and physiology.
I would like to further my experience within the beauty industry and I feel Beauty Therapy lvl three degree will help me expand more what I have already learned and will help me to be a more experienced, effective and skilled therapist.
Key Skills
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Making clients feel relaxed and at ease
• Tact and diplomacy
• Confidentiality
• Creativity
• Computer literacy
• Numeracy
• Dexterity and good eye-hand coordination
• Able to provide facial beauty treatments like vacuum Suction, Galvanic, Direct and indirect High Frequency, Faradic, Microcurrent
• Able to provide electrical body treatments and massage
• Able to provide aftercare advice after treatment
• Excellent in doing make up
• Networking
• Research
• Social media
• Compliant with mandatory trainings
• Recording and documentation
• Excellent hygiene standards
• Honest, trustworthy and hardworking
• Creative with artistic soul
• Client focused
• Well organized
• Good teamwork skills
• Knowledge of Microsoft package
• patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
• Passionate about learning
Experience
Beauty Therapy Student
September 2018 to September2020
Bedford College United Kingdom
Meeting and greeting all the customers on arrival. Take and record customer details and assisting customers to complete medical questionnaire forms. Giving aftercare advice on treatments and skin matters. Providing facial beauty treatments and electrical facial treatments including galvanic, vacuum Suction, Faradic, direct and indirect high frequency, Microcurrent.
Employment History
Recruitment Consultant KG Personnel – Bedford, February 2016 to March.
Responsibilities Recruiting new employees Dealing with the Clients Dealing with the bookings Dealing with the Clients and with employees over the phone and face to face Answering calls Scanning and copying informations Printing out documents Writing reports Emailing to the Clients and employees
Site supervisor PMP Recruitment , November 2015 – until January 2016
Management support to all employees for various assignments at customer premises.
Maintain contacts with customer’s leaders and analyze requirements and service quality and sort out any relevant issues.
Assisting employees in check-ins, induction and dealing with their issues and queries
January 2015 – until present (4months.), Campaign Volunteer Bedford Labour party.
My work looks to reach out to the local community to hear their voice and see that it is represented at a local and national level. This includes canvassing door-to-door, phone canvassing, leafleting, social networking and impassioned public speaking , assisting in the translation of English and Polish language.
2005 to Present. Volunteer Advisor, Interpreter and Advocate for the Polish Community, responsible for the following.
● Mediate on behalf of clients with local authorities, Housing Associations, Private Landlords, Department of Works and Pensions and the NHS.
● Provide information and advice on housing, tenancy agreements, eviction and benefits.
● Guide and advice clients on financial matters.
7th October 2011 to Present. Lomack Health Co Ltd, Bedford
Employed as a Support Worker my responsibilities are;
● Providing support and individual care for people with learning difficulties and challenging behavior in their own homes
● Communication with the clients
● Awareness of different cultures
● Prepare meals, snacks and beverages taking account of cultural and dietary requirements
● Personal hygiene, welfare and safeguarding
● Client comfort and reassurance
● Ensure clients are able to go to the toilet and have adequate beverages if required
● Liaise with relatives and professionals
● General domestic duties
● Administration of medications
● Communication in Macaton language
20th July to 7th October 2011. Flexi Staff UK Ltd – Employment and Recruitment Agency,Bedford
Employed as an Office Assistant and Receptionist my responsibilities were;
● Forwards information by receiving and distributing communications
● Collecting and mailing correspondence
● Copying information
● Serves customers by backing up receptionist ; answering questions ; forwarding messages
● Entering employees details in to the computer
● Answering calls
● General Administration work
1st July to 20th July 2011. Gold Crown Property Services UK Limited, Bedford
Employed as a Sales Person, my responsibilities were;
● General Administration work
● Negotiations with customers
● Answering calls
● Entering Customer details in to the computer
● Collection of payments for rent
17th May 2010 to 10th December 2010. Allied HealthCare UK Limited, Bedford
Employed as a Health Care Support Worker, my responsibilities were;
● Providing support and individual care for the elderly and for people with challenging behavior in their own homes
● Communication with the clients
● Awareness of different cultures
● Prepare snacks and beverages taking account of cultural and dietary requirements
● Personal hygiene, welfare and safeguarding
● Client comfort and reassurance
● Ensure clients are able to go to the toilet and have adequate beverages if required
● Liaise with relatives and professionals
● General domestic duties
6th October 2008 to April 2010. During this period I was in full time higher education studying law.
12th May 2007 to 14th September 2008. ASDA Stores Limited, Kempston
Employed as a Warehouse Operative, my responsibilities were;
● Pick and pack customer orders, comply with the order specification and carry out quality checks
● Product knowledge
● Maintain targets
● Work area hygiene and cleanliness
● General duties as required
● Comply with Health and Safety
21st May 2005 to 12th May 2007. Homecare Network Limited, Bedford
Employed as a Health Care Support Worker, my responsibilities were;
● Duties as above
14th March to 9th January 2005. Norwest Limited, Bedford
Employed as a Customer Service Assistant, my responsibilities were;
● Provide excellent customer service by exceeding customer expectations
● Provide product information and advice
● Resolve customer queries and problems in a polite and efficient manner
● Product knowledge
● Maintain quality of service
● General duties as required
● Health and Safety
16th January 2004 to 14th May 2004. Dawn Cardington, Bedford
Employed as a Production Operative, my responsibilities were;
● Pick pack orders to customer specifications
● Product knowledge
● Maintain food hygiene and quality standards
● Achieve production targets
● Health and Safety
7th June 2003 to 16th January 2004. Quest Employment, Bedford
Employed as a Temporary Production Operative Care Assistant, my responsibilities were;
● Duties as above
Training
● ITQ Level 1
● OCR functional skills in ICT
● Medication and Dementia training
● Health and Safety
● Manual Handling
● Medications (Boots)
● Infection control
● Epilepsy awareness
● Sova
Education
Educated to an A level equivalent in Poland in core subjects.
Certificate in Hairdressing Level 3Q
Qualification
Beauty Therapy level 3
Hobby
Politics, assisting in the translation of English and Polish language, hair styling, make up and beauty, baking cakes, sugar paste cake decorating
References
Available on request
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Beauty Therapy level 3 at Bedford College
09/2018-09/2020
Updated 6 years ago