The Beauty Buzz wants to get your ready for life after graduation. That’s why we’re writing a five-part ‘Get Hired Series’ that’s dedicated to giving valuable career advice to new stylists. In this fourth post, we’ll examine the differences between working in a salon versus being an independent contractor, so you can make an educated decision when it comes to your career path.

The Beauty Buzz’s five-part ‘Get Hired Series’ is dedicated to giving valuable career advice to new stylists. To get hired at a salon, you’ll have to impress the owner during a standard interview. For this third installment, we’ll cover everything you need to do before, during, and after your interview to wow the owner and leave a lasting impression.

Starting in October, the practical portion of the cosmetology state board exam was upgraded to the national version of the exam. The change is good news for beauty school students, who previously had to train on outdated services in order to obtain a cosmetology license. The new version is much more modern and relevant to…