Description

Image, social and other personal consultants advise clients on their personal appearance, speaking style, manners or other behaviours in order to improve personal or business images. They are employed by beauty salons, fashion boutiques, modelling schools, image consulting companies, weight loss centres or they may be self-employed.

Job Titles

• Image consultant

Main Duties

• Advise clients on hair colour, hairstyles, make-up, clothing and accessories; may advise on posture, general appearance and manners, and provide courses and seminars on business and social etiquette
• Advise clients on type, colour and application of make-up
• Advise clients on choice of colours for clothing that will complement their appearance.

Workplaces

• Beauty salons
• Fashion boutiques
• Image consulting companies
• Modelling schools
• Self-employed

Skills

• Oral Communication: Active Listening
• Persuading
• Social Perceptiveness
• Coordinating
• Decision Making

Abilities

• Fluency of Ideas
• Verbal Ability
• Categorization Flexibility
• Colour Perception
• Deductive Reasoning

Personal Attributes

• Adaptability
• Attention to Detail
• Concern for Others
• Independence
• Social Orientation

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Source: OaSIS