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In order to gain experience working as a certified haircolorist, advertise your certification. Get your name listed on the certified hair color specialist’s website. The American Board of Certified Haircolorists offers this to help students promote themselves. Having your name on this website gives you credibility, potentially leading to more clients and positions at higher-end salons. Once you have become a certified haircolorist, look for a salon that could use your skills. Advertise that you are now board certified. Look for salons that have the type of clientele that benefits from someone who knows a lot about hair coloring.  You may already work at a salon, but want to advance to a busier or higher-end salon once you have your haircolorist certification. Talk to salon managers about their need for a haircolorist on staff. Keep in mind that cosmetologists work for themselves even when they work at a salon with other cosmetologists. They usually pay chair rental fees, all their own taxes, etc. When you get a position at a salon, display your board certification on the wall by your chair. Once you pass the haircolorist exam, you should receive a framed certificate from the Board. Keeping your certificate visible will inspire the confidence of your clients and the clients of cosmetologists who sit near you. The Board will also offer you postcards and press kits to help you advertise your certification and get more clients. As a cosmetologist before you were a certified haircolorist, you probably grew your client base bit by bit. You probably handed out your business card to new clients, who sent their friends to you. Your salon might have assisted you in this process. Now that you’re a certified haircolorist, you are doing the same thing. But this time, focus your attention on clients who want hair coloring.  Ask your current regulars if they want a discount on a hair coloring to display your new skills. Take pictures of your work and post them around your chair, or make a photo album for clients to look through while they wait. Give your business card to friends and ask them to pass it out to anyone they know needing hair coloring work done. Even though you’ve received the ultimate recognition in hair coloring technique, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t keep up your skills with practice. For example, if you lack clients who want hair coloring for a period of time, you may get rusty. Find people you can practice on, even if it means doing the work for less money.  If you start to lose hair coloring clients or you can’t find them in the first place, try asking around to find a cosmetologist you can work with. See if they will pass along some of their work for a reduced rate so that you can practice. Find apprenticeships to advance your skills even more.

summary: Get listed as a board certified hair colorist. Seek a position at a salon. Display your certificate. Grow your client base. Practice your skills.


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If you notice there is tension in the group, try to get all group members to do active listening. This may be useful if you notice conflict between two members in the group. Active listening will ensure that everyone listens to each other and responds thoughtfully to each other.  As the leader of the group, model active listening for the group members. Start a discussion with a group member and listen intently to what they have to say. Make eye contact and maintain a relaxed body posture, with your body positioned towards them. Nod and smile to show you are listening. Once the person is finished talking, rephrase their thoughts back to them and confirm you heard them correctly. You may say, “What I am hearing you say is…” or “I believe what you are saying is…”. Once they confirm you heard them correctly, you can respond to them. If you notice issues between group members, be direct and work with the group to resolve the issue. State that you are concerned about a conflict in the group. Use “I” statements. Ask open ended questions to get the group members to discuss the issue. For example, you may say, “I am feeling like there is tension between group members. How do you all feel about this?” or “I am feeling tension in the group. Can we talk about the issue as a group?” Sometimes issues in a group are best resolved privately, especially if it is between two individuals in a large group. If you notice conflict, pull the individuals aside. Ask them if you can all speak privately about the issue. Set up a meeting with you and the individuals to discuss the issue in a private setting. Doing this can put the individuals at ease and make it easier for them to talk one on one, rather than in the big group.

summary: Encourage active listening in the group. Work with group members if there are issues. Speak to group members privately, if needed.


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If you suspect someone has run away, call 911 immediately. You do not need to wait 24 hours to file a missing person report on a child under eighteen.  If you are a friend of the runaway, contact the parents first and let them know your suspicions. If you are concerned that your friend ran away from an abusive situation at home, or the parents seem uninterested in locating their child, call the police yourself (or have your parents do it). Runaway teenagers can quickly find themselves in dangerous situations, so it is important you act on your suspicions. Give the police a detailed description of the person. Indicate height, weight, hair and eye color, if they have glasses or braces, any distinguishing marks, and the last clothes they were seen wearing, as well as other identifying information. For example, you could say, “Jane is sixteen years old. She’s about 5’7” and 130 lbs. She has short brown hair, brown eyes, and a mole next to her right eye. She wears glasses for reading. She likes to dye her hair, so it may also be a bright color. She was last seen wearing a red tank top, black shorts, and black flip flops. She often wears a gold necklace with a cross.” Ask the police to make a report to the FBI's National Crime Information Center database, known as NCIC. In order for a missing person poster to be created and disseminated to law enforcement, you need your child’s information entered into this database.  Ask which officer will be assigned to your child’s case when you are making your initial police report. Record the officer’s information and the best way to contact them. After you have filed your initial police report, begin making calls to other organizations that can help you in the search for the runaway. Besides these organizations, your local police may have additional resources for you to contact:  Call your Sheriff’s Department and state police to report the runaway. Call the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Call NCMEC at 800-THE-LOST (800-843-5678) after you talk to your local police. They will help coordinate leads to your local police.  The National Runaway Safeline can provide assistance and support in this situation. Call 800-RUNAWAY (800-786-2929). They can leave your message for your child, should your child get in touch with them. Additionally, they can help your child get in touch with you, and help mediate parent-child disputes if needed.  When calling other agencies, indicate what you have already done. For example, you could say, “I have already spoken to Officer Jones in my local police department, who took the police report and is assigned to the case. Is there anything else you recommend I do, or anyone else I should talk to?” Keep a notebook handy and record all conversations and phone calls, with dates, times, and topics discussed. This will help jog your memory and keep you organized. Things will be moving very quickly, and you will likely not be able to remember details of conversations, or if you talked to a certain person. Get in the habit of writing everything down right away.
summary: Call the police. Call other law enforcement agencies and missing child clearinghouses. Write everything down.