Hair Stylist Resume Template

Free hair stylist resume template for Word and Google Docs, with license and portfolio link at the top and slots for book size, rebooking and retail.

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What is in the file

[Your Name]

[Licensed Hair Stylist] · [Specialty: color, balayage, curly cuts, extensions, men's grooming, bridal] · [City]

[City, State] · [email@example.com] · [(555) 555-0100] · [LinkedIn or portfolio URL]

Summary

[Licensed stylist with N years behind the chair at (salon type: high-volume, boutique, luxury, chain). Known for (the one service clients book you for). Bring a book of (N) regular clients and want to join (the salon or team in the posting).]

License and Portfolio

[Cosmetology or Barber License], [State] · [License number, if required] · Expires [Mon YYYY]

Portfolio: [Instagram handle or website link showing your own recent work]

[License in another state, or apprenticeship hours, if relevant]

Experience

[Senior Stylist, Stylist or Color Specialist], [Salon]

[City, State] · [Commission, hourly or booth rental] · [Mon YYYY] – [Present]

[Services per day or week: (N) clients, a mix of (cuts, color, chemical services)]
[Client book: (N) regulars, (N) percent rebooked before leaving, (N) new clients a month from (referrals, social media)]
[Retail: (amount) in product sales a month, or a share of your service revenue]
[Team work: trained (N) assistants, led (an education night, a color clinic), covered (front desk, inventory)]

[Earlier role, e.g. Assistant or Junior Stylist], [Salon]

[City, State] · [Mon YYYY] – [Mon YYYY]

[What you were trusted with: shampoo, blow-dry, toner, (N) model nights]
[How quickly you built a book once you moved to the floor]
[One recognition: promotion, top retail month, competition placement]

Skills

Services: [Precision cuts, balayage, color correction, keratin treatments, extensions, updos]
Product lines: [The color and care lines you are trained on, by name]
Salon systems: [Booking software by name, point of sale, inventory ordering]

Education

[Cosmetology program], [School], [City, State], [YYYY] · [N] hours

[Advanced class: (technique)], [Educator or academy], [YYYY]

Salon owners hiring a stylist tend to read the resume with your portfolio open beside it. They want your license, a look at your work and some sign that clients follow you from chair to chair. This template puts a License and Portfolio block right under the summary, so the state license and the link to your work are the first facts on the page.

Each job has slots for the numbers salons track every week: services per day, the size of your client book, how many clients book again before they leave, and retail sales. The meta line notes whether you worked on commission, hourly or as a booth renter, because owners plan pay and schedules around it. Skills are split into services, product lines and salon systems, and education closes the page with your cosmetology school and the classes you have taken since.

Replace each bracket, and delete any you cannot back up. The hair stylist resume example shows the template filled in by a color specialist.

Updated 2026-10-21.

How to fill in each section

Summary: specialty, salon type and your book
Three short sentences. Say how long you have worked behind the chair and in what kind of salon, because a high-volume chain and a boutique color studio run differently. Name the service clients book you for most. Then give the size of the book you would realistically bring, and the salon you are applying to. If you are newly licensed, replace the book with your school hours and the services you practiced most.
License and Portfolio: proof in two lines
Write the license type exactly as your state board issues it, with the state and expiry date; owners may have to verify it before you take a client. The portfolio line should open to recent work you did yourself, with clear before and after photos and no other stylist's posts mixed in. If you hold a license in a second state or are transferring one, add it on the third line.
Experience: services, rebooking, retail
Owners read numbers they can compare with their own stylists: clients a day, rebooking rate, average ticket and retail per month. Use the figures your booking software reports, and say what period they cover. Put the pay model on the meta line. Booth rental years are real experience; describe them as running your own book, with client counts and the services you offered.
Skills: services and the lines you know
Keep services apart from products. Owners want to know whether you already work in their color line, because retraining costs time and product. List the booking or point-of-sale software you have used, which helps if the salon expects stylists to schedule their own clients. Keep personality traits out of this block; your rebooking numbers already say whether clients like you.
Education: school hours and every class since
Give the school, the program, the year and the hours, especially if you are moving between states with different hour requirements. Add advanced classes on the next line with the technique and the year, newest first. Salons value recent education because techniques and products change quickly; a class from last spring says more than one from eight years ago.

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Questions about the hair stylist resume template

Should I list my prices or average ticket?

List your average service ticket if it is strong for your market, since it tells an owner where you fit on their menu. Leave a personal price list off; the salon sets its own prices and may read yours as a negotiation.

How long should a hair stylist resume be?

One page. Owners read it quickly before turning to your portfolio, and a second page rarely adds anything a photo of your work cannot show better. If you have worked in many salons, keep the last two or three in full and the rest as one line each.

Can I use this template for a barber job?

Yes. Change the license line to your barber license, list fades, shaves and beard work under Services, and give your clients per day on the experience lines. The layout stays the same; only the services and the license wording change.

Which design works for a stylist?

A clean layout with a little personality, since your portfolio does the visual work. The Studio template and the Canvas template both keep the license and the link easy to find. Run the finished file through the resume checker before you send it.

Is it free?

Yes. The Word files and the Google Docs copy are free to download, edit and use for any application. There is no signup and no email.

Will it read correctly in an applicant tracking system?

The layout is one column with standard headings and real text: no tables, text boxes, icons, columns or images, which are the parts parsers most often misread. Keep it that way as you edit.

Word or Google Docs?

Use whichever you edit in. The Word file opens in Microsoft Word, Pages and LibreOffice. The Google Docs link asks you to make a copy in your own Drive; the original stays blank for the next person. Send the posting the format it asks for, usually .docx or PDF.

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