Month: September 2009

New Skills for a New Season

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Well, spring has sprung, and, as always, a mixture of weather has accompanied the blossoms blooming and trees coming into leaf.  I could do without the cold gray drizzly day thing (although once in a while those types of days can be okay if you want to shut yourself away with a nice book), but spring itself is a reminder of things anew (and, let’s face it: without rain, plants wouldn’t grow).

I find personally — and I think many people find this, not just me — spring encourages me to think about my future and upskilling or gaining new skills.  My drive to start studying something interesting or to build on the skills I have revs up.

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Customer Service

This story is no longer valid. In these hard economic times, good customer service is very important.  Right now, I’m reading a book about how some companies, like Apple Computers, are very design-focussed to make sure the customer experience is the best it can be.  And so, to be honest, I have been trying to …

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Sailing the Ocean Blue

This story is no longer valid. One of the options qualified beauty therapists, nail technicians and spa therapists have employment-wise is work aboard a cruise ship.  The largest single recruiter for these positions aboard cruise ships are Steiner, a company who first put a hairdressing salon on Cunard’s Queen Mary way back in 1967 and …

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International Qualifications: Are They Important?

This story is no longer valid. When I moved from the US to New Zealand way back in 1996, I thought transporting my degree would be an easy feat.  My mind held the notion that my homeland, like many of the other nations around the world, had discussed tertiary education requirements, compared them, and made …

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The First Blog: 2010 Calling

This story is no longer valid. Hi everyone, and welcome to my first blog for The National School of Aesthetics.  I hope to bring you many exciting bits and pieces from my viewpoint at the school through this blog and my postings. Where to start?  Well, I wanted to say first that the students we have …

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