How to hire a beauty therapist

How to hire a beauty therapist, step by step

Here's a step-by-step beauty therapist hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a beauty therapist job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new beauty therapist
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   First, determine the employments status of the beauty therapist you need to hire. Certain beauty therapist roles might require a full-time employee, whereas others can be done by part-time workers or contractors.

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   Hiring the perfect beauty therapist also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   The following list breaks down different types of beauty therapists and their corresponding salaries.

   Type of Beauty Therapist	Description	Hourly rate
   Beauty Therapist	Skincare specialists cleanse and beautify the face and body to enhance a person’s appearance.	$10-21
   Licensed Esthetician	Licensed Estheticians are responsible for cleaning and maintaining a client's skin. They normally provide services such as facials, pore cleansing, exfoliating, chemical peels, waxing, aromatherapy, and body wraps at a salon or spa... Show more	$12-29
   Esthetician	An esthetician is responsible for providing skincare solutions such as facial treatments, hair removal procedures, and makeup services. Estheticians must be highly-knowledgeable on various skin conditions to perform effective treatments and recommend maintenance skincare routines... Show more	$13-28

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Facial Treatments
   • Customer Service
   • Body Treatments
   • Hair Removal
   • Beauty Treatments
   • Customer Care
   • IPL
   • Treatment Rooms

   Responsibilities:

   • Provide direct assistance to patients in residential and intensive outpatient eating disorder programs.
   • Meet and exceed both personal and office sales goals, by selling individual and package products through cross selling and upselling.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your beauty therapist job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. A beauty therapist salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, beauty therapists' average salary in indiana is 64% less than in washington.
   • Seniority. Entry-level beauty therapists earn 50% less than senior-level beauty therapists.
   • Certifications. A beauty therapist with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in a beauty therapist's salary.

   Average beauty therapist salary

   $15.26hourly

   $31,738 yearly

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   Entry-level beauty therapist salary

   $22,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 15, 2025

4. Writing a beauty therapist job description

   A good beauty therapist job description should include a few things:

   • Summary of the role
   • List of responsibilities
   • Required skills and experience

   Including a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager is also appreciated by candidates. Here's an example of a beauty therapist job description:

   Beauty therapist job description example

   By fulfilling the main mission of this role, you will contribute to all of the 5 pillars of the Group strategy: people-centric, brand-builder, consumer-obsessed, digitally minded, and committed to responsible beauty.

   Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

   Treatments

   • Prepare the treatment room before each treatment:
   • Check that all necessary products are available
   • Tidy the room and prepare the material required for the treatment (disposable material)
   • Check the temperature & lighting
   • Offer a Clarins mini-Treatment of the highest standard (Welcoming, Preparatory Relaxation, Treatment, Product recommendation) and Make-up services following the protocols.
   • Stay with the client all the time from the moment you welcome her/ him until she/he leaves
   • Represent Clarins image at all times in terms of appearance and behavior
   • Develop links to retail through client communication

   Cabin Operations

   • Make sure she/he has enough time to receive the treatment before her/his departure
   • At the end of the treatment, systematically recommend products
   • Watch out assigned responsibilities:
   • Personal targets, i.e.: assigned treatment room inventory
   • General cabin-related tasks

   You are:

   • A licensed aesthetician
   • Curious, with the desire to learn constantly
   • Bilingual (preferred)

   You have:

   • Make-up skills : application methods and selling experience
   • One year of industry experience (preferred)
   • Strong interpersonal skills

   We have:

   • Standout brands: Clarins, My Blend
   • Distinctive, high-quality products and services
   • A longstanding commitment to social, economic and ecological initiatives
   • An attractive compensation and benefits package

   If you have a curious mind and are always questioning how things can be done better, the ability to take risks and accept new challenges, join us!

   Equal Opportunity Employer

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5. Post your job

   There are a few common ways to find beauty therapists for your business:

   • Promoting internally or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to meet candidates with the right educational background.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to recruit passive job-seekers.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your beauty therapist job on Zippia to find and recruit beauty therapist candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   To successfully recruit beauty therapists, your first interview needs to engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. You can go into more detail about the company, the role, and the responsibilities during follow-up interviews.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match your ideal candidate profile. If you think a candidate is good enough for the next step, you can move on to the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new beauty therapist

   Once you've decided on a perfect beauty therapist candidate, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, it should include benefits and perks available to the employee. Qualified candidates may be considered for other positions, so make sure your offer is competitive. Candidates may wish to negotiate. Once you've settled on the details, formalize your agreement with a contract.

   You should also follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that you've filled the position.

   To prepare for the new employee's start date, you can create an onboarding schedule and complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9 forms, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Human Resources should also ensure that a new employee file is created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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