Tune in to hear Vonetta share how to navigate the early days of your career and handle moving to a new area and starting all over.Follow/subscribe to be the first to know when new episodes are released. Like what you hear? Leave us a review!KEY TAKEAWAYS:Seek mentorship because it can be difficult when you want to do hair, but your friends, family, and other folks in your life do not support you.Making Money is most folks' biggest challenge. Remember to hone your Foundations—this is your key!If you do an apprenticeship, you have a higher success rate in building a clientele and making money.Going straight to being behind-the-chair after school sets you up for failure due to lack of support in your early days of honing your craft and customer serviceStay out of the breakroom because it can breed negative vibes. When you are slow, practice your skill sets with the biggest deficits.Picking up extra work at the beginning of your career, regardless of whether it is your favorite thing to do, is a great way to gain exposure & experience and make MONEYVonetta left her hometown and moved to DC to teach at Aveda Institute. From teaching at the salon to booth renting to the salon owner, she eventually became an author and an ANC commissioner, and now she sits on the DC Board of Barbering & Cosmetology.?Follow Vonetta on InstagramThe Hairdresser Strong Show is all about Salon Owners, Rising Stylists, and Seasoned Stylists sharing their experiences, successes, failures, and advice to inform, educate, and empower their Fellow Hairdresser. We won’t stop until we are all: Hairdresser Strong.CONNECT WITH US? Subscribe to our free newsletter? Connect on Instagram? Connect on TikTok? Watch on YouTube? Check out our BlogThe views and opinions of our guests are theirs and important to hear. Each guest's views and opinions are their own and we aim to bring you diverse perspectives, career paths and thoughts about the craft and industry so you can become Hairdresser Strong! They do not necessarily reflect the positions of HairdresserStrong.com.