New Zealand Social Network for Hairdressers (BETA)
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FINDING an apprentice hairdresser has never been more challenging for Sydney hairdressers, who are short of skilled employees. Many stylists fear the push for high-school graduates to attend university has had an impact on the number of school-leavers taking up hairdressing apprenticeships.
 Looking for fresh talent: Jessica Barr of The Blowdry Boutique at Double Bay
IT'S hard to imagine occupations so diverse as a society hairdresser and a greyhound trainer but Robert Arnold has been successful at both. And on Saturday week he and his greyhound Did I Entertain will carry NSW's hopes in the Schweppes National Sprint Championship final in Perth. CHRISTINE Barker and her family came to Brisbane from Nottingham in the UK three years ago on a one-way flight for a new life in Australia. Now, the family-of-five might have to return to England after changes to Australia's skilled migration program put Ms Barker's application for permanent residency in jeopardy. COOKS and hairdressers will go to the back of the immigration queue as part of a crackdown to exclude lower-skilled workers. Immigration Minister Chris Evans will today unveil a dramatically shortened list of in-demand occupations designed to ``restore integrity'' to immigration.
WE'RE often told blondes have more fun. But I can tell you I've discovered no joy in maintaining my chemical enhancement. I'd been on the lookout for a new hairdresser. I was in desperate need of a hair overhaul after a few weeks at the beach over the summer holidays.
 Fringe dweller Hairdresser - Free hairdressing for homelessIT IS an act of thanks that returns just as much as hairdresser Wanda Klute gives. When she was diagnosed with a brain tumour at the top of her spine last year, she suddenly had to consider two possible outcomes -- dying or spending the rest of her life in a wheelchair. But after a successful operation to remove the tumour, she felt so blessed the hairdresser wanted to give something back. It is hard to cut a friendship with your hairdresserI have been going to the same hairdresser for almost 10 years. She is now a friend as well and we catch up socially every few months and have mutual friends. The problem is I'm not happy any more with her haircuts and I don't know what to do. How do I go to someone else without hurting her feelings?
 Two-thirds of women have left their hairdresser unhappy with the result, a New Zealand survey has found. In most cases the problem has been miscommunication between customer and cutter when trying a new style. Of the unhappy punters, 33 per cent left the salon feeling embarrassed and for 16 per cent it ended in tears.
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