spa managertobeauty salon manager
A spa manager already meets 67% of what the beauty salon manager role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
67%
46.5/ 100
1 Share of the beauty salon manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the spa manager profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A beauty salon manager role treats 30 of its required skills as things a spa manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- communication principles
- corporate social responsibility
- create solutions to problems
- customer relationship management
- customer service
- develop recreation programmes
What stands in the way is 10 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 37 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A beauty salon manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a spa manager background worth leading with.
- already held manage recreational facility management skills
- already held supervise the management of an establishment management skills
- already held develop recreation programmes management skills
- already held manage customer service management skills
- already held schedule recreation facilities management skills
- already held manage payroll management skills
All 37 carried skills, including the 30 the beauty salon manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 28 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held manage a small-to-medium business required
- required, not held develop organisational policies required
- required, not held manage schedule of tasks required
- required, not held plan medium to long term objectives required
- optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
- optional, not held develop working procedures optional
- optional, not held maintain professional administration optional
- optional, not held manage cleaning activities optional
- required, not held quality standards required
- required, not held salon management required
- required, not held develop professional network required
- optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
- optional, not held maintain relationship with suppliers optional
- optional, not held offer free samples of cosmetics optional
- optional, not held recommend cosmetics to customers optional
- optional, not held advise customers on usage of cosmetics optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held manage emergency evacuation plans optional
- optional, not held maximise sales revenues optional
- optional, not held report on overall management of a business optional
- optional, not held sell cosmetics optional
- required, not held monitor stock level required
- optional, not held keep stock records optional
- optional, not held analyse business plans optional
- optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional
- required, not held ensure compliance with company regulations required
- optional, not held greet guests optional
- required, not held cosmetics required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a beauty salon manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 cosmetics knowledge · sector specific
- 02 manage a small-to-medium business skill · sector specific
- 03 monitor stock level skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 37 skills that carry over
- already held communication principles knowledge
- already held corporate social responsibility knowledge
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held customer relationship management knowledge
- already held customer service knowledge
- already held develop recreation programmes skill
- already held develop revenue generation strategies skill
- already held establish daily priorities skill
- already held follow company standards skill
- already held guarantee customer satisfaction skill
- already held identify customer's needs skill
- already held liaise with local authorities skill
- already held liaise with managers skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held manage customer service skill
- already held manage health and safety standards skill
- already held manage logistics skill
- already held manage recreational facility skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held manage supplies skill
- already held order supplies skill
- already held product comprehension knowledge
- already held promote recreation activities skill
- already held recreation activities knowledge
- already held represent the organisation skill
- already held schedule recreation facilities skill
- already held set organisational policies skill
- already held supervise daily information operations skill
- already held supervise the management of an establishment skill
- already held supervise work skill
- already held bookkeeping regulations knowledge
- already held handle customer complaints skill
- already held implement marketing strategies skill
- already held manage payroll skill
- already held plan health and safety procedures skill
- already held recruit employees skill
- already held train employees skill
18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
- optional, not held keep stock records optional
- optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
- optional, not held maintain relationship with suppliers optional
- optional, not held offer free samples of cosmetics optional
- optional, not held recommend cosmetics to customers optional
- optional, not held advise customers on usage of cosmetics optional
- optional, not held analyse business plans optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held develop working procedures optional
- optional, not held greet guests optional
- optional, not held maintain professional administration optional
- optional, not held manage cleaning activities optional
- optional, not held manage emergency evacuation plans optional
- optional, not held maximise sales revenues optional
- optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional
- optional, not held report on overall management of a business optional
- optional, not held sell cosmetics optional
33 held skills the beauty salon manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role accounting knowledge
- not needed by the target role administer appointments skill
- not needed by the target role advertising techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse goal progress skill
- not needed by the target role assess employees' capability levels skill
- not needed by the target role company policies knowledge
- not needed by the target role coordinate advertising campaigns skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate events skill
- not needed by the target role counselling methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role create a financial plan skill
- not needed by the target role discharge employees skill
- not needed by the target role ensure infrastructure accessibility skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate employees skill
- not needed by the target role fix meetings skill
- not needed by the target role inform customers of activity changes skill
- not needed by the target role interview people skill
- not needed by the target role keep up to date with spa products skill
- not needed by the target role lead a team skill
- not needed by the target role manage inventory skill
- not needed by the target role manage profitability skill
- not needed by the target role manage workflow processes skill
- not needed by the target role measure customer feedback skill
- not needed by the target role meet picking standards skill
- not needed by the target role oversee spa maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role plan shifts of employees skill
- not needed by the target role plan spa services skill
- not needed by the target role produce sales reports skill
- not needed by the target role promote cultural venue events skill
- not needed by the target role respond to customers' inquiries skill
- not needed by the target role sell products skill
- not needed by the target role sell services skill
- not needed by the target role sell tickets skill
- not needed by the target role types of spa knowledge
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held cosmetics required
- required, not held quality standards required
- required, not held salon management required
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.