That is what Dr. Lesie Do (Hanoi High-Tech Vocational College) shared when talking about opportunities for students after graduating from the beauty industry. This is also a fairly new career trend for young people today.
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According to Euromonitor International, the global beauty and personal care industry will recover strongly after the COVID-19 period with a growth rate of 3%. In particular, skin care is the pioneer of high growth in the future with global revenue reaching 181 billion USD in 2025.
Meanwhile, the report “Global Beauty and Personal Care Market by Product Type, by Distribution Channel, by Region. Competition, Forecast and Opportunities, 2026” by Reportlinker.com also shows that the global beauty and personal care industry was valued at USD 422.72 billion in 2020 and is expected to reach USD 558.12 billion during the forecast period.
In the past, the need for beauty seemed to be reserved for a group of people with good economic conditions or focused mainly on women. However, today, this view has changed. Beauty is becoming a practical daily need for more people, both men and women.
The proof of that is that more and more beauty care centers are springing up everywhere. From urban to rural areas, from busy streets to small alleys, it is not difficult for us to find hair salons, nail salons, skin care salons, makeup salons…
Dr. Lesie Do (Do Hieu Leslie Han), an expert in the field of beauty, graduated from the Master program at Mesterbrev University (Norway), currently a lecturer at Hanoi High-Tech Vocational College, also said: " If we can train 100 graduates a year, the actual market demand is 150-200 employees".
Beauty is currently an attractive field of study for many young people.
This expert also affirmed: “After 4 years of formal training, your starting salary upon graduation will certainly be around 20 million VND and there will be opportunities for further development in the future. Not to mention, during the learning process, you can ‘study and work at the same time’ to help earn extra income and increase your practical experience.”
As someone who has worked for decades in many countries around the world, Dr. Leslie Do shared that not only in Vietnam, job opportunities for beauty graduates are also very open in countries around the world.
“The characteristics of Vietnamese people are small stature, skillful hands and the ability to endure manual labor for many hours. Therefore, we are very suitable to work in the beauty care industry such as makeup, skin care, hair, eyelashes, and nails.
Other countries also favor our human resources when recruiting people to work in this field," said Mr. Leslie Do.
Human resources in the beauty industry are both 'lacking and surplus'.
However, in reality, the beauty industry and its personnel seem to be undervalued in Vietnam. They are often referred to as workers: barbers, makeup artists, nail technicians. Many people still have the notion that “if you don’t know how to do anything, go cut hair and wash hair.”
Commenting on this issue, Dr. Leslie Do said: “The important factor leading to this sad reality is that most employees working in this field are not properly trained, professional, and do not have degrees like other professions.
They only undergo training courses in the form of 'hands-on training', in a very short period of time from 3 to 6 months, receiving a certificate that is worthless when you want to export labor.
Due to the nature of the job, the beauty industry requires professional and thorough training.
Explaining why these training courses still attract many academies, this expert commented: "The haste and desire to make money right away of young people causes them to fall into a "trap".
They are not only exploited during their studies but are not taught basic but very important specialized knowledge to be able to live long-term in this profession, or even thrive in this profession, so they are easily eliminated when they are old.
This expert gave an example: “In our country, most customers who wash their hair scratch their hair, even scratching very hard as if to “get it”. However, this action is a very basic mistake because scratching the hair a lot will cause the scalp to be scratched, damaged, and lose nutrients on the hair and scalp.
Many establishments even use chemicals directly on the scalp. That is the reason why many customers go to salons continuously but still have hair loss, dryness, and damage. To give customers appropriate advice, staff must be trained and understand the structure of the scalp.
In addition, Dr. Leslie found that at many beauty establishments in Vietnam, customers often do not have clear information about the chemicals they use.
The staff seemed to be able to distinguish whether the chemicals were foreign or domestic, but did not know the ingredients, side effects, or contraindications.
“What if it is a pregnant woman or a customer who is allergic to chemicals?
In addition, using chemicals of unknown origin also puts both employees and customers at risk of exposure to toxic substances without knowing it. Are people working in the beauty industry taught this very basic knowledge? ", he wondered.
Therefore, according to this expert, to be able to work in the beauty care industry (including the main subjects of makeup, hair, eyelashes, nails, skin, spa), students need to be trained for 4 years.
They need to be trained thoroughly, thoroughly and completely before they can practice. At the same time, they can be granted degrees from intermediate, college, university, and post-graduate levels like other professions.
He also emphasized that in addition to professional training, during practice, students also need to be equipped with "soft skills" such as communication skills, care, understanding customer psychology, etc.
These are important plus points that help them retain customers and increase their value in practice.
“I believe that with a professionally trained workforce with internationally recognized degrees, the beauty care industry in Vietnam will certainly develop even more strongly. Job opportunities and income are two factors that will help this profession be valued in the future,” said Dr. Leslie.
Minh Anh
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