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Salon Assistant resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what salon assistants actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most salon assistants should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Salon assistant with a practical grounding in client service, salon hygiene and day to day support for stylists and therapists. Comfortable greeting clients, managing bookings and keeping tools and work areas clean and ready. Looking to bring reliability and a calm, organised presence to a busy salon team.
Key skills
- Hair and beauty services support
- Personal care services
- Cleaning and salon maintenance
- Client greeting and appointment booking
- Shampooing and conditioning
- Tool sterilisation and salon hygiene
- Assisting stylists with colour application and blow-drying
- Stock management for retail and backbar products
- Booking and POS software including Kitomba, Phorest, Timely and Square Appointments
- Customer service and attention to detail
- Written communication and digital literacy
Experience: example bullet points
- Greeted clients and managed appointment bookings across a busy four-chair salon, keeping stylist schedules running on time.
- Shampooed and conditioned clients' hair before services, preparing each client promptly for their stylist.
- Sterilised tools and maintained salon hygiene between clients, following workplace health and safety procedures.
- Assisted stylists with colour application and blow-drying during peak periods, helping services finish within expected appointment times.
- Managed stock levels of retail products and supplies, reducing last minute shortages by keeping a simple reorder list.
Education
Year 12 or equivalent, often combined with a Certificate II in Salon Assistant or a salon traineeship.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- Certificate II in Salon Assistant
- salon assistant
- traineeship
- salon hygiene
- tool sterilisation
- client service
- appointment booking
- Kitomba
- Phorest
- Timely
- Square Appointments
- retail stock
- backbar
- workplace health and safety
- WHS
- hairdressing assistant
- beauty salon assistant
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.