No real spa or beauty experience yet — how do I write the CV?

List the services you learned and practised, plus work from internships, vocational courses or customer-facing jobs, with workplace, dates and main task. Do not present it as commercial technician work — recruiters check before booking clients.

I can do both spa and nails — how do I write the CV?

Pick your single strongest service for the role line, and list the other as separate one-line tasks. Do not write “can do everything” — recruiters need a specific service and the work attached to it to book clients.

How long should a spa and beauty CV be?

One to two pages is enough. Recruiters read the service, the techniques, the certificate and the shift sections closely; pages three and four of a CV for a common role are usually skipped.

Should I put my expected salary in the CV?

No. The CV states what you can do, the service and the shifts you can cover; salary is negotiated directly after the recruiter contacts you. A salary figure in the CV can cost you the role if it does not yet match your service and real work.

I cannot work evening shifts and public holidays — should I still apply?

Yes — state the shifts you can work right in the CV. Recruiters need to see exactly which shifts you can cover to book clients; hiding a shift you cannot work and being found out at rostering is the real weakness.

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CV for spa, beauty, nail and hair-wash staff: write it so recruiters call you

Keep it to 1–2 pages: one line with the service you want to do plus the workplace and shift pattern, the services and techniques you can do, 3–5 things you did written as concrete action verbs, workplaces in order, any vocational certificate you hold, and your working hours plus start date. Skip vague lines like “skilful hands, loves beauty” with no service, technique or shift attached.

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How spa and beauty recruiters read a CV

Unlike office CVs, a spa and beauty CV is read closely in exactly two places: the services you can do and the rota you can work. Recruiters look for four answers: do you meet the requirements for the service, which services and techniques can you do, can you work evening shifts, weekends and public holidays, and when can you start. Missing any one of the four usually puts the CV behind others, even if you can do the job. So put the service right after the role line, then the techniques, then the places you worked, with certificates and shifts at the end of the main part. The faster you answer the four questions, the more likely you get the call.

One role line: service + workplace + shift pattern

Open the CV with exactly one line: the service you want to do, the workplace, and the shift pattern. Examples: “Spa technician, facial care and relaxation massage, working the spa's rotating shifts.” For nails: “Nail technician, gel polish, acrylics and nail art, working weekends and public holidays.” For hair wash: “Herbal hair-wash staff, hair wash and head–shoulder–neck massage, working the venue's evening shifts.” One such line tells the recruiter at once whether you fit the service they need, instead of reading the whole CV only to learn you can wash hair but not do facial care, or cannot work the spa's evening shifts. The most common mistake is writing it too generally (“applying for beauty”) or naming the service without the shift pattern — both force the recruiter to ask, and when hiring urgently, people who need asking are usually skipped first.

Services and techniques in a shift: be specific

This section is mandatory for spa and beauty CVs. State each main service on its own line with the technique you used it for (facial care, acne extraction, gel polish, acrylics, herbal hair wash), products and tools if any (for example a facial-care machine, a nail tool set, the tool-cleaning process after each client), and short courses completed with the year (for example basic facial care, professional nails, herbal hair wash). If a course certificate is still pending, write “pending” with the expected date — never write it as if you already have it. Recruiters check the technique before booking clients; claiming a technique you cannot do gets you rejected at the trial or on the first working day, however well the CV is written.

List what you can do, one task per line

The most important part is the list of things you can do, one line each, written with concrete action verbs. For spa: assess the client's skin and choose a suitable treatment by the venue's process; carry out facial care step by step and note the client's skin reaction after the treatment; clean tools and tidy the treatment room after each client to venue standard. For nails: advise on nail shapes and polish colours to the client's request; apply gel, acrylics and nail art to the design the client chose; clean and sterilise nail tools after each client by the salon's process. For hair wash: wash hair and massage head, shoulders and neck to the treatment the client chose; advise on hair-care products to the client's hair condition; tidy the wash bed and tools after each client to venue standard. Claiming a task you never did to “make the CV look good” shows up at the trial or on the first working day — and costs you the opportunity.

Workplaces: workplace + dates + main task, no long descriptions

For each workplace, three facts are enough: the spa, nail salon or venue name (no detailed address), the dates (month/year from–to), and one or two main tasks there. No long venue description, no list of every small task. Recruiters care whether you really did the work — one line stating the main task answers that. If you worked many short stints, do not hide them: list them all, one main task per workplace. Short stints are not automatically a weakness when the work is clear; hiding them and being found out is.

Certificates, shifts and figures: only real, checkable numbers

A vocational certificate is what sets this CV apart — state the certificate you hold and the year it was issued (for example a facial-care certificate, a nail certificate), never just “trained” with no certificate name. If you have no certificate but did real work, say so with the workplace — recruiters need to place you in a service that does not yet require a certificate. State the shifts you can work (day, evening, rotating, weekends, public holidays) and the ones you cannot, so the recruiter does not learn the mismatch only when booking clients. Figures only where real and checkable: clients served in a shift, nail sets done in a day, treatments done in a week. Never invent figures, and never present the whole salon's numbers as your own — recruiters check before booking clients, and an invented figure costs you the opportunity. If you have no figures yet because you are new or the work was internal, write the work instead of a number: “washed hair and massaged to the venue's booking schedule and tidied the wash bed after each client” — honest still beats a good-looking number that cannot be checked.

Contact details and next step

At the end, only three things are needed: full name, phone number, and the area you live in. No detailed home address, no hobbies, no elaborate portrait photo. Recruiters in this group mostly call or message — the phone number must be one you actually use and answer during office hours. Next, create an account and upload your CV so recruiters can find it: register as a candidate on timviecde.vn (/register). Note: with an unverified email you cannot upload a CV or receive selection emails — verify your email right after registering, before uploading.

Do this next

One role line: the service you want to do + the workplace + shift pattern.
Services and techniques stated; 3–5 things you did, written as concrete action verbs.
Vocational certificate stated (if any); shifts you can work and start date stated.

Common questions

No real spa or beauty experience yet — how do I write the CV?: List the services you learned and practised, plus work from internships, vocational courses or customer-facing jobs, with workplace, dates and main task. Do not present it as commercial technician work — recruiters check before booking clients.
I can do both spa and nails — how do I write the CV?: Pick your single strongest service for the role line, and list the other as separate one-line tasks. Do not write “can do everything” — recruiters need a specific service and the work attached to it to book clients.
How long should a spa and beauty CV be?: One to two pages is enough. Recruiters read the service, the techniques, the certificate and the shift sections closely; pages three and four of a CV for a common role are usually skipped.
Should I put my expected salary in the CV?: No. The CV states what you can do, the service and the shifts you can cover; salary is negotiated directly after the recruiter contacts you. A salary figure in the CV can cost you the role if it does not yet match your service and real work.
I cannot work evening shifts and public holidays — should I still apply?: Yes — state the shifts you can work right in the CV. Recruiters need to see exactly which shifts you can cover to book clients; hiding a shift you cannot work and being found out at rostering is the real weakness.

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