“I work as a lecturer at MIT and I also work in the industry within my own salon, which I have done for the past eight years. They are all very competent lecturers here and I find that even we learn from each other. There’s such a diverse range of people here and that’s awesome to be able to see the different types of people as they grow.
We set students up so that they are capable of walking into a salon and being able to know all the knowledge of all the basics. In my salon, I like employing MIT graduates because they are very good with clients. They’re always very friendly and they’ve had that previous experience here, working on clients, as it’s an in-salon base type of training at MIT. There is a lot of passion and creativity in MIT hairdressing students.
MIT hairdressing is only a couple of days a week, so, you can still work in the industry at the same time as trying to learn. It’s a lot more flexible and easier for students to learn whilst working as well.
If you’re creative and you’re thinking of studying hairdressing, MIT’s a really great place because you learn hands-on skills and you will have a lot more experience when going into the industry. It doesn’t matter if you’re male or you’re female – everyone here gets treated exactly the same, we are like a family. We all pitch in and help each other out.”
Jacinda Millett
MIT lecturer and salon owner
