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A second chair at Akila.

We’re hiring one hairdresser to work beside Zara, our lead colourist of twenty years. Colour, cutting and smoothing, on Station Street, Oakleigh.

A hairdresser's work surface in morning light: steel shears on a folded linen towel, a stoneware colour bowl and brush, a wooden comb and a glass of Persian tea on travertine.
The role
Part-time hairdresser
Experience
Two to three years in a salon
Hours
Tue to Sun, 10am to 5:30pm
Pay
Hair and Beauty Award rate
Where
10 Station Street, Oakleigh
Hiring
A 15-minute chat, then a paid trial day
Close-up of steel hairdressing shears resting on a folded linen towel, in morning light.

The work

Balayage and smoothing are what we need most.

The cut and the finish have to be as clean as the colour.

What you’ll have

  1. 01

    The chair beside Zara’s.

  2. 02

    Keune and Cacau Brasil.

  3. 03

    Closed by 5:30pm.

  4. 04

    Two minutes from the station.

The standard

The work you’d stand beside.

Real clients, finished at Akila. Press and hold a photo, or tap “Show before”, to see where it started.

  • After: soft blonde balayage through long hair. Before: grown-out, uneven blonde.

    Balayage

    Soft blonde through the lengths

  • After: an even, cool brown from root to tip. Before: brassy, uneven lengths.

    Colour correction

    Brassy lengths to an even, cool brown

  • After: long, smooth, glossy brown hair. Before: curly, frizzy brown hair.

    Cacau Brasil Nanoplastia

    Frizz to smooth, same visit

  • After: bright white blonde, smooth and glossy. Before: dry, frizzy blonde.

    White blonde and Nanoplastia

    Bright blonde, smoothed

“Akila’s way of treating their clients is way beyond any other salons I have been to.”

Amy LeoGoogle review

Akila holds 4.8 from 178 Google reviews.

How hiring works

Four steps, all with Zara.

  1. 01

    Send your details

    Sixty seconds, on this page. By text or email.

  2. 02

    A 15-minute chat

    On the phone: how the salon runs, and how you work.

  3. 03

    A paid trial day

    A day in the salon on Station Street, beside Zara.

  4. 04

    A start date

    If it’s a fit, we agree the details and when you begin.

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