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Hairdressers and Barbers

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Hairdressers and Barbers

Exposure

Hairdressers and Barbers
17

Low exposure

More exposed than 4% of 250 roles

Window · adoption

7–15 yrs

until most of the change has landed

Low adoption

In one line

AI reaches salons through booking, marketing and virtual try-on apps; the cut, colour and client relationship remain entirely human.

Inputs behind the score · scaled 0–100

Task applicability

14

Observed usage

4

Official exposure tier

40

Labour-market trajectory

n/a

Published adoption rating

10

What is driving it

  1. Salon booking and management software
  2. Generative AI for marketing
  3. Virtual try-on and consultation apps
  4. AI-assisted colour formulation
  5. Online discovery and reviews
  6. Retail and product recommendations

Skills worth building

  1. Advanced technical skill
  2. Consultation and client reading
  3. Booking platform proficiency
  4. Social media and content
  5. Retail and product knowledge
  6. Business basics

Tools in the work now

  1. Fresha
  2. Booksy
  3. Vagaro
  4. Canva
  5. ChatGPT

Where the work moves

Receptionists65

More exposed

Social Media Managers74

Different skills, growing

Fitness Trainers and Instructors22

Complementary, less exposed

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Scores are the CareerGuard Exposure Index v2: the same five inputs and weights for every role, so a gap of ten points means the same thing wherever it appears. How scores are built.