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Old Jan 17th 2008, 8:28 pm
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Does anyone living in Brisbane know if salons have problems recruiting staff ??
And just out of curiosity how do you find the standard of work in general,I have read a lot of post about people finding it hard to find a decent stylist but then I suppose that could be said about any country.

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Originally Posted by grahamrobin
Hi
Does anyone living in Brisbane know if salons have problems recruiting staff ??
And just out of curiosity how do you find the standard of work in general,I have read a lot of post about people finding it hard to find a decent stylist but then I suppose that could be said about any country.

Thanks
I ain't no hairdresser but my misses, had trouble finding a decent one. They do struggle to get staff, their are loads of salons around, and most of them are bad at doing hair... Just my opinion.

Put it this way, I went for a haircut, male hairdresser, it was soo bad my 7 year old refused to have his haircut by him
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Old Jan 17th 2008, 8:46 pm
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Your 7 yr old was the lucky one then clever lad !!
Sorry you had a bad experience but the reply is good news to me,I may get lucky when I visit my daughter in April.

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How about gents' barbers?

They always seem to get lumped in with hairdressers and it's quite hard to track down info on job availability etc.

I'm a barber to trade, but I run a gift shop at the moment - emigration's always in my mind, though...
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How about gents' barbers?

They always seem to get lumped in with hairdressers and it's quite hard to track down info on job availability etc.

I'm a barber to trade, but I run a gift shop at the moment - emigration's always in my mind, though...

Loads of them, but they are bad also. To be honest a good one would do well, a bad one, well they would do OK Lets be honest here, men are easily pleased as to heair cuts !
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Loads of them, but they are bad also. To be honest a good one would do well, a bad one, well they would do OK Lets be honest here, men are easily pleased as to heair cuts !
Thanks for such a quick reply!

I am a good one!

Do guys there make much of a distinction - i.e. do blokes prefer going to a barber as opposed to a hairdresser, or is there not such a distinction as there is in the UK?

I wouldn't fancy working in a ladies'/unisex hairdressers, I'm more comfortable in a guys' environment.
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Thanks for such a quick reply!

I am a good one!

Do guys there make much of a distinction - i.e. do blokes prefer going to a barber as opposed to a hairdresser, or is there not such a distinction as there is in the UK?

I wouldn't fancy working in a ladies'/unisex hairdressers, I'm more comfortable in a guys' environment.
Mate you get both the distinction is much more vague. In the UK I would go to a gents barbers and boy do I miss them ! Never would I enter a hairdresser, you now a ladies salon. Here you get both and the difference is hard to tell, I go to barbers still but they are not very good and if I were in your shoes I would deffo go and work in the ladies hairdressers !!!!
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Mate you get both the distinction is much more vague. In the UK I would go to a gents barbers and boy do I miss them ! Never would I enter a hairdresser, you now a ladies salon. Here you get both and the difference is hard to tell, I go to barbers still but they are not very good and if I were in your shoes I would deffo go and work in the ladies hairdressers !!!!
Thanks for the advice.

I'm just putting the feelers out at the moment. The wife's not too keen to move.

You can never get too much information and this forum's really helpful.

Who knows, you might get a good barber in Brisbane some day!
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I ain't no hairdresser but my misses, had trouble finding a decent one. They do struggle to get staff, their are loads of salons around, and most of them are bad at doing hair... Just my opinion.

Put it this way, I went for a haircut, male hairdresser, it was soo bad my 7 year old refused to have his haircut by him
There's a male salon run in Brisbane CBD by an English guy, my OH goes there. It's called Pureman. He loves it and would recommend it.

p.s he went to a barber's once and he came out with a squaddie do ... we all thought it was hilarious but he was not impressed LOL!
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There's a male salon run in Brisbane CBD by an English guy, my OH goes there. It's called Pureman. He loves it and would recommend it.

p.s he went to a barber's once and he came out with a squaddie do ... we all thought it was hilarious but he was not impressed LOL!
I can relate to the poor guy !

I have seen the place you mean, always looks busy, Maybe if I am in the city I will pop in for a trim !
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Originally Posted by grahamrobin
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Does anyone living in Brisbane know if salons have problems recruiting staff ??
And just out of curiosity how do you find the standard of work in general,I have read a lot of post about people finding it hard to find a decent stylist but then I suppose that could be said about any country.

Thanks
Cor corz at South Bank and Oscar Oscar (city, Indooroopilly) seem to win most of the awards in Qld every year. Not cheap though, you'd prolly be looking at about $250-$300 for a cut and colour, maybe even more. Hair Zoom at Brisbane Central, is a good cut and they are very reasonable (prob about $150 cut and colour). Ask for Bree.
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Originally Posted by rabsody
There's a male salon run in Brisbane CBD by an English guy, my OH goes there. It's called Pureman. He loves it and would recommend it.
I wonder if they need any staff...
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Originally Posted by Brisben
I can relate to the poor guy !

I have seen the place you mean, always looks busy, Maybe if I am in the city I will pop in for a trim !
I still have some photos - priceless!

OH says the guy who runs it is really nice, been here about 2 years I think

Here's the website: http://www.pureman.com.au/content/index.php?id=1 and he's Scottish, not English - my bad.
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Originally Posted by Brisben
I can relate to the poor guy !

I have seen the place you mean, always looks busy, Maybe if I am in the city I will pop in for a trim !
Hya...we live very near you in Lota and I have had a bad experience with hairdressers over here....where does your wife go now? Cheers Sarah
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Hya...we live very near you in Lota and I have had a bad experience with hairdressers over here....where does your wife go now? Cheers Sarah
She goes into Fitness First at Carindale just off creek road, it is inside Fitness First and there is a little salon, they did a great job, she was happy.

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