Hi, I'm Julie Vargas, vice president of career opportunities,
and I have had really a wonderful career path.
I started out walking into a new store that
was being built in 1993 here in Austin, Texas.
And little did I know that was the first
store, and I got hired on as the manager.
I then had the opportunity to manage
that store for about five years.
Then I became a technical coach, really
teaching all the technical training to our
stores and our new team members.
Then moved into a area coach, got to travel to
the stores in the area and help develop their managers
and do the training and opening of the stores.
And then I became a regional coach,
really helping open stores across the country,
in the north part of the territory.
All of a sudden we realized we really
need to start focusing on our recruiting programs.
So we created a new position and
I became the director of career opportunities.
Really focused on developing our recruiting programs and
establishing our brand within the style community and
have just evolved into my role today as
vice president of career opportunities.
It's been a great career path.
Hi, I'm Stacia Kelly.
I'm the artistic director.
I started in 2006 as a coordinator.
Soon after that, I became a stylist, then
grew into an assistant manager, a manager, and
then I was honored to become a coach.
After I became a coach, I was
eligible to be an artistic team member.
Then I became the artistic director. Right.
And Julie and I are great examples of how
you can grow your career within sport clips. Yeah.
So we have so many amazing programs,
and the first one is really tss. Right.
So that is our technical skills specialist.
Think of them as technical teachers in the store.
So if you're a new team member coming into
the store and maybe you have less confidence and
you want somebody to come check your haircuts or
you need help in a haircut, that's going to
be the person by your side day after day.
So just think of them as a.
And our ambassador program is a leadership
program that helps to develop, attract and
educate students out in the field about
the amazing career opportunities at sport clips.
For sure.
And I think it's important for us to be in
the schools and in front of all these students so
they can see all the opportunities that lie before them.
Exactly.
We also have our advanced classes, so we
all know in this industry we need to
continue our growth, continue our education.
And at sport clips we
always offer continuing education.
We're always evolving our classes for new trends,
new techniques, and all these tools that can
be placed in your tool belt so you
can become the master of your craft.
Yes, we also have our management development program.
These programs are so special and amazing.
I know we've been through them.
We continue to evolve them, but it really helps those
that are interested or are already in a position as
a manager to continue to grow and develop.
These programs are really meant to build on leadership
skills and to provide a skill set that continues
to evolve into great leaders and really creates a
bench of leadership waiting to move to that next
level or continuing to evolve as a manager.
And coaches are another area of great career growth.
We've had many people just like Stacia who
started out as coordinators right out of school,
and they've moved up into coaches.
And these are folks who are
masters at their craft, right?
They've really mastered our operations, they've mastered our
technical skills, and they now are teaching that.
And as a coach, you're eligible
to be an artistic team member.
This group are sport clips platform artists that
represent the brand on a national level.
From hair shows, trade events, to our
own national huddle and industry publications.
These are the best of the best of sport clips.
Well, thank you for joining sport clips, and we
can't wait to see your growth through this industry.
The sky's the limit. That's right.