Worker prospects in Hong Kong hair, beauty sector not cut and dried amid staff shortages
Hongkonger Terrence Wu Chung-ting puts on an apron, picks up a comb and massages hair essence into a client’s scalp during a treatment for hair loss.
But eight years ago, Wu’s job could not have been any more different. A finance graduate from one of the city’s top universities, he was then a marketer for beauty products and focused on sales.
But when he saw untapped potential in Hong Kong’s hairdressing industry, he boldly switched careers from a white-collar to a blue-collar profession, training to become a scalp therapist.
Wu, now in his mid-thirties, recalled starting from scratch by learning basic tasks such as shampooing and blow-drying hair.
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