Our favourite recruiter is back with more job-search tips for aspiring makeup artists! She just posted on her blog about Emotional Intelligence and we think that you can follow this advice to find the perfect job!

Creating great make up looks is abut creativity and empathy with your clients. That’s why when Lindsay says: “Emotional Intelligence is ‘the capacity for recognizing our own feelings and those of others, for motivating ourselves, and for managing emotions well in ourselves and others’. (Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence, 1995)”, we’re all ears. She gives us the four skill areas of EI; we think they’re linked to the makeup industry too.

1.    Lindsay says: “Self-awareness - the ability to read one’s emotions and recognize their impact while using gut feelings to guide decisions.”  We say: when you work with clients, go with your instinct to create the best looks for them.

2.    Lindsay says: “Self-management - involves controlling one’s emotions and impulses and adapting to changing circumstances.”  We say that this industry can be challenging and you will definitely need a tough skin to survive especially in the beginning.

3.    Lindsay says: “Social awareness - the ability to sense, understand, and react to others’ emotions while comprehending social networks.” We say working as a makeup artists means team work and taking the clients’ views to mix with your own creativity.

4.    Lindsay says: “Relationship management - the ability to inspire, influence, and develop others while managing conflict.”   We say working with a team of hair stylists, wardrobe stylists, dermatologists and clients requires tact, delicacy and a huge heaping confidence. Learn how to manage all of this and your career will take off!

Does this fit with your experience of the makeup industry?