In this episode around developing your career, I'm talking about testing your skills on the competition floor or in online competitions too.

As a means of skill growth competitions can make you challenge your day to day techniques, advance them, review them and WILL change how you work going forward.  

It shows ambition, drive and willingness to adapt to circumstances.  It shows you can work under pressure and still produce the goods.  For a prospective or current employer, having an employee that wants to compete can only bring positivity to the workplace.  Some larger businesses grow their teams through competition in the workplace as well as at regional, national or international competitions.  

I've been involved in competing, judging and managing nail competitions since 2006 and I love being on the competition floor.  Have to say I prefer my role as competition director than competing and love supporting the competitors as they hone their craft and help calm the nerves on the day. 

In my role with the Federation of Nail Professionals we are now collaborating with Professional Beauty and as this episode goes live on Monday I'll be on the competition floor for the second day of the London nail comp.  I'll be sharing pics and vids on my Inspiring Salon Professionals group so pop over to see what a nail competition is all about.

Find me on Facebook in my Inspiring Salon Professionals group or on Instagram as _sue_davies