Industry Talks: Q&A with Barber, Oli

We had the opportunity to sit down with recent Barber Skills graduate, Oli, to chat about what inspired him to study barbering and discuss his journey from student to shop-floor.

Hey, my name’s Oli and I study Barber Skills at Servilles Academy.

Why did you choose to study barbering at Servilles Academy?

I was doing a job that I wasn’t really liking; I wasn’t too sure what I was doing as a career. And it was the first lockdown and I cut my flatmate’s hair. I watched a tutorial on YouTube on how to fade… and it was a very bad fade! But it kind of gave me the inspiration and I decided to look up Servilles and enrol.

What do you enjoy about barbering?

I really like meeting new people and learning about people’s lives and it’s such a great feeling when you do a cut on someone and they like it and walk out with a lot of confidence.