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| | Barbers, cosmetologists, and other personal appearance workers |
 | | Barbers, cosmetologists, and other personal appearance workers who operate their own salons have managerial duties that may include hiring, supervising, and firing workers, as well as keeping business and inventory records, ordering supplies, and arranging for advertising. |
 | | Overall employment of barbers, cosmetologists, and other personal appearance workers is projected to grow about as fast as the average for all occupations through 2014, because of an increasing population, rising incomes, and growing demand for personal appearance services. |
 | | On the one hand, slower-than-average growth is expected in employment of barbers because of the large number of retirements expected over the 2004—14 projection period and because of the relatively small number of cosmetology school graduates opting to obtain barbering licenses. |
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