Last week, I noted in three different posts, here, here, and here, that Stimulus funds were being being given to wasted on beauty schools to help students with tuition.
Seems the St. Petersburg Times finally figured out that spending millions for students to attend barber, hair, massage, and aroma therapy schools might be a big waste of taxpayer money.
That’s swell news for those who see the beauty trades as a way to gain a firmer footing in the job market. But is there truly demand for more beauty school graduates at bay area salons?
Not really, said Monica Ponce, owner of Muse The Salon in Tampa.
“Instead of encouraging more people to go to beauty schools,” Ponce said, “they should probably help the stylists who are unemployed.”
Some area salons are hiring in this economy, but even industry lobbyists say beauty school is rarely a ticket to a thriving career.
Only 1 to 2 percent of beauty school graduates will be working in the field five years from graduation, said Bonnie Poole, treasurer of the Florida Cosmetology Association. Read the entire article….
Money down a rat hole. Hell, that describes 95% of the ARRA anyway.
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