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Beauty school credentials mean nothing on the job, fight me.
I'd hire a keen apprentice over a graduate any day because real skill comes from doing, not studying. My shop's top cutter learned everything from washing bowls up. When did books ever teach you to calm a nervous client?
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hugow306mo ago
Honestly, is this worth getting worked up over? @the_seth has a point about what school misses, but calling a diploma a fancy paperweight is a bit much. Learning by doing is important, but that doesn't make school time useless. Some folks actually benefit from a class before holding shears. It's not like every person with a certificate is hopeless and every trainee is a genius.
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victor_barnes486mo ago
Right, hugow30 gets that school gives a base, but @the_seth nails the real issue. It's not about ditching classes, it's about how they often skip the messy, human parts of the job. So a diploma isn't worthless, but it's only half the story without hands-on time.
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the_seth6mo ago
Guess that diploma makes for a nice frame while you're sweeping up hair clippings. All those textbook diagrams about haircuts and zero pages on how to handle someone having a meltdown in your chair. Seems like a pretty big gap in the education for the price of tuition. Nothing like paying to learn the theory of a shampoo bowl only to really learn it by washing a hundred of them for free.
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