Fashion's most (and least) in-demand skills.
In this week's Careers Newsletter, read BoF senior correspondent Sheena Butler-Young's latest: Fashion's Most (and Least) In-Demand Skills. Rima Makhoul, a recent graduate from New York University, has an eclectic résumé. An aspiring luxury brand strategist, she wants employers to know that, yes, she is proficient in Microsoft Office and completed an internship at Yoox Net-a-Porter, but also that she is adept at "working with diverse teams" and "building trust-based relationships," and that her personal interests include Arabic, jazz music and backgammon. Makhoul said her goal is to signal that she has a diverse skill set that would fit a variety of employers and positions. She's casting a wide net, firing off dozens of applications for roles at fashion heavyweights like LVMH and Richemont's Chloé, but also Colgate-Palmolive and Meta. "It's a time where you have to be open minded and, for me, the priority is not so much what the job is … but what are the values that place represents," she said. "Is it somewhere that's going to offer a lot of support in terms of professional growth, and where I could build a robust skill set?" It turns out, many employers in the fashion industry are thinking along the same lines. Companies that once screened candidates based on "hard skills" such as machine learning and data analysis are increasingly prioritising qualities like critical thinking and interpersonal communication. → READ MORE | |
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