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Jobs in the Fashion Industry
By admins | March 1, 2009
People from around the world flock to New York City to obtain the most coveted of fashion jobs. While the fashion industry, as a whole, is known for its competitive nature; landing that job in the first place is the most cutthroat part. Right now, as we are facing a deepening recession, every industry including ours is suffering and layoffs are growing weekly. Whether you are looking for your first job or a new one, the first things you must get squared away are a professional, easy to read resume and an outstanding and unique portfolio. While many candidates apply directly to companies or reply to job opening ads, when the market is tight, as it is now, there may be better avenues to approach. Working with a recruiter, or ten, can help you get into a interview quicker, and working with a freelance company can get you in the door and money in your pocket faster.
One of the largest recruiting and freelancing companies, 24 Seven, recently released a report on the current state of fashion industry jobs. They discuss what sectors of the industry are still hiring, which not surprisingly are the moderate/affordable, mass-market, and outerwear categories. Jobs in production and technical design are far more in demand now than apparel design; additionally, many companies are looking to hire more productive sales people to help improve their bottom lines. According to 24 Seven, many companies are turning to freelancers rather than full time employees to cut costs and save on benefit expenses. While in some cases this is true, we have definitely noticed that many companies have put a freeze to the added expense of hiring freelancers and instead are increasing the workload onto their existing staff. We’ve seen many companies downsize all departments, with many employees doing the work of two or more people. Companies that are hiring now, are taking their time finding the right candidate and are offering lower salaries for larger workloads then last year. Right now, it is a tough time to be job hunting and if you are currently employed we would not recommend voluntarily making a job change in the immediate future. For those of you that are looking for work we recommend being as aggressive as possible, networking, using recruiters, and improving your skill set during this downtime.
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Topics: economy, fashion industry, jobs | 4 Comments » 
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March 3rd, 2009 at 1:33 am
I agree about freelancing, it’s great if you can get it but everybody is cutting back on it now. Also heard that 24seven let half their staff go recently?
March 4th, 2009 at 11:41 am
Finding a job now, any job is impossible now. And companies are totally trying to make do with less people doing more work. Aughhhh
March 5th, 2009 at 1:14 am
Yes, Denimhead times are tough now, hopefully things will start improving soon.
Anon, Not sure about 24seven maybe somebody else on here has some info?
August 16th, 2011 at 8:39 pm
It’s amazing all these big companies, are not hiring entry level help. The joke is on them, if you hire interns that you pay nothing, and hire immigrants, that don’t know the language. How do you expect quality. I need a job as a Messenger, and or Department Assistant, or Mailroom.