You are making these mistakes if you don’t have a job in Fashion yet

Getting a job in fashion is not an easy thing, and my aim here with Glam Observer is to help you find your place in the industry by offering you strategies, revealing the tricks and secrets of the sector and bringing you practical examples with the interviews.

If after a month or more you have not yet gotten a job in fashion, the problem is not you, but your strategy.

Do not get discouraged that you are not suited to the fashion industry and that your experiences or studies are not useful for getting a job in fashion. EVERYONE can work in fashion, whatever their previous experience, country of origin or school attended.

If you haven’t gotten a job in fashion yet, you’re definitely making one or more of these mistakes. Remember that, given how competitive the fashion industry is, even just one of these mistakes can put you out of the game.

Let’s begin.

1. Are you sure your CV is good enough?

I couldn’t not begin this list from your CV, because it’s your first approach with recruiters. Unfortunately, the first is not an in-person approach, and you cannot, therefore, explain face to face who you are what you can do and how much you are worth, so this single-page document must speak for you and prove you are the person they are looking for. Read which are the most common CV mistakes and make sure you haven’t done one. Save it as a PDF, add a professional photo, use a unique but professional design, make it all on one page, go straight to the point and make sure you enter the keywords of the job description. Change your CV slightly each time you apply for a new job to make sure you can use the keywords of each job. In this article, I explained to you exactly how to fit your CV for each job offer.

2. Are your applying for the jobs made for you?

I know it might seem obvious, but many people do not receive any calls from the company simply because their profile is not suitable for the position. If you are applying for jobs that require 3 years of experience and you have just graduated, certainly just received, your CV will be discarded, no matter which prestigious university you come from.

Read the job description and the requirements carefully before applying. You do not need to meet all the requirements to apply for a job, but pay attention to the fundamental ones. First of all the number of years and previous experiences: if they request that you have worked for e-commerce for one year and you don’t, it is best to avoid applying for this job in order not to waste time and energy and above all your motivation when you do not receive feedback.

Before applying, make sure that your profile, your skills and experience fit the position and the company. If you have just graduated you must apply for internship positions and not for full-time jobs since your only current experience is related to your studies. No one forbids you to apply for positions that you like but for which you do not have the main requirements, but if you do so, make sure you won’t get discouraged if you do not receive a response. It can happen that out of 5 job offers, 4 reflect the years of experience and your skills, and 1 requires more experience or skills than you have but you like it so much that you want to give it a try. You can try to apply for this one too because you’ll never know, but don’t lose the motivation by a negative result in this case and go ahead.

3. Are you doing this during and after the job interview?

The job interview is a delicate step because it is your first in-person approach. Many jobs are assigned because of the empathy between the candidate and the hiring manager or the future boss. Be always kind and professional and smile. No one wants to work with a person who is arrogant or too hesitant. Be firm but friendly.

If you haven’t received a feedback after a job interview yet, you have made one or more of these mistakes:

• You did not send the thank you email immediately after the interview
• You did not follow up after 7-10 days to remind the company about of your interest in the position and to add things you did not say during the interview or to explain things that came out wrong
• You haven’t read the e-book free to download for you GO member