Has the dreaded time come for you to start to put your fashion CV together? Don’t worry, following these tips will turn this dreaded experience into an easy process, they will help you build a professional resume. These tips can be used for any job title within the Fashion industry, whether you're on the hunt for a fashion designer director role or an administrative assistant, you’ve come to the right place.
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The Necessary Sections
The first tip of this blog is a critical one; don’t include what isn’t needed. Things like what school and grades you got several years ago don’t matter, the employer wants to know relevant information. As well as this, tone down the mention of your hobbies and interests, the employers want to know your key information, what makes you tick? What makes you right for this job?
Keep the irrelevant information out, but on hand, just in case they ask you in the interview!
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Show Your Skills
Sell yourself; this is the first time you are introducing yourself to the hiring team. Highlight what you can do, make sure you have referred back to the job description, and only include relevant information. If you have previous experience, paid or unpaid, SAY IT!
Emphasise your accomplishments, rewards in previous workplaces, and targets you met and exceeded. Show you are the individual they want.
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Be Unique
Within CVs, you should be including two core assets: your qualifications and your personality. As mentioned prior, you want to show off your skills in a concise manner, but you also want to include a unique tone of voice. Try to be yourself, this will help to show who you really are and if your personality will be right for the company’s culture.
Make sure to include the standard sections: Summary; experience; education; and skill set. And as suggested above, make sure to include a little personality through this. If you are struggling to do this through your CV, don’t worry your cover letter will also give you more time to shine.
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Be Specific
Tailor your CV to what the company has highlighted in the job description, as well as do your research into the business itself. If you are struggling with this, browse through the job description for keywords, don’t be scared to venture to a similar job description for more vocab! Every little helps.
Here are a few more in-depth tips for specific positions:
Design: Incorporate the relevant skills from a technical perspective - have you got experience with patterning, fitting, illustrating, or CAD design?
Visual Merchandising: Have you got experience with interior design, setting and styling in-store displays, retail imagery, and marketing?
Sales: Even if it isn’t within the retail sector, highlight your customer service, consumer trends, and stock management experience.
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Final Checks
Make sure to PROOFREAD, there is nothing worse to spot a small error and this could potentially lose you the chance of an interview.
Make sure your text font and size are readable and formatting is consistent.
Is your contact information right? You don’t want to miss out on an interview if you’ve accidentally put the wrong details!
Remember to not overcomplicate things, you haven’t done all this hard work to not show off a little.
If you have not had a response or did not receive an invitation to an interview, drop them an email. Be positive and ask for some feedback on your resume and cover letter. This is so you know what you can change for the next time.
If you are on the search for a role within the fashion industry and your resume is all ready to go, why not check out our jobs page? To read more of our recruitment blogs, click here.
