The Fashion Careers Clinic

Talk - Louise Grey
The fashion careers clinic

• CV reviews

• Portfolio reviews

• Networking advice and top tips

• recruitment agency preparation

Advantagescan help you decided if fashion is the right career
Disadvantages there are some companies that paid internshelp graduate fashion week long hoursunstructured job with duties withing lots of areasstarting at the bottom
CV's no more then one pagegood to have fashion retail on CVlist of companies you would like to work for and the names send out 50 CV's a weekkeep cover letter's briefNetworklots of fashion companies look for PR's
textiles printpractical hands on you have to want to do it for industrylong hard workkeep keep sending email personal make sure it's individualwhat you can do?what you can bring?how long your availableas long as student want to do itthe skillssell you skills on CV and cover letterintern not a excuse to not be professionalwhat you learned in school and intern will be used everydaybe yourselfbuild up with the people you work forpeople stick in your mind if their goodfashion industry is small word can get around about how good or bad learn as who you are as a designerbe proactive don't be nervous about show garment/work

Freelance workshop

fashion careers clinic for graduates mentor service

fashion recruitment

how to find freelance work

networking important part of freelancing

go back to people you work with have a chat with them have recommendation saying your looking for work

do be afraid to ask people for help or bug them

think about who you know the industry

online networking

for you to find people and people find you

70% of work not advertised

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online profile make as professional keep profile up to date

target list 

online portfolio follow the whole process not just final designs

show how you work 

update know your on trend 

include image of your work with cv and cover letter 

development, moodboard, final design

be nice to recruiter 

follow companies 

document your work online 

visuals 

Nicholas Taheri creative director #nieko

How start your interest your style

who are your inspirations?

differentiating yourself

good's and bad's 

use your history 

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• brand 
• online presents 
• portfolio 
• cv and cover letter (maybe do a visual CV)
• value yourself 
• feedback
• project management- teamwork, communication, client relations, balancing projects, deadlines 
• specialist subjects - research development, bright ideas, pitch presentation
• admin - research, finance, documentation 

get good wage but not fixed wage

build up relations wont feel part 

solid work base 

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