5 Technical Skills for Creative Job-seekers to Ace - Style Nine to Five

5 Technical Skills for Creative Job-seekers to Ace

As creative digital industries grow, so does the required design skills in listed in job descriptions. If you’re someone who wants to work in a creative industry but feel overwhelmed by all of the software you have yet to master, we’ve compiled the top five creative programs that employers will be impressed by. 1 – […]

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How to Stand Out After an Interview - Style Nine to Five

How to Stand Out After an Interview

You submitted a killer cover letter and resume. You got the response from the hiring manager and now you’ve nailed the interview, but what’s next? When going through the interview process it sometimes feels like all you can do is “hurry up and wait.” Although it can feel that way, it’s not entirely true! After […]

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Christie’s Modern Resume Tips- Style Nine to Five

Christie’s Modern Resume Tips

Let’s talk about resumes! We can’t live without them and they’re not going away any time soon, so it’s about time to learn the ins and outs of how to write yours. Forget what you learned long ago, today’s most effective resumes are unique, customized, and pared down. We sat down with Style Nine to […]

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4 Skills Needed to Succeed as a Buyer - Style Nine to Five

4 Skills Needed to Succeed as a Buyer

Interested in becoming a fashion buyer? Becoming a fashion buyer is a great career choice if you have strong trend awareness and have excellent analytic skills. This role truly marries creativity and commerce and is a great fit for anyone passionate about both. We’ve highlighted some of the key skills you’ll need to excel in […]

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Skills You Need to Succeed in These Hot Retail Roles - Style Nine to Five

Skills You Need to Succeed in These Hot Retail Roles

If you are someone who loves fashion and wants to grow professionally in this industry, chances are you’ve contemplated a career in retail at some point! Simply put, working storefront is an excellent career move and learning experience with so much to offer. You may be asking yourself “Where do I fit in here?” or […]

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4 Ways Working in Retail Prepares You for Any Fashion Career - Style Nine to Five

4 Ways Working in Retail Prepares You for Any Fashion Career

For some, working in retail is the first job they ever have as a way to earn cash as a teen, but for others, it’s a calling to a long and fulfilling career in fashion. The feeling of high-quality fabrics, the satisfaction of a perfectly designed window display, and that rush you get when a […]

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How to Get Back Into the Workplace After Parental Leave - Style Nine to Five

How to Get Back Into the Workplace After Parental Leave

Being a parent is one of the hardest jobs out there. When you’re re-entering the workforce after taking a parental leave, you shouldn’t be shamed or miss out on job opportunities with employers who don’t see that you’ve spent your time away from your career working so hard. This means making edits to your resume […]

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Resume and Cover Letter Tips - Style Nine to Five

5 Resume and Cover Letter FAQs

Whether you’re re-entering the workforce or brand new to it, job applications are daunting all the same. There’s no clear-cut guide on what employers expect, often leaving us fumbling to figure things out. While it’s impossible to please every hiring manager who looks at your resume, here are some commonly accepted best practices of application […]

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Writing a Cover Letter When You Don't Have Experience - Style Nine to Five

Writing a Cover Letter When You Don’t Have Experience

We get it! Writing a cover letter is no easy feat, let alone when you have little to no professional experience within the field you’re applying to. Cover letters are meant to give the hiring manager some in-depth details about the work that you’ve done, but where to begin if you’re new to the workforce […]

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4 Fashion-Industry Lessons Learned on the Retail Sales Floor - Style Nine to Five

4 Fashion-Industry Lessons Learned on the Retail Sales Floor

Retail is a great avenue for getting into fashion. Working retail can help you build the necessary skills for moving up the corporate fashion ladder because there are A TON of applicable lessons that you learn while working on the sales floor. Thinking of getting into fashion? Here are some essential skills you’ll learn while […]

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