21 Recruiting Trends for 2021 - Style Nine to Five - Fashion Jobs in Canada

21 Recruiting Trends for 2021

With the new year quickly approaching, and the state of the world in flux, it’s an interesting time for both job-seekers and employers—to say the least. As employers move forward with hiring, 2021 is disrupting our norms and shaking things up with some exciting new trends. Here are 21 for ’21. 1 – Make Diversity […]

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4 Ways to Know if You Should Promote an Intern - Style Nine to Five

4 Ways to Know if You Should Promote an Intern

The hiring process can be difficult and the search for a fresh perspective can seem tedious, but there may be excellent talent within your company. Onboarding an existing intern can add to your team and bring insights and perspective to your company that you’re already confident in. The benefits of hiring an intern are, they […]

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5 Ways to Negotiate Salary Like a Pro - Style Nine to Five

5 Ways to Negotiate Salary Like a Pro

Talking about money with a prospective employer, especially in a pandemic, can be nerve-wracking. If you haven’t yet received an offer yet, this is an excellent time to prepare. Don’t worry if you’ve never negotiated an offer of employment! We’re going to go through five things you can do to navigate this delicate subject: developing […]

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Creative Strategies to Keep Your Employees

Creative Strategies to Keep Your Employees

There’s no doubt that we’re in difficult times, and have been since March, when COVID-19 swept Canada, along with the rest of the world. Since then, companies of all sizes have been impacted, whether it’s dealing with store closures due to government restrictions, scrambling to set up an efficient remote workforce, or having to lay-off […]

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Creating a Career Out of Your Interests

Creating a Career Out of Your Interests

Remember those hobbies, and passions that put a smile on your face when you were younger? Or even the interests that developed going into your adult years? The things you loved that once may have been a dream job but seemed so distant? The answers that come to mind may be things that you put […]

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5 Ways to Streamline Your Company’s Hiring Process - Style Nine to Five

5 Ways to Streamline Your Company’s Hiring Process

From new businesses to huge corporations, the task of finding the right employees can easily take over your job and drown you in a sea of resumes, cover letters, portfolios, and references. If you need to free up time and make the task quicker and more efficient, apply these strategies to your next round of […]

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Tips for Maintaining a Side Hustle - Style Nine to Five

Tips for Maintaining a Side Hustle

When it comes to the fashion industry (or any industry!), it’s common to wear multiple hats and to work more than one job at a time. For many in the industry, there are a lot of temporary or part-time opportunities available for career growth and variety. While you may have fine-tuned your work-life balance, how […]

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5 Things to Know Before Starting a Business in the Creative Sector

Style Nine to Five Founder, Christie Lohr, has built her brand from the ground up. As a result of her vision and investment in herself, Style Nine to Five has now become the go-to place for fashion job seekers looking to gain employment, employers looking to recruit or post jobs, and anyone looks for insights […]

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How to Collaborate with Influencers - Style Nine to Five

Collaborate with Influencers – How to Craft the Perfect Message

In the age of social media, accessing industry influencers is essentially at your fingertips. You no longer have to jump through the traditional hoops of going through a manager or public relations representative. However, this does not mean it is easy to organize and execute collaborations. Some influencers get hundreds of direct messages a day […]

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3 Ways to Land on the Right Career - Style Nine to Five

3 Ways to Land on the Right Career

Today, more than ever, there are so many options for a career – and many may sound appealing, but that doesn’t mean they’re all right for you.  Considering you have to make important career choices before you’ve likely had much exposure to any particular industry, it can sometimes be difficult to see what the right path […]

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