1. Is a Fashion Career in your Future?

2. Steps along a Career Path
Define a job
Define a career
How do they differ?

3. Job Specific work assignment within an industry
A job description is a written statement of what the employee holding a specific job is expected to do.

4. Career… A lifelong field People progress through different levels
Usually leads to higher levels of employment
Total of jobs held equal a career path
People usually work “from the ground up”.

5. Job Levels Entry-level jobs Management Positions
Beginning job in a career path
Provide “foot in the door”
Management Positions
Deal with planning, organizing, controlling, implementing and monitoring an organization.

6. Aspects of Various Careers
Duties and responsibilities
Education and training needed
Pay, fringe benefits and other compensation
Location
Job security
Advancement opportunities
Working conditions and schedules
Status and prestige
Amount of challenge and pressure

7. Education Some fashion-related jobs can be done while in high school.
Others require post-secondary education.
Certificate courses – available at technical schools. Can be one year of study.
Associate degree-earned at community colleges. Usually takes two years of study.
Bachelor’s degree-earned at a four-year college or a university.
Select a major in a specific area.

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Evaluate yourself
Assessment is needed to determine the kinds of work you would like to do and are able to do.
Consider important expectations like family issues, personal values, and general objectives.

9. Self-Assessment Determine your personal qualities.
Determine your interests.
Determine your skills.
Evaluate your personal and work values.

10. Outline of Career Planning Process
Evaluate yourself
Investigate careers
Get the needed education and training
Expand your competencies through work experienced
Build a network of contacts (Junior Achievement, Goody Products, DECA Competition)
Package yourself with a strong resume, cover letters, portfolio
Maintain ongoing awareness about opportunities

11. Careers in Fashion Fashion Designer Accessory Editor Model
Fashion Show Organizer
Retail Manager
Textile Stylist
Textile R&D Manager
Visual Merchandiser
Buyer
Art Director
Fashion Illustrator
Fashion Photographer
Research Scientist
Sketcher
Account Executive

12. Careers continued… Sketching Assistant Textile Colorist
Textile Designer
Wardrobe Helper
Wardrobe Consultant
And more…

13. Fashion Designer-is a person who creates new ideas for garments and accessories
Accessory Editor- is a commercial pattern company employee who obtains the latest accessories to be used in creating finished ensembles for illustration and photography.

14. Model-a person who demonstrates the features of clothing.
Fashion Show Organizer/Producer- an individual who plans and orchestrates fashion shows.

15. Retail Manager-Supervise and motivate salespeople
Retail Manager-Supervise and motivate salespeople. They are trained in areas of sales techniques, customer service, and merchandise presentation.
Textile Stylist-is a textile industry employee who is responsible for fabric line from its beginning stages to completion, including long range fashion planning of fabric colors, weight, and texture.

16. Visual Merchandiser-These people
Textile R&D Manager-These individuals work for fiber manufactures, textile mills, and private testing laboratories. They assist in developing new fabrics that meet certain standards.
Visual Merchandiser-These people
Consult with company buyers,
merchandise managers, and advertising,
And public relations people to determine
What to feature, to whom, and why.
They display merchandise that is available.

17. Buyer- plans and purchases goods from three to six months before displayed in stores.
Art Director-is an adverstising agency employee who conceptualizes ads for various media and designs ads.

18. Fashion Illustrator-is a promotion artist who makes drawings of garments that have been designed and produced by others
Fashion Photographer-is a person who takes pictures which show fashionable apparel and accessories looking their best.

19. Research Scientist-is a technical employee, usually with an advanced degree who works in laboratories to discover, develop & improve products
Goody Products
Sketcher-is a fashion house who makes illustrations quality drawings of the ideas that a designer has draped in fabric on to a dressmaker’s form.

20. Sketching Assistant-is an employee of an apparel manufacturing firm or pattern company who records a season’s line of designs in precise technical illustrations for the company’s records.
Textile Colorist-is a textile industry employee who decides which color combinations in textile designs are most likely to appeal to customers.

21. Textile Designer-is a textile industry employee who creates new patterns and designs, or redesigns existing ones, to be used in making of fabrics.
Wardrobe Helper-is a theatrical worker who helps to obtain, make, and organize costumes, and accessories by character and scene and to help the actors dress for production

22. Wardrobe Consultant-is a person who shows consumers how to combine fashion items to enhance personal or professional images and helps them plan and manage their wardrobes and purchases.

23. On-line Career Search Activity
In this activity you will use a popular career placement web site to research jobs and/or careers that are available in a variety fashion-related careers.
This activity will help you to better understand the current job market for fashion-related careers as well as requirements needed for those jobs.

24. Careerbuilder.com
Careerbuilder.com will help you locate jobs in the career field of interest.
You will find out company names, location, base pay, required education and experience.
You also learn about travel requirements as well as a complete job description.
Remember to look for the follow as you search…

25. Aspects of Various Careers
Duties and responsibilities
Education and training needed
Pay, fringe benefits and other compensation
Location
Job security
Advancement opportunities
Working conditions and schedules
Status and prestige
Amount of challenge and pressure

26. Education Some fashion-related jobs can be done while in high school.
Others require post-secondary education.
Certificate courses – available at technical schools. Can be one year of study.
Associate degree-earned at community colleges. Usually takes two years of study.
Bachelor’s degree-earned at a four-year college or a university.
Select a major in a specific area.