Fashion Apprenticeships Overseas Get A Job Before You Go
ave you ever dreamed about Option One – buy a ticket and
working in a fashion knock on doors. This is
apprenticeship overseas? expensive and can be unfruitful!
Imagine the glamour and prestige Many have scored it lucky when
of having an apprenticeship at a they pack their bags and knock on
top New York, LA or San Francisco the door of their favourite
fashion house on your CV? fashion house overseas but it
Imagine securing a job before you often has its pitfalls. If you
set off into the sunset… find a company that will take you
on often due to visa problems you
I have just found out that it’s can’t work for an extended amount
possible! In the competitive of time and more often the pay
world of fashion you need to look can be very low or even work
at a point of difference; an experience (unpaid). So yes, you
experience and life skill that is can say you worked for so and so
going to set you apart from the but ultimately it was not real
graduating masses from Australian in-depth experience and you will
Uni’s, Tafe’s and Private probably need to wait tables at
Colleges. The short of it is you night to fund the rest of your
all qualify to work in the trip!
industry, it’s just the jobs are
so few and far between you need Option Two – buy a ticket and
to be able to show a future visit a temping agency when you
employer you’ve got something arrive. I have seen many fashion
different to offer… So let me graduates work for fabulous
tell you a few ways that you can companies in the UK, Europe and
get some savvy o.s experience and USA thru Temporary Agencies. If
knock the socks off any employer you don’t mind lots of variety
in fashion when you return… and you can be flexible about the
type of companies you work for
you can find yourself in great but the fact that you have a
roles with fabulous brands. In guaranteed job when you arrive
terms of really learning the and 18 months experience with one
ropes the major pitfall can be a company is a great deal. The
day here and a day there which is internships that I have seen are
not going to leave you with any really comprehensive and take you
solid knowledge but the upside thru an 18 month program, so you
can be that you could score it clearly learn the ropes – not
lucky and have an extended stay pack boxes and run errands. For
in a company you love… it has more information you can contact
happened.. Chris Gegg at
cgegg@globalrecruitment.com.au
Option Three – finding an or go to the global recruitment
internship before you go. I website www.globalrecruitment.com
recently came across a company
who arranges 18 month internships
with amazing companies in the What can you expect when you
USA. If you have the qualifying return! Overseas experience is
experience, usually a fashion great and many employers are
degree or diploma or 18 months happy when you Gen Y’s have the
fashion work experience you can ‘travel bug’ out of your system.
apply. The amazing thing with The solid experience that you get
these internships is that you get from an internship would be
a Visa to work for a whole 18 considered like working in a full
months with one company and you time job and the knowledge you
also get paid a salary while you have gained is highly attractive
work (and there are more benefits to Australian Fashion employers.
on arrival too!). There are some
costs to get your visa and your
travel costs as you would expect Don’t fall into the trap of over
stating your experience when you while they are fresh in your
return if you have only worked mind. Get a reference or at
for a flick of an eye with major least a ‘certificate of work’
brands overseas – a week here and from each employer. Also get
a week there. Unfortunately you email addresses and phone numbers
just don’t get given much of referee’s. Make sure the
autonomy when you are a ‘fill in referee’s are Management level
staff member’ and even though the and not just colleagues you
experience may have seemed befriended! Explain gaps in work
intense to you. In the eyes of an while you traveled and don’t
employer it’s the longevity that overstate any experience, the
counts. So a few weeks here and global hub of fashion is a small
a few weeks there may not impress community – you just never know
them enough… who knows who!
What ever you end up doing here Above all good luck, enjoy the
are my golden rules… Record all experience and don’t forget to
jobs overseas and at the time stay in touch with your loved
that you end each job write a ones while you are away!
list of the experiences you had
About the Author:
Natasha Zurnamer Director of Ragtradejobs.com Global Hub of Fashion www.ragtradejobs.com
Read more articles by: Natasha Zurnamer
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