How to Write a Fashion Resume

The term fashion typically refers to the current trend of clothing, accessories, make-up and hair styles within a particular country and society. Fashion may also include things such as art and interior design as well. Your resume is a marketing tool used to secure an interview with a potential employer. Therefore, you need to make your resume shine and let the reader know why he should consider you for employment. There are a few things that you can do to write an effective fashion resume.

Instructions

1. Determine the type of fashion career you want to pursue. There are variety of fashion jobs in the world and it is important to decide which type of job you really want. For example, do you want to design, sell or write about fashion products? Maybe you want a job in retail as a store manager, display designer or fashion buyer, or perhaps you want to work in modeling, photography, interior design, art, marketing or advertising.

2. Create a list of all of the things you want to include in your resume. Be sure to only include information related to the fashion industry, such as relevant work experience (paid, volunteer and internships), education (college degrees), licenses or certifications, special sills and projects you’ve coordinated and fashion organizations you belong to.

3. Make a rough draft of your resume. Begin by developing your objective statement (inform the reader of the type of job you want and your overall career goal). Be sure to list your education and work experience in chronological order beginning with your most recent experience. Use short bullet sentences under each section (instead of lengthy paragraphs), along with strong action verbs (such as prepared, managed, developed and produced) and headings for each section. Make sure that your resume is no longer than 2 pages in length.

4. Develop your actual resume using a universal software program such a Microsoft Word. Also, type your document using an easy to read format such as a 12 point font size and Times New Roman. Use bold and italics sparingly because too much bold and italics can be very distracting to the reader.

5. Proofread your resume and make any necessary corrections. Be sure to use the spell check function, and read over your resume at least two times.

6. Save your resume to a disk, and print several copies of your resume on professional resume printing paper.

Tips & Warnings

• Keep it simple. A page is all that is needed for a resume. You can include additional facts in your cover letter.

• Do not lie on your resume. Only include factual information about your qualifications, skills and experience.

Resources

• Visit How To Write A Resume.org for more information about resumes.
• Visit RESUMESFORFASHION.com for more information about writing a fashion resume.
• Visit Resume-Help.org for examples of fashion resumes.