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Why Fashion Should Recruit From Outside the Industry

Brands and retailers are increasingly looking to other sectors to fill their upper ranks and tackle thorny problems.
Fashion firms are increasingly looking outside the industry to recruit mid-to-senior level talent.
Fashion firms are increasingly looking outside the industry to recruit mid-to-senior level talent. (Getty)

Right now, candidates who have never worked in fashion are interviewing for jobs where they’d be key decision makers at Burberry, Capri Holdings, Farfetch and other big brands.

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Sheena Butler-Young
Sheena Butler-Young

Sheena Butler-Young is Senior Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. She is based in New York and covers workplace, talent and issues surrounding diversity and inclusion.

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