Staffing, Recruitment, & HR Blog
As we approach the holiday season, recent indicators are showing that consumer confidence is changing in Los Angeles. Andrew Asch from California Apparel News reviewed recent surveys and writes on this West Coast traction.
Click here to read the article from Apparel News.
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If you have questions about job searches, how to write a resume, interview tips or perhaps networking strategies, then jump in to get all your questions answered by a panel of staffing and recruiting leaders. If this or next Wednesday does not work for you, do not sweat it… we are hosting the virtual event every Wednesday, so drop in to whichever virtual ZOOM session that works best for you.
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According to the Wall Street Journal, the Coronavirus pandemic has altered the U.S. American retail landscape and accelerated a shift in retail. We are excited to see that the home goods sector depicts sales soaring well-above the other retail industries. With that, we have seen a hiring increase! We put together a list of jobs from our wonderful clients within the home goods and homewares industry, so take a look at the jobs and their descriptions below. If any of the roles speak to you, please apply! If you know someone who is a great match, feel free to pass along the job opportunity along.
Havenly, Designer Onboarding Specialist, Atlanta, GA
Havenly, Design Team Lead, Atlanta, GA
Havenly, Social Media Manager, Denver, CO
Havenly, Designer Onboarding Specialist, Denver, CO
Cost Plus World Market, Assistant Buyer, Alameda, CA
Cost Plus World Market, Assistant Manager: Merchandising, Corte Madera, CA
Cost Plus World Market, PT Assistant Manager: Merchandising, Mountain View, CA
Touch of Modern, Head of Human Resources, San Francisco, CA
Touch of Modern, Marketing Director, San Francisco, CA
Touch of Modern, Junior Account Coordinator, San Francisco, CA
Gucci and The RealReal partner together for an incredible collaboration! Vogue’s article says that Gucci is going to have an “e-shop stocked with consignors’ items as well as merchandise brought in directly from Gucci.” If you are obsessed with The RealReal and Gucci as much as we are, then you too are excited for all of the pieces that will be in housed in Gucci’s e-shop.
We are searching for a freelance Email Marketing Specialist for our client in Los Angeles, California. Our client is a clean beauty company, and they are seeking a candidate with strong CPG, D2C and start-up experience. This freelance role is targeted for a duration of 3-4 months with potential for full-time hire. Read the job description below, and if the role matches your skills, simply apply and a recruiter will reach out to you.
Meet Casey – a results-driven Chief Marketing Officer with 20+ years of proven experience working alongside C-suite leadership to build high-growth, innovative lifestyle brands in retail, restaurant, fashion, food, and other consumer verticals. Working with brands like J. Hilburn, Zoës Kitchen, and The Container Store, Casey loves to use her marketing expertise to drive teams toward efficient, full-funnel and omnichannel growth while fostering dynamic workplace cultures.
Casey's spent almost 20 years at The Container Store where her marketing, public relations, and communications leadership contributed to the brand awareness and customer excitement around The Container Store’s differentiated and beloved shopping experience and nationally noted workplace culture. While at Zoës Kitchen, she was proud to lead marketing efforts during a pivotal digital transformation, as well as craft a creative, multi-year partnership with American Airlines on a branded, Zoës inflight food program, which won the 2020 International Flight Services Award for Best Inflight Food or Beverage.
From Casey’s ability to define a strategic vision and execute it, to driving digital transformation and leveraging data analytics to create an enhanced consumer experience, Casey has it all and ready to lead your marketing! Up next, Casey is looking for a marketing leadership role with an innovative brand that creatively engages with customers to create an experience that evokes emotion, inspires loyalty, and adds value to their lives. Connect with Casey here or at EMERGING BLUE.
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The retail holiday season is going to be different this year. With people still hesitant about shopping inside stores, and curbside pick-up and eCommerce shopping at an all-time high, staffing for your usual holiday season will need to be analyzed and thought-out.
Here are a few ideas to help you be prepared:
Listen to your customers. Ask your customers what their shopping preference will be this holiday season and how best you can support them. Based on the results, analyze your current org. charts and adjust where needed to support the additional staffing needs.
Safety comes first. The last thing you need is a new hire that has to take 2-3 weeks off for testing positive. Therefore, ensure you’re following CDC guidelines when conducting interviews, staying 6 feet away, wearing a mask, and swap the handshake for an elbow bump. Also, when possible, utilize digital or video interviewing instead of in-person.
Extra, Extra! We can’t predict the future, but chances are there will be times when employees call-out last minute to care for someone or to care for themselves. Therefore, hire a few extra seasonal employees to allow for back-up needs.
Ask for help. This is the time to work with external partners to help recruit and hire for your staffing needs. At Emerging Blue, we are here to support your hiring objectives with temporary staffing, seasonal hourly workers and pop-up retail support. Reach out to us at info@emergingblue.com to learn more about how we can help you!
Happy Holidays!
With Love,
Emerging Blue
Is your dream to live and work in The Bahamas? Guess what? We have two amazing opportunities with our client in Nassau. Check the two opportunities below and apply if you’re interested. Know someone who is a perfect fit for the roles? Great! We’d love to chat with them so feel free to share the opportunities with them.
Hiring has increased! Take a look at the jobs and their descriptions below with our wonderful clients across the fashion, home and beauty industries. If any of the roles speak to you, apply! If you know someone who is a great match, feel free to pass along the job opportunity along. We love referrals!
Planning Excel Analyst — Remote (freelance/temp)
Senior UX Designer — Remote (full-time)
COO — Las Vegas (full-time)
Technical Designer, Intimates Apparel — San Francisco (freelance/temp)
Design Lead Manager — San Francisco (full-time)
Part-time Retail Sales Associate — Newport Beach, CA (freelance/temp)
Key Holder — Newport Beach, CA (freelance/temp)
Human Resources Business Partner — Modesto, CA (full-time)
Director Account Management & Customer Success — Nassau, The Bahamas (full-time)
Head of Merchant Onboarding & Account Management — Nassau, The Bahamas (full-time)
Meet Annamarie Gavin, a digital native with a BFA from Parsons in Interdisciplinary Design. She is a designer and brand vocalist who is passionate and driven within the fashion, home, and beauty industries, having worked with companies such as Airbnb, Tata Harper Skincare, and Soludos.
Annamarie led and managed content and photography while styling for Airbnb Plus listings. She has also created content for email marketing, as well as copyediting, web design, and social media management. While working at Soludos, she designed custom textiles for footwear. As you can see, Annamarie is obsessed with design! She is proficient across Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, InDesign, Bridge and AfterEffects. She similarly has extensive experience with Trello, Hubspot, and Planoly. As a style enthusiast with a creative background in design, Annamarie knows how to bring a clear, concise voice to her work.
What’s Annamarie’s next role? While she is based Vermont, she is open to relocating for a full-time graphic designer role. Her goal is to be an art director in the fashion industry, but for now she is focusing on her creative graphic design skills. Looking for an awesome designer? Connect with Annamarie here or at EMERGING BLUE.
We are looking for a freelance Technical Designer with experience in intimates apparel for our amazing client in San Francisco, CA. The primary role of this position is to facilitate the technical product development of intimates apparel as related to fit, quality, and construction.
Do you have questions about job searches, how to write a resume, interview tips or perhaps networking strategies? If so, join us on Wednesday, October 7 at 12 p.m. Pacific Standard Time to get all your questions answered by a panel of staffing and recruiting leaders.
This week we are focusing on getting a career as a wholesale sales representative in the apparel industry. Our expert is Kimberley Nixon, COO of HealthHouse, with a background in sales & marketing and has also worked with brands such as Under Armour and Manduka.
Resume Highlights
When putting together your wholesale sales resume, be sure to include any recognizable brands you have worked for in the industry to help catch the hiring manager or recruiter’s attention.
If you haven’t worked for a well-known brand, it can be helpful to call out who the brand is that you work for and how impressive they are in the industry to help the hiring manager understand your background. Nixon suggests “making sure something recognizable is showcased so the hiring manager can connect to it when scanning your resume, such as awards you’ve won or associations you are a part of .”
Another best practice is to have metrics on your resume such as territory size, revenue goals you’ve hit, how many people you’ve managed, etc. This is especially important in sales roles, as managers will look to see whether you’ve been able to hit sales goals and if your previous goals were similar to what they will expect for their role.
Interview Preparation
Most sales interviews rely on behavioral or situational questions. For more junior positions, Nixon depends on a few key screening questions for a phone interview to help her narrow down the pool of candidates. A few examples are to tell her about a time they’ve received poor customer service and what they would have done differently. She also asks them to give an example of a time they gave great customer service to show if they can think outside the box to solve issues for their clients.
When the interview is with more experienced sales candidates, Nixon likes to find out “what the candidate is looking for in a company and in their career to make sure the role is right for the candidate”.
We always recommend candidates prepare for their interview and have questions that show they have done their research on the brand, as well as the interviewer. Nixon feels it is important for the candidate to understand the trajectory of the company and how they grew so they can know who they will be working for and the story behind the products they will be selling.
LinkedIn Tips & Tricks
Nixon has several steps she takes when starting a job search to help her find a great candidate. She first looks to her network for referrals, illustrating the importance of networking when you are searching for a new career. Join LinkedIn groups, reach out to 2nd degree connections that work for companies you admire and if you’re unemployed, consider writing a post that lets people know what kind of job you are interested in and the industry you’d like to work in.
Keeping your LinkedIn profile up to date and including pertinent info, such as times you’ve gone above and beyond for your current role or outstanding sales metrics, can show potential employers that you are ready to move up a level in your career. Nixon says she “looks down a rung on LinkedIn profiles to see if she can find anyone she feels can grow into the role”. She loves being a mentor and helping candidates who want to learn and can be trained in a role that will bring them to the next level.
Whether you are looking to continue a sales career in apparel or looking to break into the industry, these tips can help you get noticed, ace your interview and land that exciting new sales job!
Italian luxury fashion house Gucci has revealed that it is teaming up with iconic American outerwear brand The North Face for a collaboration.
