I’ve noticed a lot of retail managers and district managers are moving into Healthcare Admin; usually running an office for a doctor or healthcare chain like Davita or Aspen Dental.
Excellent advice! I’m at the half-way point of what you did and am already feeling a change from within. Thanks so much for your post!!!
The investment is $500 which gives you a website, email, marketing and branding, swatches, training and me as your mentor. Pretty nominal for having your own business. Happy to run through all of it with you!
Would love to talk to you!
Would love to talk to you about a small business opportunity in men’s fashion!
Hello, I’d love to know what you’re up to lately.
Hello! Welcome to this forum. I am still teaching (part-time, remote) and freelancing. I have applied for a couple of full-time positions, had two interviews with one company and will know in a week or two if it is a nay or yay! Just putting one foot in front of the other. That seems to be the case nowadays.
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This is Great Great advice! I would also add… Decide on a few target new careers- Non Profit, Health care, “Whatever” and send relentless custom tailored resumes out, with custom cover letters for each job. It may feel exhausting and redundant and like no one is reading them but, every nibble I got was because a good cover letter introduced me.
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Thank you for these great tidbits!
im mid 40’s and I just had a back n forth with a recruiter who wanted to pitch me for a director role, which included managing 15-25 ppl, 100-200 emails a day, etc. I told her I was still a designer, who loves fabric swatches, sketching, inspo boards, presentations, etc… It depends on you and where you are.
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With all the authentic brands of the world, and all the suppliers that hire designers nowadays, it crazy how out of touch fashion salaries are. A director with 20 years experience may only fetch 150 - 200k a year if you’re lucky. I go on tech jobsites a lot, and most software engineers, and tech product roles are offering $400K + total comp for someone with 5 years experience. Its insane.
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I live in the midwest so I’ve only worked a couple actual jobs in the industry - my entire career is largely digital marketing with a dash of entrepreneurship and freelance gigs for apparwl and graphic design. Getting google ads and analytics certified is free and takes a few weeks at most to understand. This skillset has brought in more work than anything in apparel and the best part is it is versatile to all kinds of businesses (and remote work is easy in the field). With a background in fashion adding on digital marketing can help you help fashion brands if that is your desire plus it shows a willingness to stay on top of industry needs at any age.
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Moving out of nyc to other large brands adidas, nike, under armor Lululemon
Boston new balance.
They are great employers and want experts that’s hard to find locally.
outside of fashion there area other areas to venture in and leverage your expertise:
career coach,
teaching,
project management
manufacturing leadership,
software development,
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