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What Happened to Fashion’s Entry Level Jobs?

With hiring slowing and AI reshaping entry-level work, recent graduates are turning to a mix of old-school tactics and unconventional paths to get a foothold.
Fashion has never been easy to break into, but the current job market has made the barriers to entry even greater.
Fashion has never been easy to break into, but the current job market has made the barriers to entry even greater. (Shutterstock)

Bless Martinez graduated from FIT in the spring of 2024 with the dream of building his own womenswear brand or landing a supply-chain role at a fashion company. Just over a year later, he’s considering a detour.

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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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