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***** URGENT NOTICE *****

FashionJobsCentral.com is copying jobs from StyleCareers.com. They have little regard for the accuracy of the copied ads OR if the ads are even still active.

In our opinion, FashionJobsCentral.com's business plan is based on tricking job seekers (mostly entry-level) into buying access to their website. To make matters worse, they make it very difficult (almost impossible) to unsubscribe from their service (see below).

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3. EMAIL ADDRESSES

Don't use .edu, family or work email addresses. Your email address for job searches should look and sound professional; assume a recruiter will see it. Actual examples of email addresses NOT to use are

...boi_toi_69@domain.com
...midnightfantasy2000@domain.com
...jensonfamily@domain.com
...RU4real82@domanin.com

As with most correspondence, assume recruiters will read anything and everything you send.

1. BE REALISTIC

Don't apply to jobs that are beyond your experience or education level. Submitting an application to a position that is way above your abilities makes you look bad and hurts your professional credibility.


2. DON'T PAY FOR JOB LISTINGS

There are a number of websites that prey on inexperienced job seekers. Most promise access to thousands of jobs in a particular industry for a small monthly fee. While these sites may have thousands of jobs, most "scrape" jobs from… Continue