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Fashion’s Most (and Least) In-Demand Skills

An industry-wide reckoning is leading fashion firms to prioritise soft skills like critical thinking and curiosity over once in-demand technical proficiencies.
Fashion companies are increasingly prioritising “durable skills” when hiring, such as a candidate’s adaptability, critical thinking and ability to communicate.
Fashion companies are increasingly prioritising “durable skills” when hiring, such as a candidate’s adaptability, critical thinking and ability to communicate. (BoF Team)

Rima Makhoul, a recent graduate from New York University, has an eclectic résumé.

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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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