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26 July 2021

Careers Counsel rounds up the most useful and inspiring articles from around the web. To browse hundreds of jobs from leading brands, visit BoF Careers.

How to Excel in a Competency-Based Interview (Guardian)

It’s important that you allow your personality to shine through, so give relevant, structured and honest answers that you deliver in a genuine and confident way.

5 Workplace Strategies Centred on Mental Health (Inc)

Tell your employees about the resources you’re providing from day one. Highlight any well-being or mental health benefits available to your employees. Emphasize the importance of self-care and preventing burnout.

How to Effectively Convey Performance Feedback (Forbes)

Instead of focusing on pointing out everything that’s wrong, think about how to help the employee not repeat the same mistakes in the future. This makes feedback less emotionally straining for both sides.

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The Met’s Next Fashion Blockbuster Will Spotlight Galliano

The fashion icon, as famous for his singular talent as a scandal that cost him one of the industry’s top jobs, will become one of only three living designers to get a major solo exhibition at the museum.

The BoF Podcast | The Patient Work of Turning Around Dior

This week LVMH's fashion and leather goods division returned to growth for the first time in nearly two years, with Dior as one of the highlights. Last December, before a single piece he'd designed reached a shop, Jonathan Anderson spoke to Imran Amed about his plans for remaking the house.

Luxury’s Mid-Year Review

How are designer revamps landing? Can logo-free luxury stay on top? BoF checks in on LVMH and Kering’s Q2, the French presidential race and more.

LVMH Sells Patou Back to Cosmetics Magnate Dilesh Mehta

The historic French perfume name, which had been relaunched by LVMH in 2019 as a fashion label geared to younger shoppers, has been acquired by the Mehta family, already shareholders since 2011.

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