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Fashion roles in design, production, merchandising, and technical development can qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship through the PERM labor certification process. Employers document recruitment efforts before filing an I-140 immigrant petition, putting you on a path to permanent residency rather than a renewable temporary status.
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Get Access To All JobsAs a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family – take care of your career and your community!
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- Weekly pay
- Scheduling flexibility
- Paid parental leave
- Paid education assistance
- Team member discount
- Development programs for advancement and career growth
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Job Profile Summary
Plans, directs and supervises team members in the day to day operations within various departments of the store. Serves as the mentor and coach for all team members. Implements strategies to improve customer service, drive store sales while ensuring customer needs are met and service is quick and efficient. Maintains store appearance with a focus on prime shopping hours, product presentation and company standards.
What You'll be Doing:
- Ensure a positive company image by providing courteous, friendly, and efficient service to customers and team members.
- Responsible for staffing, selection and hiring to achieve staffing needs.
- Promotes succession planning by providing career paths, identifying development needs for the team members, and being involved with and accountable for promotion decisions.
- Documents and applies disciplinary actions and makes recommendations concerning discharge.
- Responsible for P&L, achieving sales and maintaining shrink for the department.
- Models exceptional, fast and friendly customer service.
- Communicates the Meijer Friendly Initiative in all team meetings and conversations.
- Mentors and coaches the team members to ensure customer service and sales goals are exceeded and the area is maintained to Meijer standards.
- Ensures the team is thoroughly trained in all aspects of their jobs and have completed all required training.
- Spends majority of time within the store communicating with customers and team members to ensure exceptional service is being delivered.
- Promotes a safe work environment.
- Reliable and consistent attendance required.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
What You Bring with You (Qualifications):
- High school diploma or its equivalent required.
- 2-3 years of related retail experience.
- One year of management experience.
- Rotational assignments in other areas of the store such as meat, bakery, produce and deli; also customer service and product flow experience is helpful.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate to team members in the organization in a way that provides clear and precise direction.
- Demonstrated ability to resolve conflict and by addressing root cause issues.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze financial and statistical information and use that information to make informed decisions.
- Demonstrated ability to teach suggestive selling.
- Demonstrated ability to lead an organization that practices working safely at all times.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor team members in all areas of the organization including SDITs, team members in hourly positions and team leaders.
- Successful completion of all required certifications.
As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family – take care of your career and your community!
Meijer Rewards
- Weekly pay
- Scheduling flexibility
- Paid parental leave
- Paid education assistance
- Team member discount
- Development programs for advancement and career growth
Please review the job profile below and apply today!
Job Profile Summary
Plans, directs and supervises team members in the day to day operations within various departments of the store. Serves as the mentor and coach for all team members. Implements strategies to improve customer service, drive store sales while ensuring customer needs are met and service is quick and efficient. Maintains store appearance with a focus on prime shopping hours, product presentation and company standards.
What You'll be Doing:
- Ensure a positive company image by providing courteous, friendly, and efficient service to customers and team members.
- Responsible for staffing, selection and hiring to achieve staffing needs.
- Promotes succession planning by providing career paths, identifying development needs for the team members, and being involved with and accountable for promotion decisions.
- Documents and applies disciplinary actions and makes recommendations concerning discharge.
- Responsible for P&L, achieving sales and maintaining shrink for the department.
- Models exceptional, fast and friendly customer service.
- Communicates the Meijer Friendly Initiative in all team meetings and conversations.
- Mentors and coaches the team members to ensure customer service and sales goals are exceeded and the area is maintained to Meijer standards.
- Ensures the team is thoroughly trained in all aspects of their jobs and have completed all required training.
- Spends majority of time within the store communicating with customers and team members to ensure exceptional service is being delivered.
- Promotes a safe work environment.
- Reliable and consistent attendance required.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
What You Bring with You (Qualifications):
- High school diploma or its equivalent required.
- 2-3 years of related retail experience.
- One year of management experience.
- Rotational assignments in other areas of the store such as meat, bakery, produce and deli; also customer service and product flow experience is helpful.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate to team members in the organization in a way that provides clear and precise direction.
- Demonstrated ability to resolve conflict and by addressing root cause issues.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze financial and statistical information and use that information to make informed decisions.
- Demonstrated ability to teach suggestive selling.
- Demonstrated ability to lead an organization that practices working safely at all times.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor team members in all areas of the organization including SDITs, team members in hourly positions and team leaders.
- Successful completion of all required certifications.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in Fashion
Document your portfolio as credential evidence
USCIS evaluates whether your fashion role requires a specialized degree. Compile tearsheets, technical flat sketches, production specs, and press features that demonstrate the specialized nature of your work, not just your creative output.
Target brands with in-house immigration programs
Corporate fashion groups with dedicated HR and legal teams run PERM cases more reliably than small design studios. Publicly traded apparel conglomerates and major specialty retailers are structurally more likely to absorb multi-year sponsorship timelines.
Verify your job title maps to a PERM-eligible SOC code
Fashion covers dozens of O*NET occupations, from Fashion Designers to Merchandise Planners to Patternmakers. Confirm your actual duties align with the DOL's occupational definition before an employer begins PERM recruitment, since misaligned titles cause costly restarts.
Search green card sponsors using Migrate Mate
Filter for fashion employers with active EB-2 and EB-3 filing history on Migrate Mate. Targeting companies that have already completed PERM cases shortens your path because their legal and HR teams already understand the process.
Understand how prevailing wage affects your offer
Before accepting an offer, ask your employer to run your role through the OFLC Wage Search. The DOL-certified prevailing wage locks your salary floor for the entire PERM process, so a low Level I wage determination can affect your total compensation for years.
Prepare for PERM recruitment documentation delays
DOL requires employers to run good-faith recruitment before filing PERM, typically spanning 30 to 180 days. Negotiate your start date and any trial periods with that timeline in mind, since recruitment must complete before the I-140 petition can be submitted.
Green Card Fashion: Frequently Asked Questions
Do fashion jobs actually qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Yes. Fashion Designer, Technical Designer, Patternmaker, Merchandise Planner, and Production Manager are among the occupations that regularly appear in PERM filings. EB-3 covers skilled workers and professionals with a bachelor's degree, while EB-2 applies to roles requiring an advanced degree or candidates with strong specialized credentials. The key is demonstrating that the specific position meets DOL's minimum requirements.
How does PERM green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for fashion roles?
H-1B visa is a temporary nonimmigrant visa capped at 85,000 per year and subject to an annual lottery. PERM-based green cards have no equivalent lottery at the EB-3 level for most nationalities, and the outcome is permanent residency rather than a two- or three-year work authorization period. The tradeoff is timeline: PERM plus I-140 plus adjustment of status typically runs two to four years or more depending on your country of birth.
Which fashion employers are most likely to sponsor a green card?
Large apparel conglomerates, major department store chains, and global fast-fashion retailers with established HR and immigration counsel are the most consistent PERM sponsors. Smaller design studios and independent brands do sponsor, but they're more likely to pause or abandon cases mid-process due to cost or staff turnover. Use Migrate Mate to filter for fashion companies with verified EB-2 and EB-3 filing history before you apply.
Can a fashion role qualify as a specialty occupation for the PERM process?
PERM does not use the specialty occupation standard, which belongs to the H-1B category. For PERM, DOL focuses on whether the job meets the minimum education and experience requirements tied to the relevant SOC occupation code. A Fashion Designer role typically requires a bachelor's degree in fashion design or a related field, which satisfies the EB-3 professional threshold and supports an EB-2 filing when an advanced degree is genuinely required.
What documents should I have ready before a fashion employer starts my PERM case?
Gather your degree transcripts and credential evaluations if your degree is from outside the U.S., a portfolio or work samples that substantiate your job duties, any previous U.S. work authorization records, and a detailed job description aligned to the DOL occupational definition for your SOC code. Employers cannot begin DOL recruitment without a finalized job description, so delays on your end slow the entire case.