HOW TO JOB SEARCH IN BOOK PUBLISHING – Entry Level BOOK TICKETS HERE We’ve been running our How to Job Search in Book Publishing course for over 5 years. The content originated from our original Job Club where we helped unemployed publishers, during which time we helped over 40 people back into work in the […]
THIS IS A STRICTLY LIMITED TIME OFFER. Did you decide that 2019 would be YOUR year to find a new job, but it is already going awry? Are you fed up with New Year, New You messages, and would like some real, genuine PRACTICAL help with your job search? […]
We are delighted to announce the new season of our popular HOW TO JOB SEARCH IN BOOK PUBLISHING training course. There are London dates scheduled, thanks to the support of The Publishers Association, and we now have an Edinburgh date confirmed, which is fully funded, thanks to the huge support of The Book Trade Charity […]
Creative Skillset, the Skills Sector Council for the Creative Industries, is finally launching its new professional network Hiive. Monday, 9th March sees the launch of hiive.co.uk – a unique networking, collaboration and job-finding tool for UK creatives. Hiive offers the pick of creative job opportunities from leading employers across the UK. Attracting 6,000 members to […]
Are you networking in November? We couldn’t help but notice that within a week of our next HOW TO JOB SEARCH IN BOOK PUBLISHING, the organisations Book Machine, Byte The Book and the SYP Conference are all taking place. So here is a great offer – usually only available to subscribers of our newsletter. And […]
With over 300 million users, LinkedIn’s population compares to that of the United States. To have all these potential contacts at your fingertips is invaluable for any jobseeker. But with every social network there are golden rules and pitfalls. Here are my guidelines for making LinkedIn the best part of your publishing job search. […]
To most people in the IT and Digital Worlds Vint Cerf is a ‘demi-God’ … and he will be speaking at an event organised by BTBS The Book Trade Charity and The Stationers’ Digital Media Group. Widely known as one of the “Fathers of the Internet,” he is the co-designer of the TCP/IP protocols and the […]
Today is International Women’s Day and all day on the @bookcareers Twitter feed we will be celebrating women who have successful careers in publishing. It is fantastic to see that so many vibrant women are leading companies, departments and businesses all across the industry, setting trends, and are at the forefront of digital developments. If […]
I’ve been to many career talks where I’ve heard others on the panel recommend that you ‘must have a blog’ and ‘you need to be visible by demonstrating your writing’ in order to get a job. This is not necessarily the case. Frequently I read blogs that have been linked from candidates CVs and I […]
I recently tried an experiment: I went on holiday and, for the first time since mobile phones began, I turned my mobile phone off. Feeling very brave I also set up an ‘out of the office’ auto-reply on all my emails. It said the following: I know you might find this hard to believe but […]
