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 […]
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Will you switch off over Christmas?
18/12/2012 in Miscellany, Publishing, Social Media 0
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 […]
The Nine Deadly Sins That Freelancers Make…
16/01/2012 in Careers Guidance, Publishing, Social Media 1
Over the years I have worked with a number of freelancers, from those starting their freelance careers to established freelancers whose work has dried up. These are the nine deadly sins that I’ve found most freelancers make: 1. Not managing your time. There are a million reasons why you chose to go freelance, and one […]
Book Review – The Digital Diet by Daniel Sieberg
09/01/2012 in Miscellany, Social Media 0
In the past year I have had to help an increasing number of clients through work-related stress, caused by juggling their personal and professional online lives, so I was intrigued when a copy of The Digital Diet landed on my desk. It describes itself as ‘the 4-step plan to break your tech addiction and regain […]
How to Use Twitter to Find a Publishing Job
20/07/2011 in Job Hunting, Publishing, Social Media 2
As with all social networking, when it comes to job searching there are some big ‘dos’ and ‘don’ts’. Twitter on its own is unlikely to find you a job: you may see jobs advertised (and you’ll need to respond quickly if you do), but it should be used as the means to finding a job, […]
Jobseeking on Twitter
14/03/2011 in Careers Guidance, Job Hunting, Publishing, Social Media, Work Experience 1
UPDATED – CHANGE OF HASHTAG Following on from the twitter advice, there are some great hashtags # on twitter if you are looking for a job:- #jobs #hiring #vacancies #recruitment yet none for jobseekers. What I’d like to suggest is a jobseeking hashtag. Once a week, (not more, twitter’s search function is very good) […]
New Courses in Digital Publishing
19/06/2010 in Publishing, Skills, Social Media, Training 0
The Publishing Training Centre have launched over 10 new courses to help plug the digital skills and training gap. These include Digital Publishing, Developing an E Book Strategy, and Working with Social Media. With so many changes happening in your day to day job, you can’t afford not to receive formal training in the skills you’ll need for tomorrow. The full list of courses.
Bookcareers Blog
17/03/2010 in Miscellany, Social Media 0
We’ve been doing a little bit of housekeeping and you’ll probably notice there has been a Spring Clean. The majority of the archive has been moved to Suzanne’s personal website at https://www.suzannecollier.com, where she’ll continue to blog on her progress. The bookcareers blog will continue here but focus on more on our current work and […]
More redundancies plus new opportunities
08/01/2010 in Careers Guidance, Miscellany, Publishing, Social Media 0
You might have seen this article over the Christmas holidays – https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8433024.stm that the CIPD predict more redundancies, with unemployment reaching a peak in the summer. I feel like the ‘purveyor of doom’ when I state I have been saying this for ages. I believe that between now and May we will see more redundancies across publishing. […]
14/05/2009 in Miscellany, Social Media 0
It is one thing to register with Twitter, it is another thing to tell everyone. I’m on Twitter. You can follow me @suzannecollier