Let’s start planning your future

Whatever your career challenge, we can help.
We offer personal and professional guidance on all aspects of your book industry career.

WINNER UK CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARDS 2022
WINNER UK CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARDS 2022

What we Do

We work with Individuals and Employers to deliver the very best in Career Guidance and Development

Individuals 

Whether you’re supporting your own career development or are supported by an employer, you are able to access the same quality service. If you’re unemployed and have qualifying experience from the UK Book Industry, your career support may be sponsored by The Book Trade Charity BTBS. 


Employers

We work with publishers, booksellers and organisations of all sizes, from small start-ups to large corporates. Whether it is a one-off project or ongoing support, from career support to productivity training, we adapt all our services to your needs and internal systems.


Fully Qualified RCDP Advisors

All our Careers Advisors are members of the Career Development Institute, are fully qualified (Level 6 or above) Registered Career Development Professionals (RCDP), work to a strict code of ethics, and are fully insured to assist you in making critical career decisions. 

CAREER RESOURCES

check our Latest news 

bookcareers Job Club Initiative

We are currently running one job club, aimed at newcomers and publishing hopefuls. bookcareers Newcomers Job Club Open to all including- students- recent graduates- NEETS (Not in education,...

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Employability in Book Publishing

Episode 229 of bookcareers.com Live Are you wondering how to get a publishing role without publishing experience? Have you been rejected for a role because you were told you didn't have enough...

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bookcareers Job Club Initiative

We are currently running one job club, aimed at newcomers and publishing hopefuls. bookcareers Newcomers Job Club Open to all including- students- recent graduates- NEETS (Not in education,...

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Book Marketing with Sam Missingham

Episode 228 of bookcareers.com Live This week we talk to the Queen of Publishing Twitter, Sam Missingham about the forthcoming The Book Marketing and Publicity Show. Sam talks us through the...

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Latest Podcasts

Our weekly careers podcast comes out every Monday. It covers a wide range of
topics and questions that rise from client meetings.
Subscribe via iTunes or Spotify.

Forum

Our bookcareers Forum enables you to join in career discussions and reach out to others without using your real identity. This is critical if you don’t want to alert your current employer.

Careers Library

Read our wide variety of blogs, articles and information pages about training, recruitment
and working in publishing or writing and getting published.

Subscribe to our Weekly Newsletter

Every Monday we will bring you the latest career and training news for the book industry. Use the form at the foot of this page.

WINNER UK CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARDS 2022

Your helpful discussion opened my eyes to new possibilities and insights regarding the industry, and your objective advice on my career path and CV continues to be invaluable.

CJ, Editorial

bookcareers supplies the career support for BTBS. We trust them to get our candidates back into work in the shortest possible time, and they always deliver even in the most complex of situations.

David Hicks, CEO
The Book Trade Charity (BTBS)

bookcareers helped me to feel much more at ease in my work. I’ve improved my efficiency, rate of productivity, organisational skills, and interpersonal relationships with their support and coaching.

NM, Marketing