Jul 7, 2020 | Careers Guidance, Job Hunting, Publishing, Social Media, Work Experience
We are restarting the #bookcareers Jobseekers Hashtag. Once a week, (not more, Twitter’s search function is very good) send out a tweet with the hashtag #bookcareers and a bit about you and your skills, and let’s see if any of those who are hiring or...
Nov 18, 2019 | Careers Guidance, Publishing
The Publishers Association is hosting a #workinpublishing week commencing on Monday, 18th November 2019, to give greater insight into all the career opportunities that are available within the whole industry. This also co-incides with in with Discover! Creative...
Mar 9, 2018 | Careers Guidance, Publishing
You’ve probably read lots of blogs and newspaper articles about the best and worst jobs in the world but even in a great industry like book publishing there are times when we have to do things which could be described as the ‘worst’. They might not...
Mar 6, 2018 | Careers Guidance, Job Hunting, Work Experience
I keep meeting people who have been given poor advice from others. This is the most common piece of advice I hear given to entry level candidates: ‘You must have three months work experience in publishing to get a job; if you can’t get a paid job, then work unpaid’....
Oct 16, 2016 | Job Hunting, Publishing, Training
We wanted an independent review of our ‘How to Job Search in Book Publishing’ course, so we could think of no one better than the former Literary Editor of the Independent on Sunday, who recently was in transition, to come and assess the course for us....
