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 be on your job description but someone in the […]
As you know, for a long time bookcareers.com has said a two week unpaid placement is bordering on acceptable. You might have noticed that, since the beginning of the year, even these have been removed from the bookcareers.com website. This is because we no longer endorse any unpaid work, unpaid work experience placements or unpaid internships. This includes opportunities […]
On 13/1/15 Suzanne Collier was on a Panel at the Society of Young Publishers (SYP) AGM #SYPAGM15. This is blog is slightly edited transcript of her talk. The bookcareers.com Salary Survey 2013 indicates that diversity is getting worse, with 93.7% of respondents classed as White, against the results of 2008, which reported that 90% of […]
The Book Trade Charity (BTBS), as part of its closer collaboration with the Matthew Hodder Charitable Trust (MHCT), announced the first phase of a new pilot project aimed at encouraging talented younger people into the book trade though a programme of grants. The initial phase will help those who are unable to get a foot […]
We are delighted to let you know that a new edition of INSIDE BOOK PUBLISHING by Giles Clark and Angus Phillips is now available. Fully updated, this book is a comprehensive walk-through of the whole publishing process and the industry around it. If you wanted to know exactly how book publishing works, including all the […]
At this time of year, when so many of you will have recently graduated, we know you are in need of specialist, impartial help with CVs and applications more than at any other time, so we’ve put our heads together and are delighted to announce that we have a summer offer on our ever-popular Employability […]
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 […]
Are publishers born or made? Was the question asked at an insightful symposium at Kingston University where Course Directors, Lecturers, Publishers and Trade Associations (including the Publishers Association – Richard Mollet gave a brilliant presentation) and interested parties discussed the relevance of publishing degrees and education to the publishing industry. This was the first forum […]
That’s right, as of Friday, 29th October 2010, through our bookcareers.com Initiative (Job Club), we have successfully helped over 31 people back into work in the book industry. Now we say ‘over 31’ because we don’t count those who didn’t come to the meetings (but had other help from us) nor the one person who […]
This is the time of year when the majority of CVs I see come from fresh graduates. I know from experience that the Careers Guidance officers in most Universities offer CV advice, yet I repeatedly see CVs of between 4 and 7 pages long. If you are a graduate and have no other experience other […]
