Mar 8, 2019 | Podcasts, Salary Survey
What are the best and worst publishing jobs for women? For International Women’s Day 2019 we thought we’d take a look at the results from the last bookcareers.com Salary Survey and see what are the best and worst publishing jobs for women in the pay...
Jan 5, 2018 | Careers Guidance, Publishing, Salary Survey
You’ve read the results of the bookcareers.com salary survey and think now is the time to go and negotiate a pay rise. Hold on, step back, don’t go blustering in straight away and ask for more money because the ‘survey says so’. Do some research first. We’re...
Feb 16, 2017 | Careers Guidance, Job Hunting, Publishing, Work Experience
Why you should always speak up Last year I got a little bit angry on twitter, because of a major publisher who offered a placement to an unpaid intern for a month. The intern was given an allowance of £50 to cover lunch and travel, yet their travel expenses...
Mar 17, 2015 | Careers Guidance, Inclusivity, Job Hunting, Publishing, Work Experience
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...
Mar 23, 2010 | Work Experience
You’ll shortly be seeing some comments I’ve made about unpaid work experience. I want you to know what action I have already taken about the placements on the bookcareers.com site. Currently, I feel satisfied that the long term placements at Lutterworth...
