Category Archives: Careers

Most of us have to do some public speaking at some point in our careers – whether as publishers or authors. Suzanne Collier offers her top tips. Read more →

Looking for a job in publishing? 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, and your personal marketing tool.

Suzanne Collier of www.bookcareers.com shares her top ten tips for using Twitter for your job search. Read more →

Temps. Remember them? They used to be the people who came in to cover the donkey work jobs no one wanted or no one had time to do. They also used to be the route into publishing for the vast majority – especially women. Not any more. Now budding publishers are expected to work free in long unpaid internships. Read more →