Episode 241 of bookcareers.com Live This week it was announced that approximately 200 people at Informa Taylor & Francis had taken voluntary redundancy. Whether redundancy is voluntary or enforced, it can still be a huge shock. With so many job roles elsewhere changing, losing your job through redundancy can be soul-destroying. In this week’s episo…

Episode 240 of bookcareers.com Live You’ve heard of the book, Feel the fear and do it anyway by Susan Jeffers, but what is that like in practice? In this personal episode of bookcareers Live, Suzanne Collier shares with us a recent experience of feeling the fear and doing it anyway, and the lesson she learned as a result. This episode references:- …

Episode 239 of bookcareers.com Live Do you know the key to career success? Have you ever wondered how someone got their dream job or was in the right place at the right time? If you ask them, they will probably say it was luck or fate. But the truth is they created the opportunity for themselves. In this episode of bookcareers live, we discuss how …

Episode 238 of bookcareers.com Live It is Work in Publishing week. The week where the industry comes together and promotes publishing as a career and open to all. Ensure you are following the hashtag #WorkInPublishing across social media. This is the week where bookcareers.com usually sits back and lets the rest of the industry take over – after al…

Episode 237 of bookcareers.com Live This is the start of a busy fortnight for bookcareers.com. This week we have both Scottish Careers Week and Discover! Creative Careers week. Next week is #WorkInPublishing week. To tie in with our two events with Publishing Scotland, Rachel Hessin joins us with her selection of questions about job hunting in publ…

Episode 236 of bookcareers.com Live It is at this time of year that usually the number of jobs advertised starts to drop. In this episode of bookcareers live we discuss the reasons for this. This episode references:- Careers Clinic Employability Consultations The Book Trade Charity BTBS. You can discuss any of the issues mentioned in this podcast a…

Episode 235 of bookcareers.com Live In this episode of bookcareers.com Live, we talk about the new world of bookcareers.com and what it means to you. You’ll learn what bookcareers.com is up to, how we are repositioning ourselves, why we are doing this, how you can be involved and how you will benefit. If you’re working in book publishing or wish to…

Episode 234 of bookcareers.com Live Have you applied for your perfect publishing job and been rejected? It’s tough to deal with. Maybe you’ve been given an excuse such as ‘We went with someone else’, ‘We loved you but…’ or you’re told you’ve got too much or too little experience. This episode of bookcareers.com Live is for you! In this week’s episo…

Episode 233 of bookcareers.com Live This week it is the Frankfurt Book Fair. If you’re stuck in the office, there are loads of things you can do, like learn a new skill, research something you’re working on, or catch up on work, as well as complete a task your boss will notice. In this episode of bookcareers.com Live we discuss a few things you can…

Episode 232 of bookcareers.com Live In this week’s episode of bookcareers Live we discuss mid-career crisis and how to identify it when you work in book publishing. What are the early warning signs that something is not quite right? How can you identify the components of your career malaise? What thing are you probably wishing you could do to shake…