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“Brag docs”: An Aide-mémoire

January 26, 2023 | Filed under: Aaron Dalton

Performance reviews and discussions around compensation are part of working in house. You can’t just unilaterally change your hourly rate. If you want to get ahead, you need to be able to have uncomfortable conversations and demonstrate your value. But if you’re anything like me, remembering what you did last …

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Resumé Writing vs. Resumé Editing: What Do Resumé Writers Do?

January 19, 2023 | Filed under: Tanya Mykhaylychenko

I have worked in the career services industry as a resumé writer since 2014. In social media groups for editors, I sometimes see requests and advertisements for resumé editing services. Let’s review the difference between resumé writing and resumé editing and how you might become a resumé writer. Neither resumé …

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The Student Affiliate Book Club Gets Subversive

December 7, 2021 | Filed under: Amanda Goldrick-Jones

The brand-new student affiliate book club chose Carol Fisher Saller’s The Subversive Copy Editor (2nd edition, 2016) as its first book for discussion. We were intensely curious — especially those in the club who are early-career editors — about what “subversive” editing meant. In October, we met online to review …

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A Day in the Life of a Content Marketing Specialist: Maggie Clark

August 3, 2021 | Filed under: Maggie Clark

Writing and editing career paths can take many directions. In this “day-in-the-life” series, experienced professionals share their personal experiences in various roles related to writing, editing and communications. If you’re interested in writing a post for this series, please email The Editors’ Weekly. What is your job? I’m part of …

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A Day in the Life of a Communications Manager: Marianne Grier

June 1, 2021 | Filed under: Marianne Grier

Writing and editing career paths can take many directions. In this new “day-in-the-life” series, experienced professionals share their personal experiences and various roles related to writing, editing and communications. If you’re interested in writing a post for this series, please email The Editors’ Weekly. What is your job? I’m an …

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My Neuroscience Thesis Helped Me Find My Dream Career… in Editing

June 30, 2020 | Filed under: Vaani Sai Nagallapati

I remember, at six years old, an aunty visited our house. In an attempt to make conversation with me, she turned mid-chai, and asked, “So, dear, do you know what you want to be when you grow up?” At my young age, there were no real consequences to this question. …

Editing: An Essentialist Craft?

April 30, 2019 | Filed under: Marianne Grier

The new “essentialism” is having a moment. While many of us have been trying to cram in more — to fill every unfilled moment so that we’re more productive — some are starting to scale things back. To amble through life more slowly, focus on what’s important, take time to …

Beginnings

June 19, 2018 | Filed under: Brendan O’Brien

In 1988 I found myself at a career crossroads. I put a small ad in the Irish Times seeking editorial work, hoping to learn on the job. One of the (very few) responses was from a man I’ll call John, who was running a free newspaper in South Central Dublin …

The Reluctant Editor

November 7, 2017 | Filed under: Brendan O’Brien

I started editing in 1988, when I was 28, with a free Dublin newspaper that never got off the ground. A stint in London followed, working first on metallurgy journals and then on civil engineering books and journals. In these two jobs I learned a great deal about editorial and …

Book Review | What Editors Do: The Art, Craft, and Business of Book Editing

October 17, 2017 | Filed under: Ellie Barton

What’s not to like about What Editors Do? This collection of essays traces the role of book editors from acquisition to publication and samples niches like editing genre fiction and working with self-publishing authors. What’s more, the 27 contributors represent a “who’s who” of American publishing: Betsy Lerner, Carol Fisher …

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