my journey into publishing

A collection of my posts explaining each experience and each lesson I have learnt in order to better myself. I believe all of these experiences will one day contribute to helping me to obtain a career in the publishing industry.

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My Experience: BagServant.co.uk

I worked at BagServant.co.uk for 2 months between July and August 2012. It was a fantastic job for me as I was able to develop both new and old skills alike. I have to admit, it was probably my most rewarding and most educational experience in the full time working ...

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Freelance Proofreading and Editing

Over the past few years I've spent a lot of time and effort in freelance proofreading and editing. I'm not sure how it began, but somehow I became the person everyone came to for help with anything writing related. With time, I realised that I was in fact regularly proofreading ...

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Career Updates: Learning from Interview Experiences

Image by mazeo I had a job interview a couple of months ago at an online Publishing House. It was my first interview directly related to publishing and I was surprised to find that the interview experience itself was actually very interesting: I learnt a lot about myself, what I need ...

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Career Updates: I’m an Intern!

As of Friday 6th July, I became an intern at Bagservant.co.uk! It was the easiest application process I've been through and I'm learning so many new skills! The Company BagServant is an affiliate marketing website; we don't actually sell the bags ourselves. We write blog posts about bags we're liking (including reviews and general ...

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My Experience: The British Lung Foundation

I worked at The British Lung Foundation for 2 months as the Volunteer Administrative Assistant. I worked beside the Team Administrator and another member of staff (who were both ridiculously lovely!) My role involved postal duties, reception duties and of course general admin assistant duties. The whole process of applying, getting ...

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Career Updates: Back to the Drawing Board

I stated previously that I began working for the British Lung Foundation in April as a Volunteer Administrative Assistant. The whole experience was lovely, including: applying, being interviewed and actually working in the office. My contract time was supposed to be for around 3 months but due to exam priorities, and ...

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Career Updates: I’m a Volunteer for The British Lung Foundation!

I've been applying for Summer jobs/internships/work experience placements/etc. for the past couple of weeks and I'm delighted to finally blog about some progress! The Company As of approximately 12.30pm today, I became a volunteer for The British Lung Foundation. It's a fairly small charity (even though it's been around for 20 years!) ...

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