Not exact matches
But, since the job does
not require a specific set of qualifications (such as a journalism background), how can you develop, during your scientific training, the
skills that may set you apart from other candidates who may have no prior
editorial experience?
I have
not only improved my writing
skills, but I have also become much more interested in the publishing — especially the
editorial — industry.
I guess
editorial skill is
not so much a concern, I'm
not hiring them for that, just to manage the business side of things and for foreign sales hopefully.
Package services usually upcharge you to either create or polish this copy, and as with the
editorial and design services, you may
not be told the experience or
skill level of the person creating it.
In fact, the largest number of
editorial horror stories I've heard have come from
not from writers at big and medium - sized publishers, but from unpublished or self - published writers who hired less - than - qualified independent editors (there are a lot of them out there), or from small press authors whose inexperienced publishers employed editors without the proper professional
skills.
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Meanwhile, to the extent that all the formerly in - house publishing functions have
not been outsourced to the developing world, previous production and
editorial functions and departments have, in many cases, fused to become lower -
skilled, non-specialist and relatively lowly.
Of course, product development experts need
not necessarily be drawn from existing functions within the business, such as
editorial, marketing or sales, though equally there is no reason to suggest that such
skills can
not be applied to the development function.
For example, if you are applying for a publishing company for the post of editor, you can always mention your
editorial skills, your proofreading
skills, but you can
not mention any other irrelevant
skill that doesnot go with the editing job.
You see a job posting for an
editorial assistant position at your favorite magazine, and one of the main qualifications is proficiency in Photoshop, a
skill that you don't have.
Superior writing and
editorial skills within the legal, business and
not - for - profit industries.
If your resume emphasizes leadership in this position rather than working closely with
editorial tasks, you could be considered over-qualified or an unsuitable applicant because your relevant
skills are
not prioritized.