5. First, Know Thyself
What are your goals?
I want to be respected.
I want to live without roommates.
I want to be an editor.
I want to be the Director of Rights and Permissions.
I want to be President.
6. Second, Know Your Company
Understand the motivations of your supervisor.
Talk to co-workers about work and life. Act locally.
Get familiar with the corporate directory/intranet
LinkedIn
Seek to know what have others done before you, how
did they get to where they are.
Identify and seize opportunity.
7. Third, Know Your Industry
Twitter (start with SSP @ScholarlyPub)
LinkedIn
Blogs/websites like Scholarly Kitchen
Online forums
Societies like SSP or PSP
Seek to know what have others done before you, how
did they get to where they are.
8. Trends in Scholarly Publishing
Digital, Digital, DIGITAL!
Processes and product
Social networks (Twitter, Mendeley, etc)
Mobile
Increase in data and analytics
Shifty job titles
Increased reliance on outside vendors
Institutional subscriptions/sales
Globalization
Open Access movement
9.
10. How Do You Present Yourself?
Be a storyteller.
Identify a couple of projects that you have taken
ownership of and excelled at. Become the office expert at
this specific thing.
Make sure you have measurable goals and that you
exceed them.
Consider these 4 common traits of a successful publishing
professional.
Curiosity
Pride in your work and your team
Optimism
Flexibility
11. Bailout Strategies vs. Growth
Strategies
Lateral moves
Job hopping
--What is your motivation? Escape or a better growth
opportunity?
12. Summary
A thorough and constant analysis of your
company and industry, and then acting on
these findings, will increase your odds of
being in the right place at the right time, so
that you can grow your career.
Editor's Notes
Decision tree algorithm for the management of transmediastinal gunshot wounds.
Consider difference between UMass Press with 8 employees and Elsevier with 7,000.
Thus, this combination of your following your interests, and identifying trends and opportunities at your company and industry, you will increase the odds of progressing your career as best as possible. Also consider differences between Umass Press and MH to give an idea how this analysis can drastically impact your plan.
Note that these trends are in far different stages depending on the publisher. Process, setting up a cloud storage solution. Pay attention to what other departments, such as sales and rights are up to.
Consider the EA who does all sorts of varied tasks but doesn’t get enough recognition.
Grass is not always greener. Patience is a virtue. Again, though each individual has a unique situation. Some can be more patient than other, some more aggressive.