bookcareers.com Q&A with Penguin Random House UK

Are you thinking about a career in publishing? Do you fill out applications and wonder: how do I stand out?

Now is your chance to ask! Elizabeth Simpson, Recruitment Programmes and Outreach Advisor at Penguin Random House UK joins Suzanne Collier from bookcareers.com in this exclusive Q&A for Work in Publishing Week and Discover! Creative Careers month.

Beth Simpson - Recruitment Programmes and Outreach Advisor, Penguin Books UK

Penguin is the UK's largest publisher; made up of some 2,000 people and publishing a wide range of books from cookery to classics, history to horror. Our doors are open to all kinds of talent, because books shape the way we see the world, and so do the people who make them.

Beth recruits for Penguin’s positive action training programmes, The Scheme and the Summer Internship. She also leads recruitment outreach activity at Penguin.

Suzanne Collier - author of How to Job Search in Book Publishing: The Ultimate Insider's Guide and founder of bookcareers.com

Suzanne Collier is known as THE person to see if you want to get ahead in book publishing. She is the founder of bookcareers.com, a fully qualified Careers Advisor (RCDP), and the author of HOW TO JOB SEARCH IN BOOK PUBLISHING: THE ULTIMATE INSIDER’S GUIDE. Suzanne provides all-level career support and coaching for both companies and individuals and works worldwide. Suzanne has been shortlisted 3 times by the Career Development Institute for Career Coach of the Year and 6 times by the Independent Publishers Guild for Services to Publishing. She has over 40 years’ experience of working in book publishing for both trade and academic publishers.

Please note this event will not be recorded to allow a more honest, open and candid discussion.