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Dear Career Aspirant I am very glad to see you approach CareerGuide.com for seeking guidance and clarifications for your career development. Let me assure that you have selected the right platform to get advice from. I think I can guide you considering my more than 10 years of experience in counselling and industry. I appreciate your unique and interesting query. Frankly an MBA would NOT help you in editorial jobs. Editorial jobs are purely technical and creative. There is actually no element of management involved directly. People management is definitely there, but that can be earned throu
The editors do experience social interactions on a number of occasions and are not only limited to working with their content and sitting on their desks. The various situations where they experience social interactions have been described below:1. The editors either work independently or with any organization or publishing house. In either case they have to stay in touch with the publishers who will be assigning them the work. They have to meet the publishers on regular basis and ensure that they get the right work and understand the requirements so that a proper plan could be made for that.2.
There are quite a number of myths about the work of Editors: 1. A number of people assume that editors need to do only proofreading. This was earlier the case when proofreaders were not separately available. This is not the case now. Editors not only check and edit the grammatical and technical aspects of writing but they also provide feedback in the creative part of the writing. They keep in touch with the writers and help them in redesigning the article or story and in some cases it gets changed a lot.2. Editors are known to be only working inside their cabins. This again is not true. E
Below is the list of the main work and responsibilities of an Editor:1. The editors have to get the main story from the writer and work on it. They usually take some time to understand the various aspects of it and then provide their feedback on it. If any changes are required, they request the writers to make the necessary changes. 2. The editors have to correct the technical errors in the writing including the grammatical mistakes and the inappropriate usage of the language. They also have to verify the facts and figures being mentioned in the story. This is very important as it's the e
The working hours of an editor are usually dictated by a number of factors which are mentioned as below:1. If you are independently working as an editor for various books or magazines you will not be facing sharp deadlines. You will be bale to manage the work as per your convenience and therefore can enjoy flexible working hours. But this is usually the case once you have got experience and prominent name in the publishing industry. As a fresher it's often tough to work as a free lance editor.2. If you are working in a newspaper then you will have to follow strict deadlines and therefore the t
Below is the list of the key areas that the editors work on most of the times:1. They keep in touch with the writer and have a conversation or meeting with them in order to better understand the work and clear any points if required. They also need to provide their feedback to the writers and therefore need to maintain the regular communications with them via emails, telephones etc.2. The editors need to carefully read the writing piece. This is probably the most important part of their work. They have to go through each and every detail of the article very carefully and ensure that everything
Below is the list of the skills that you will be required to have if you want to work as an editor:1. You need to be extremely accurate about the usage of language and the various technicalities involved in it. You cannot afford to lack the core understanding and knowledge of the literature. You should be knowing all the literature concepts thoroughly. That way only you can become an effective contributor as an editor.2. As an Editor it is utmost important that you are right on target when it comes to grammar. Grammar dictates the fundamental technical part associated in the writing. It is edi
The typical day schedule of an editor is somewhat like this, as explained below:Reach the office and check the inbox. This is the first thing they do while reaching the office. The mailbox of an editor is usually flooded with hundreds of mails. They have to reply to the important mails.Also most of the submissions by the reporters and writers are made by the emails these days. Therefore, they have to start reading straight away, else the pile of submissions pending for review starts building.Most part of the day is spent in doing the proofreading and editing the content. It requires great
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