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Im working as a jorunalist at a very big newspaper in the UK and i love my job. I am very happy where i am, doing my job but my position is not keeping me happy anymore.
I’m currently sub editor employed on a large weekly newspaper – a job I love but one which sadly has become difficult for me to move onwards and upwards in.
I have been a journalist for five years – a sub for two of those – and at the beginning of year the news group I work for took the decision to centralise its sub editors, effectively painting us into a bit of a corner.
Before these changes I still had the opportunity to write features, work on the websites and do some video editing. Now, sadly, there is simply no time for me to do anything other than sub pages and with no training offer and no realistic chance of a promotion I am looking at other job options.
What concerns me is that in effect I have been training down in the past 12 months. I would love to move into a publications manager role but I am not getting the experience in managing bigger projects – something that is essential in all of the jobs I have been interested in applying for.
Basically, I have some time free each week and I wonder if it would be a smart thing to offer myself on a work experience basis to some of the places I have seen advertised, so that I can get some experience? Or should I perhaps be more focussed on gaining new qualifications?
any help will be very helpful for me.
thanks from now.
I adore your gut to step up and take a chance to improve your career when you realize that there are no more promotions coming your way. Not having rooms to move forward in your career could be killing your desire to work and draining your energy on things you are no longer happy to do. If your new interest require some years of related experiences, you could always give it a try as you do have something that the new graduates don’t have which is the industries experiences. If the qualification is something you could try to get in acceptable time frame, you could do it as well. Or if you can provide some of your previous appraisal on how you can adapt to new job or new field, you can always show them to your potential employers. Try to market yourself according to what they are looking for.
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