By Chandra Turner
Most of my recruiting clients are not from the world of publishing — they work at brands, startups, and nonprofits. Often this is the first time they are hiring an editorial leader or team, but they all …
By Chandra Turner
Most of my recruiting clients are not from the world of publishing — they work at brands, startups, and nonprofits. Often this is the first time they are hiring an editorial leader or team, but they all …
By: Shaye DiPasquale
Many of us who started our careers working for traditional media corporations have little understanding how the companies we worked for were financially supported beyond perhaps a quarterly stockholders’ call that we half-listened to. And for recent …
A: Maybe. Maybe not. If you are applying for a full-time role in content at a brand or a media company, yes. You may be …
By Alyshia Hull
When I was in college I was really excited to apply for an editorial internship with Girls’ Life magazine. However, with so many other applicants, I was worried that my application would get lost in the shuffle. …
By Chandra Turner
I spend a good chunk of my day interviewing folks. The interviews I enjoy the most are the ones that are the most like conversations at a cocktail party — remember those? sigh — where the back …
When Editorial Talent is Unleashed Upon the World
The Talent Fairy Q&A by Chandra Turner
It’s no longer news that some of our best editorial talent are leaving media for non-media brands. The story has become a staple in …
By Chandra Turner
Chances are good that you already know that more people find jobs through their network than any other way. Every career coach (or heck, your mom) will tell you, tap your network! The frustrating thing is WE …
When I was summing up the results of last year’s Talent Fairy Hiring Report I ended my post with unbridled optimism: “Cheers to the incredible new decade TK!”
Cringe.
None of us would have predicted that this year would …
Q&A With Kara Corridan, Manager, Communications, Prudential Financial
By Chandra Turner
The best part of my role as Talent Fairy is that I talk to people constantly. I talk to talent and hiring managers who work in traditional media (which …
By Amanda Reed
I’m not a huge baseball fan, but I would say I know how to catch a few curveballs considering how much I’ve gone through in the last eight months.
2020 started off on a high note. In …