Yesterday a new author
posted an email to a publisher’s loop
asking how she should best grow her career.
The best answer…
publish often with many different publishers
wasn’t offered.
Why?
Because that advice goes against
what the publisher wishes.
The publisher wishes to grow her publishing house,
not necessarily grow an author’s career.
Almost every corporate human resources department
offers career counseling.
When I was a freshly minted grad,
I thought that meant I’d get…
well… career counseling.
Except that the best career counseling
one can give an entry level employee
is to job jump at least
until she earning a livable wage.
You’ll never hear that
from a corporate human resources employee.
(Another reason not to get advice
from your company’s human resources department
is because the employees in HR
traditionally are the biggest gossips
in every company.
That’s a place to spread rumors,
not keep secrets.)