Ask The Interns: What Is The Value Of Internships?
Have you benefited from an internship (giving or receiving!)? This month we talk to interns and internship managers to hear what value internships have brought to them and the industry.
Guest Post — Navigating Your Career in Publishing: Introducing the SSP Professional Skills Map
The Professional Skills Map, initiated by the SSP Career Development Committee aims to guide scholarly publishing professionals across industries and career levels in recognizing their personal strengths and interpersonal and technical skills, and then map those skill sets to fitting roles across the industry, empowering them to advance in their current roles and explore potential career paths they may not have previously considered.
[Virtual] Conference Season Is Here: Are you prepared?
This year’s conference season will look a lot different than last year’s. Here are some tips to getting the most out of attending a virtual conference.
Revisiting — On Being Excluded: Testimonies by People of Color in Scholarly Publishing
We revisit two posts from 2018. These powerful testimonies, by people of color, about their experience of racism in scholarly publishing, clearly show that we have “a great deal of powerful and humbling work to do” to address racism and the white-dominated culture of our industry.
SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast: Episode 3
This third episode of the SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast covers the topic of ‘living under lockdown’ during the current global coronavirus pandemic.
Performance Review via Zoom Conference (Canine Variety)
Employee evaluation is much more difficult from afar, particularly when your employees are dogs.
Guest Post — On Working from Home in a Pandemic
Gabe Harp from MIT Press offers tips on how to maximize your efficiency and preserve your sanity while working from home.
Woking, the Doorway Effect, and Who Knew You’d Miss Your Commute So Much?
Working from home? Moving from room to room could help you cope with the endless video calls more effectively.
Living and Working Abroad: An Interview with Amanda Laverick and Adrian Stanley
Amanda Laverick and Adrian Stanley talk about their experiences living and working in countries far from home.
Guest Post: 5 Things Learned from The SSP DC Career Development Lab
Susan Chavez and Chloe Fells detail the career advice learned from a recent SSP event.
Parenting School Aged Children Through a Pandemic
A group of Chefs reflects the struggles we are facing, and the lessons we are learning, about parenting during the pandemic.
Building Your Remote Workforce: Including Tips & Tricks for Social Distancing
Organizations across the globe are being forced to adapt quickly, with some allowing employees to work from home the first time. But there are many reasons to shift to a remote team – learn more about why and how in today’s post.
Guest Post — Report: Gender Diversity in Research is Improving, But We Still Have Work To Do
Bamini Jayabalasingham, Ylann Schemm, and Holly J. Falk-Krzesinski present the takeaways of a new report by Elsevier, “The Researcher Journey Through a Gender Lens”.
Ask The Chefs: Adapting Core Skills
This month we asked the Chefs: As times change, how have you evolved your core skills to continue to add value to your work and fulfillment to your career?
Inspiring the Next Generation of Women in Science
Siân Harris hears from female early-career researchers in Asia and Africa about their passion for research, the challenges they face, and the advice they would give to women and girls interested in pursuing research areas.