Career in Magazines DC

• Can you live on minimum wage?

• Can you work without benefits?

• Will you be happy working as someone's assistant - doing menial tasks like answering calls, making schedules and travel arrangements, and preparing expense reports - for the two or more years?

• Can you work late nights, weekends, when you're sick, and with little vacation time?

  
  

• Do you consider yourself a creative person who thinks of story and visual ideas and themes in the abstract, and is constantly inspired by daily life, events and news?

• Do you regularly read books, newspapers and magazines?

• Are you willing to continue your education? Whether on the job or in the form of an advanced degree to pursue your goal of being an editor, writer etc.?

• Are you thick skinned? Can you avoid taking things personally as you work towards a higher goal?

• Are you persistent? Will you do anything (ethical) and any amount of work to get where you want?

• Are you willing to spend two or more years in a job before getting the opportunity to express your creative ideas?

If you can answer "yes" to all of these questions, then you're ready to pursue a career in magazines, and will no doubt be a success at it. If you have answered "no" to any of these, don't bother trying to convince yourself. You might want to take a look at related industries or positions - perhaps advertising, publicity, or marketing.

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