The following guidelines provide submission criteria for CareerFOCUS
Magazine. Click here to review guidelines for College PreView, First
Opportunity, and DirectAIM Magazines.
CF Mission
CareerFOCUS™ helps African-American and Latino professionals thrive in
today's fast-paced corporate environment. CF offers balanced information
and practical approaches to innovative best practices in the areas of
leadership development and life-management skills, as well as solutions to
workplace issues.
CF Readership Audience
CareerFOCUS is an independently owned publication, and holds exclusive
naming rights for the CareerFOCUS Eagle Awards™ CF is the primary
promotional medium for the NELI Leadership Summit.
CF readers are primarily African-American (75.5%) and Latino (24.5%)
executives, managers, and graduating college seniors who are not content
with the status quo. They range in age from 21 to 54 and know that personal
success can be achieved only through individual initiative. They are
constantly seeking cutting-edge ideas to improve their leadership and
marketable skills. CF readers are today's innovative thinkers shaping the
new face of organizational leadership.
CF Content
CareerFOCUS' primary content focuses on stepping-stones in the development
of leadership, life-management skills, career-development resources, and
career opportunities. CF introduces innovative methods and strategies to
help our readers magnify their successes. CF content provides detailed
how-to information in an entertaining, yet sophisticated and evocative
manner.
What We're Looking For
CF readers are not beginners, and they don't have time to waste reading what
they already know. We're looking for in-depth reporting, with information
culled from many sources to give readers a broad perspective on a topic. Can
you offer a fresh angle on a familiar subject? Can you convey atmosphere and
personality when interviewing professionals and experts? Can you elicit
interesting quotes from industry experts and find sources who don't say the
same old thing in the same old way? Can you write about business topics with
authority and passion? Then you're the kind of writer we're looking for.
CF Features
Features are 1,800 words, plus sidebars, charts, boxes, and, in some cases,
photos. Types of features we are seeking include:
- In-depth articles examining how a current industry issue, such as
the tight labor markets or workforce diversity, affects African-American and
Latino professionals.
- Psychological topics, such as "Can you have a successful career and
still have a balanced life?" or "What is the difference between being an
appointed leader and being a self-appointed leader?"
- How-to articles, such as ways to manage work relationships and
issues, how to bounce back from a failure, how to champion cultural
diversity in the workplace, or how to invest for optimum retirement.
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