Thank you for your interest in writing for MOBILITY.
The following guidelines are intended to
make this process easier and more enjoyable for you. Please do not hesitate
to call MOBILITY's editorial staff at any time.
We're looking forward to working with you!
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MOBILITY's Editorial Policy
MOBILITY is a forum for the exchange of
information and ideas with the purpose of advancing the professionalism of the
global workforce mobility industry. Toward this end, MOBILITY
accepts articles on a variety of topics. Your
article may reflect your opinion about a particular issue of interest to the
workforce mobility industry, summarize research you have conducted about an aspect of
employee relocation, raise a question that you believe the industry
needs to address, or simply recount an experience you believe provided a useful
lesson. Regardless of your topic, articles accepted for publication must be
previously unpublished and contain no commercial message.
Choosing Your Topic
You may already have an idea what you would like to write about, but if
you do not, contact Frank Mauck, MOBILITY's
managing editor, to find out what topics are currently of interest to
our readers.
Writing Your Article
Although the MOBILITY editorial staff will edit
your copy for style, there are a few things to keep in mind that will make this
job easier.
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All quotes must be attributed. When you quote or refer to
someone, the first mention should include the full name, company name, and
location (city, state). After the first mention, refer to him or her by last
name only.
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Avoid footnotes. Where it is necessary to credit or
reference a source, do it in the narrative, e.g., "According to Worldwide ERC®'s
Relocation Trends Survey, . . . "
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Tables and charts do add interest to the story, but keep in
mind that because of the constraints of the magazine layout, it may be
impossible to place them at a particular point in the article. Therefore,
the article should refer to the chart or table in a way that will encourage
the reader to look for it.
- If there is information related to your topic that you wish
to share, but that does not belong within the body of your main article, you
may wish to provide a sidebar that could be published along with your
article. The sidebar should be relevant to the article, but able to stand
alone, i.e., it should not be necessary to read the article to understand
the sidebar.
Submitting Your Article
Copy submitted to MOBILITY should be in
its final form. Although we are happy to help
you in any way that we can during your drafting process, time constraints prohibit us from
reviewing multiple drafts of an article. Once
you have submitted your article, the MOBILITY staff will review it and make a determination
as to whether it is acceptable for publication.
Several things go into this decision. First
is whether or not the material submitted falls
within MOBILITY's editorial policy as mentioned above and whether your topic would be
of interest to our readers. Next we look at how
well-written the article is and whether it can be
edited to meet our standards. Do not let this
last consideration intimidate you. We frequently work with authors extensively to help
them publish an article that contains an innovative idea or important information.
Once we have determined that your article
is acceptable for publication in MOBILITY, we
will send you a letter to that effect. Generally,
we do not know which issue it will appear in
at that time. But, if you have not provided
one, we will ask you to provide a short author's biography, a black and white photo of
yourself, and a signed copyright release form
(All material published in MOBILITY is copyrighted and becomes the property of ERC.
Written permission is required to reprint the
article in another publication or as a handout).
MOBILITY copy is edited and formatted for
production in a personal computer environment using Microsoft Word. Page layout
is conducted on a MacIntosh computer using QuarkExpress. Thus, MOBILITY is
capable of importing documents created in many other word processing programs,
but not necessarily all of them. If you provide your article on a diskette,
please provide a clean, legible, double-spaced copy on white paper along with
your diskette. Another option is to e-mail the article to MOBILITY.
The Editing Process
The MOBILITY editorial staff will edit your
copy thoroughly with several goals in mind.
Our foremost goal is to ensure that your
ideas and information are conveyed clearly,
logically, and concisely. We also will be
editing it for proper grammar and to be sure
that it conforms to MOBILITY's editorial style.
As a result, many people find that the
final edited version of their article is significantly different from their original submission.
We want our authors to be happy with the
articles we finally publish, and we recognize
that during the editing process, we may misunderstand an author's intended meaning. Therefore, if we edit your article extensively, we
will send the edited version to you for your
approval.
Awards and Rewards
One of the benefits of writing for MOBILITY is that it provides a way
to earn recognition from your co-workers and peers in the relocation industry.
Every year, at Worldwide ERC®'s National Relocation Conference, MOBILITY recognizes
the best articles published during the past year by presenting the author(s)
with an Editorial Achievement
Award. Read the 2005
winners! Additionally, to recognize and extend its gratitude for the
contributions of time and effort made by its members, Worldwide ERC® has a Service Recognition Program, based on service points awarded for
various contributions made. For each MOBILITY article published, Worldwide ERC® members can earn two points toward a Meritorious Service Award (granted after
earning 10 service points) or Distinguished Service Award (granted after earning
25 service points).
Again, we thank you for your interest and hope you will not hesitate to
call or e-mail us
if we can be of assistance
in any way.
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