The Retrospector

For the last couple years I’ve been getting a bunch of magazines delivered to my work address. The IT Publications banner to the right is a link to where I ordered them all. Having a stack of publications related to your line of work, even if it’s just somewhat related can benefit you in a number of ways, and I’m going to share with you the few things I think benefit me.

If you want to give one or two of them a try, know that I’ve gotten zero spam whatsoever from ordering them other than renewal notices each year. This year I think I’ve signed up for about 7-8 of them, and though I don’t read them all every time they show up I manage to leave the latest copies out for all to see.

Benefits of publications with your name on them

The first benefit that comes to mind when having publications around the office whether it be on your desk or on a periodicals rack where everyone shares them is having your name on the address field. It’s not always the first thing everyone looks at when picking up a magazine, but it’s very common for management to take a look at where this magazine is coming from.

You not only get credit for having ordered relevant material for others to check out or peruse between meetings, but your name is associated with being up to date having been delivered recent news and being interested in keeping up with relevant case studies or articles in your field.

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