Been in the same job for the past 10 years plus.

Sxia

How to find a new job when you've been doing the same thing for ten years?

Is it a huge minus that I haven't really moved upward? I started out as a junior editor and now I am a senior level editor, but really I got that "promotion" about two years into the position. This job is flexible, etc, but also not stable. I need to get out. I am bored and need to do something better and also earn more money.

I've taken some unpaid writing jobs in the past year or so, have a blog that I haven't done much with in the past year. Do I need to take any classes, etc, before looking for a new job?

Dr.Loretta

Just start applying and see what happens.

It may be a minus, it may not. It depends on what kind of editing you do and what usually happens to sr editors in your field. Do they tend to stay put for a long time, where a long tenure is seen as stability? Then it might work in your favor.

The fact that you've taken some unpaid writing jobs can work in your favor as well, if you can include writing samples or get references from those people.

I'd look to see what other people in your field (or where you want to go) have done in terms of continuing ed.

Is there some sort of style guide, etc. that you've put together at your job? You can list that as an accomplishment on your resume.

TeamC

After 10 years, I hope you have professional contacts in other companies.  That would be my first step to finding a new job.  

Although you say you haven't moved upward, you may have increased your specialty within editing.  If you have a niche, exploit that and seek jobs that might like that angle.  The key is showing professional growth, not necessarily title changes.

Wahoo

TeamC:

Although you say you haven't moved upward, you may have increased your specialty within editing.  The key is showing professional growth, not necessarily title changes.

Ditto this.

Also, in this economy, anything goes.  One reason people are promoted is b/c other people leave their jobs, but with the economy the way it has been, nobody is leaving a job b/c they want that security! 

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Wahoo:

TeamC:

Although you say you haven't moved upward, you may have increased your specialty within editing.  The key is showing professional growth, not necessarily title changes.

Ditto this.

Also, in this economy, anything goes.  One reason people are promoted is b/c other people leave their jobs, but with the economy the way it has been, nobody is leaving a job b/c they want that security! 

I also ditto this!

Good luck!