Among the things you should have ready for the job search are: “Pocket examples;” these are little stories that exemplify how you work, how you think, and what you are passionate about. Here I will share some of my thoughts about how to find, polish and deliver them in a job searching context. I call them …
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Pocket Full-of-Stories
Approach your next career event – be it gearing up for some networking or (informational) interviews, launching your book/ album, or curating your professional portfolio – by having a set of stories at the ready. It only takes an hour (on your part). Three of us come together for a chat on zoom (you and …
Pocket Full of Stories
Approach your next career event – be it starting a new job, gearing up for informational interviews, prepping for tenure review, creating a cover letter, or launching your book/ album – by having a set of stories at the ready. It only takes an hour. Together, we’ll have a chat on zoom. We’ll kick things …
Career Camp info session
Interested in Career Camp, but want to know more before you sign up? Bring all of your questions to a (virtual) info session Info session: Friday July 16 2021 2pm pdt /3pm mdt / 4pm cdt / 5pm edt questions? Contact Career Linguist subscribe to my newsletter Career Camp is five weeks of focused activities and structured …
Step 5 – Pack Well for your Journey
This is the fifth (and final) post in our Career Pivot Series: five ideas for engaging transition. I’ve been hearing from lots of folks lately who are navigating career change and transitions, so am sharing some thoughts about a process for adopting an “orienteering” process as you move forward. Read earlier posts: Step 1 – …
Book Review: Taking the Work out of Networking
As we gear up for next week’s networking meetup in San Francisco (am trying out the name Community Connection Events – would love to know your thoughts!) I thought I would share three tips from Karen Wickre’s excellent book. THREE THINGS for you to do at a networking event: Find common ground quickly. If you …
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Career Camp starts March 20th
You chose linguistics because you were passionate about the possibility and the power of language, so why not creatively seek wide application of these as well as your powerful analytical skills and problem-solving? sign up for Career Camp The Spring 2020 edition of Career Camp runs from March 20th – April 17th 2020. Career Camp is …
Networking, intergenerationally
During a recent professional development workshop that I facilitated with Katie Nelson called Career Exploration and Education: An Ethnographic and Narrative Approach, we received one of the best questions from a recent graduate. Realizing that to get better at networking, she was going to need to get better at talking to people from different generations, …
Career Camp Winter 2020
Career Camp is five weeks of focused activities, reflection, and structured feedback on the language used in career interactions. Weekly activities bring a linguistic lens to the stories which comprise professional navigation. You will leave with a resume that blows their SOQs off, cover letters that speak to why THEY need you, and pocket examples …
Career Camp is starting in Sept
Career Camp is five weeks of focused activities and structured feedback on the stories used in career interactions. Weekly activities focus on bringing a linguistic lens to the stories which comprise the texts and interactions surrounding the job search so that you have a resume that blows their SOQs off, cover letters that speak to …
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