Lots that’s great about this book, not least of which that it was written at the same writer’s retreat that I attend (and that included among the list of possible careers is “writing retreat host in rural, VA!”). I really love that the book is designed to be read over five lunch hours – a […]
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job: Analytical Linguist, Natural Language Understanding (NLU) – Amazon AI
Analytical Linguist, Natural Language Understanding (NLU) – Amazon AI https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/analytical-linguist-natural-language-understanding-nlu-amazon-ai-at-amazon-836037326/ Come and be part of the Amazon Artificial Intelligence (AI) team! Amazon Web Services is building speech and language solutions to serve the needs of customers around the world. We’re working hard, having fun, and making history — come join us! The AWS Artificial Intelligence […]
job: Research Consultant Intern @ Stripe (UK)
Research Consultant Intern Applications close 11 March 2019 It’s a great time to be a social scientist and a Stripe Partners (paid) internship is designed to allow you see what you can do in business with your academic training. We have an opening for an intern to join us for 3 month full time. This […]
Career Camp starts March 1st!!
Career Camp is starting soon: A chance to work through Bringing Linguistics to Work in community! Career Camp is designed to help linguists bring language and communication skills to thinking about career. Together, we will find, refine, and practice stories that can be used in the texts and interactions which comprise jobsearching. career camp flyer […]
Story at work(shop)
Fri, March 15, 2019 – 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM PDT Station SL, a coworking community 1455 Hays Street San Leandro, CA 94577 Join us for some invigorating professional development in the form of an interactive and participatory workshop where we will consider story listening, story finding, and story telling as they help you […]
job: User Experience Research Intern (Lyft)
at Lyft San Francisco User Experience Research Intern (2019) https://boards.greenhouse.io/lyft/jobs/4200633002?gh_jid=4200633002 At Lyft, community is what we are and it’s what we do. It’s what makes us different. To create the best ride for all, we start in our own community by creating an open, inclusive, and diverse organization where all team members are recognized for […]
Book review – Outliers
Now that I have finally gotten around to reading Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers, I see why people have been telling me for years that I should read the thing! The book examines story structure, interrogating our ingrained ways of telling and hearing stories about success (and also failure). The big message: what we take to be […]
job: User Experience Research Intern (Lyft)
https://boards.greenhouse.io/lyft/jobs/4200633002 At Lyft, community is what we are and it’s what we do. It’s what makes us different. To create the best ride for all, we start in our own community by creating an open, inclusive, and diverse organization where all team members are recognized for what they bring. Lyft is seeking a User Experience […]
job opportunities at CSpace
Wonder whether consumer research/brand strategy are for you? Read this case study about how CSpace framed the problem and solved a challenge for IKEA: Associate, Consumer Research https://cspace.com/careers/?gh_jid=615122 Consultant, Brand Strategy & Insights https://cspace.com/careers/?gh_jid=990853 About CSpace We create rapid insight and business change, putting customers at the heart of companies and solving problems from the […]
job posting – Researcher: Translators w/o Borders
Researcher – Language in Education Job link https://reliefweb.int/job/2960169/researcher-language-education from Translators without Borders Closing date: 11 Feb 2019 Researcher – Language in Education in Cox’s Bazar The mission of Translators without Borders is to provide people access to vital knowledge in their language through translation and interpreting, building language translation capacity at a local level, providing […]
