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 […]
Author Archives: annatrester
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 […]
Tools for structuring career curiosity
I have been becoming aware of the need to find a new way of talking about the “who, what, when, where, why, and how” of work. We refer to these as the Work Interrogatives in conversations here on Career Linguist, but now as I am in the process of working through how it is that […]
Networking HH for Career Linguists in the East Bay (Oakland, CA)
A professional get-together for career linguists: Tuesday, May 7th 6pm Lost & Found Beer Garden 2040 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94612 (510) 763-2040 In a spirit of generosity, curiosity, and with the understanding that our networks are our greatest professional assets, come on out to mix and mingle with other Bay Area Career Linguists. […]
Career Activities at the LSA meetings in NYC this week
Calling attention to just two of the wonderful events taking place at the Linguistics Society of America meeting!! For more information, check out the LSA Facebook page and Twitter feed, the Annual Meeting page, the online schedule and .pdf of the Annual Meeting Handbook. Friday January 4, 3:30-5 pm in Liberty 3 “Linguists in the […]
Three women at the foundation of improv
One of my intentions for 2019 is to apply story finding to shine a light on the often invisible work done by women, in this case the origins of improvisational theater. I wrote this post to call attention to the foundational work done by Viola Spolin as a way to announce my latest workshop, but […]
job posting: Elevate (San Francisco)
An exciting job opportunity in content development at an app start-up in San Francisco and the person tasked with hiring is an historical linguist! In her words: “we’d love great (linguist) applicants!” https://elevateapp.theresumator.com/apply/jEWyrZcnY3/Content-Operations-Specialist Location: San Francisco, CA Department: Content Development Type: Full Time Min. Experience: Entry Level Elevate is a game-based educational app that has […]
Top pages and posts from 2018
It’s that time of year again!! With 2018 drawing to a close, as is our tradition here at Career Linguist, we are taking some time to “look back to look forward,” making some time and space to reflect on this past year and think about what should come next. Without further ado, here are the […]
