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"As a testament to your ability to connect with a diverse audience, I received enthusiastic feedback about your talk from students enrolled in undergraduate, Master's, and Ph.D. programs in Linguistics! Several students reported to me that they plan to immediately put to use these excellent job searching strategies as well as the concrete information you provided about employment options in our field.
Thanks again for sharing your knowledge, enthusiasm, and passion for all things language-related with our students. We'd love to have you join us again, whenever your schedule permits."
Thanks again for sharing your knowledge, enthusiasm, and passion for all things language-related with our students. We'd love to have you join us again, whenever your schedule permits."
"I knew I wanted to leave academia and needed the tools to tackle the shift. Anna Marie's help within and beyond this course has been invaluable. She taught us the basics of understanding our abilities outside of academia by focusing on our strengths and backgrounds. Through a verity of engaging exercises, she allowed us to explore the differences between the academic and non-academic job market (Analyzing job ads, finding your own voice for application materials through story finding and integrating this in the application process, the How-To of interviewing, and more). My learning in this class was an invaluable experience."
Eva-María Suárez Büdenbender, German and English Content Creator, Ph.D. in Hispanic Linguistics
“Anna Marie’s superpower is her ability to connect people. Talking to her is energizing, encouraging, and empowering. When I first met Anna Marie, I had no idea what non-academic careers I was qualified for as a linguist. Every interaction I’ve had with her has helped me focus my search for the right career path and set me up for a successful job search. I attended Anna Marie’s Career Camp when I was finishing up my PhD and just starting to look for jobs. The storytelling and networking skills I learned from Anna Marie led to two job offers and a successful salary negotiation. I’m very happy as a Language Data Researcher at Amazon now, applying my skills as a linguist to work on Alexa!”
Karen Tsai, Language Data Researcher at Amazon, Ph.D. in Linguistics
"The Career Linguist network has been enormously helpful as I transition from an academic position into consulting. It is inspiring to have a place to connect with people doing interesting and varied work outside academia. The Working Sessions have been particularly helpful and a great way for me to get to know others in our field as we work independently on a specific task for a set period of time. Anna is supportive, encouraging and the perfect facilitator. She has helped me understand the difference between a “task” and a “project” which has helped my work flow tremendously. I will definitely continue to attend when I can!"
Kristy Cardellio, Ph.D., St. Petersburg, FL
"I find the CL network a group of interesting and engaging career-minded individuals that are invested in not only working on their own area of expertise but also curious to hear about and provide support, if applicable, to their fellow members. The women who participate weekly in the work sessions I have attended act as a team of accountability partners that seem to keep me on track and allow me to mutually provide support for them. Anna Marie Trester, our host, is always engaging, providing a gentle guidance that allows us to focus on the work at hand in a structured group environment, using our stated intention to propel us effortlessly through our chosen assignment for each session. Because we are using the pomodoro method, of 20 minute intervals, it seems to take some of the pressure off, allowing me to concentrate on this chunk of work, rather than stressing over the full project. In the past few weeks of attending the CL work sessions, I have managed to accomplish more of my project than I have alone in a much longer time frame. I thoroughly enjoy this process and am grateful to Dr. Trester for creating such an inviting, congenial, interactive environment for peers to accomplish their goals."
Anonymous
"I want to thank you for your presentation on Friday - it was very encouraging. In particular, it was wonderful (rather terrifying) to hear that we can't know exactly what jobs will be available when the time comes to look for them. I've spent a lot of time worrying about the fact that I'm not priming myself for a specific job or career path, but the fact that I can't know exactly how the job market will look when I finally finish school has prevented me from setting out a very specific long-term plan. Now I'm more confident in my approach of picking up skills (Python will now be a priority) and pursuing the ideas that intrigue me while I have the resources available in school. You've successfully reduced one of my biggest anxieties over graduate school. Thank you!"
Anna J., University of California Berkeley, Linguistics Ph.D. Student
"Career Camp taught me how to properly evaluate my successes as successes. As a typical 22 year old postbac, I often feel bewildered at the sheer size and complexity of today's job market; in learning how to leverage skills I learned and experiences I had in school to guide me through it, instead of simply minimizing or discounting them as "too technical," I've also learned the value of my perspective in the industry arena. While telling and making the story of my career continues to be a scary prospect, I now know I have people who think like I do in my corner, and that's immensely helpful as I figure out how to present myself to employers."
Elodie Schley, Future Linguistics Graduate Student
“Each time I join a Career Linguist event I'm struck by Anna Marie's joyful generosity. She is always ready to offer advice and support, drawing on her extensive experience working with linguists of all stripes. She asks just the right questions and is an excellent listener. Unsurprisingly, Anna Marie has cultivated a wonderful network of like-minded folks who share her passion for finding diverse, exciting careers for linguists. I'm grateful I took the plunge and attended one of her Career Camps!”
Elizabeth Stelle, IRB Administrator for a Department of Energy National Lab, Ph.D. in Linguistics
"I just wanted to thank you for your time and great talks this week. I'm a senior Linguistics major graduating (to my surprise) in May, and looking at the future was a bit daunting. One of the things I love about this major is its incredible versatility, but the many choices can be overwhelming. You gave me some amazing ideas of where to begin and how to maximize my chances of finding a job in the field that I love.
So, thank you again. I hope we can stay in touch, because I'm sure I'll have thousands of answers as my job hunt continues."
Hayley C., University of Colorado Linguistics Major
"I have no doubt that the work we did at Career Camp helped me to get some clarity regarding what I wanted to do in this post-teaching phase of my career, and your advice about interviews and cover letter writing was also invaluable. There were a lot of stages in this hiring process (seven stages in total, a combination of work tests and interviews), and I found myself telling plenty of stories in the interviews. Having done much of the groundwork around the campfire, I felt well prepared for the process. Thanks for helping me get to that place!"
Participant in Career Camp
"Thinking in terms of stories was transformative for me. I’m definitely a convert to the notion of seeing the world in stories. Before Career Camp I’d been feeling stuck. I was uncomfortable and unsure about how to interact with LinkedIn. I didn’t enjoy researching organizations. This mini-course changed the way I look at those activities; when everything is a story, everything is data. Looking at data is fun, so looking at LinkedIn can be fun, too. I now feel less stressed and more productive as I explore and apply."
Participant in Career Camp
"In the space of a month, with just a few hours of work each week, I learned as much useful information as I’ve learned in many a previous semester long class. What surprised me most about Camp was how enjoyable it was to chat with other students (campers?) each week. How can a group video chat with strangers feel like a campfire with friends? I don’t know, but I liked it! I learned from other people’s stories, and felt supported in my career journey. I highly recommend this little digital bootcamp of career narratives to linguists and nonlinguistic alike! Let Anna Marie introduce you to the wild world of stories!"
Participant in Career Camp