First off, to all of you who are graduating with your degree in linguistics: You possess invaluable skills needed in every field. Your awareness of how language works will be essential to HOW you will do what you do in this world. Trust this training. As you continue to journey down your professional path, you […]
Category Archives: Career Education
Should I stay or should I go? Either way, community is key
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Why your boss should support (your) networking
I only realized that this was an unconventional idea when I heard the force with which Reid Hoffman made the case for it in his book The Alliance. If you haven’t read the book, you can start with this summary in HBR, and know that it is well worth your time!! But yes, there are […]
Building our Community
Together, we can do this Career Linguists! We linguists are trained to think in systems, to see patterns, and to solve problems – and the world (of work) needs us now more than ever! Let’s change the conversation about career to make this quest be that of bringing the skills that we love using to […]
Career Linguist (CL) Network
Announcing the launch of the Career Linguist (CL) Network: A community for career linguists to encourage and learn from one another; to support career development; and to stay inspired about the field of study that connects us! The CL network opens to the public on Feb 1st! About the platform The Mighty Networks platform enables […]
What can I do with Foreign Language skills?
Langfocus gives answers, and invites his viewers to share their knowledge too! I invite all you Career Linguists to chime in as well!! Tell us about your jobs 🙂 http://facebook.com/langfocus http://instagram.com/langfocus http://twitter.com/langfocus http://langfocus.com Support Langfocus on Patreon: http://patreon.com/langfocus
Navigating your job search in 5 steps
As I see it, there are five steps to the process of navigating a job search as a linguist. As I go through this list, I will highlight some of the posts featured here on Career Linguist which have explored and developed each of the steps: Become more aware of the skills cultivated by linguistics, […]
Why Tutoring is a good job for linguists – Part II
This post is written by guest blogger Patrick Goodridge a linguist, language teacher, and writer based in Philadelphia, PA. Read more about Patrick below or on the Career Linguist guest bloggers page where you can also learn about being a guest blogger for Career Linguist yourself!! To read Part I of this post featuring ideas […]
