Loved this recent article in the Atlantic about “the Genius of Want to Grab a Coffee?” In a few weeks, millions of college students will enter the real world with dreams of finding work that’s meaningful and challenging—and preferably lucrative enough to live roommate-free in a major city. As they embark on their job searches, […]
Category Archives: Informational Interviewing
Informational Interviewing Questions
Back when we were gearing up for the Networking Mixer at the LSA meeting, we reached out here to ask for people’s favorite informational interviewing questions. Thought I would share with you the results! See below for the questions we used: What kind of linguistics did you study? Do you use that area in […]
Pocket Examples
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 […]
Intertextuality and Informational Interviewing: The what, how, and why
Q: What does Becker’s (1994) observation that “social groups seem to be bound primarily by a shared repertoire of prior texts” have to do with the job search (165)? A: A new way to approach Informational Interviewing. We know that when we sit down for an informational interview, it is important to ask our interviewee […]
