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BRIGHTEN stands for Business, Research, Innovation, Government, Healthcare Communications, Technology, Education, and Non-profits. This acronym has been derived from the three dozen stories I have collected (so far) for Employing Linguistics. It’s designed to expand thinking about the worlds of work that need linguists. In the course of my documenting their stories, they have been […]

With this series, we will explore the ideas Anna Marie has been developing for Employing Linguistics over the past few years. First and foremost, the book has been created to share stories, but different – and different kinds – of stories about how the skills and training of linguistics may be employed. Why? Because the […]

Welcome to anyone who has participated in Career Camp over the years: Come share a story about what you are up to and let us know how we can support you! Friday, July 24th at 2pm PDT / 5pm EDTfind us on zoom here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/98453249863 Feeling FOMO? You too can be a happy camper – […]

Next Wed, July 15th at 1pm PDT / 4pm EDT, Jen Polk PhD will be visiting the Career Linguist Mighty Network to talk to us about jobsearching. You must be a member of the CL Mighty Network to attend. If you are not already a member, you can join for free – for a month […]

Join us for a book club discussion of Dr. Amanda Kemp’s excellent book in which she shares stories and strategies for racial justice and authentic community. It’s a very quick read – I listened to it on Audible and it’s narrated by the author. It’s just about 2 hours, and it is straight from the […]

Career Camp was designed by Anna Marie Trester, Career Linguist, author of Bringing Linguistics to Work. Together, we take stock of where we are, where we have been, and where we are going through story. Think of it as stargazing. Five weeks of story listening, finding, and telling generate points that orient you for the […]

With the close of the spring edition of Career Camp, it’s reunion time again!! Welcome anyone who has participated in Career Camp over the years!  Pop in, say hi, let us know what you have been up to these days and come and hear what everyone else is doing! Friday, May 1  at 1pm pdt […]

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 […]

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, […]

<image courtesy of the Oklahoma Conference of the United Methodist Church> Welcome to anyone who has participated in Career Camp over the years! Pop in, say hi, let us know what you have been up to these days and come and hear what everyone else is doing! March 13th at 2pm PDT / 5pm EDT!! […]