Now is the time!!! The “Linguistics Beyond Academia” SIG is planning many exciting events at the upcoming 2016 annual meeting of the Linguistic Society of America. Detailed program coming very soon, but over the course of the conference Jan 7-10th, we are organizing/helping to organize:a networking mixer, a salon, 2 career panels, and one-on-one professional …
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Workshop – Storytelling for the job search
Explore career interactions (including the series of texts and interactions that comprise the jobsearch) as a series of stories waiting to be told. Paying attention for story will bring life to your job search career in three important ways: 1) in finding some stories to have examples at the ready in job interviews, 2) in …
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Special Interest group for linguists in business, non-profits, and government
I am submitting a proposal for a special interest group (SIG) for linguists working in business, non-profits and government for the Linguistics Society of America (LSA). At this stage, I need to include the names of six members of the LSA who will be a part of the group. Interested? Know someone else who I …
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LinkedIn for Versatile PhDs!
I gave this workshop last week to the DC (and Boston) meet-up groups of Versatile PhD. A good time (and lots of linking) was had by all!! About LinkedIn for Versatile PhD from Anna Trester LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network and is fast becoming one of the most important ways to connect with …
Word of the Year 2014
This was the event happening opposite the Linguist Salon at the most recent joint meeting of the Linguistics Society of America and the American Dialect Society: Also, the profile in the NYT!! 🙂 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/18/style/at-the-super-bowl-of-linguistics-may-the-best-word-win.html?_r=0 For those of you who were there (and I can see here from the tape that most of you were), thought …
LSA 2015 Career Exploration Expo
LSA 2015 Career Exploration Expo Saturday, January 10th, 3:30-5pm at the Linguistics Society of America Annual Meeting! Interested in finding out more about the varied career options available for linguists? The Career Exploration Expo is a focused networking event, a space for attendees to meet linguists working across a range of professional fields, get to …
Career Events at the upcoming LSA meeting
Wanted to draw your attention to a bunch of professionally-oriented events at the Linguistic Society of America’s annual conference, being held in Portland, OR from Jan. 8-11. Linguist Salon: Friday from 6:00 to 7:00. Panel: Linguists in Industry: Friday 8:30 – 10:00 PM. Organized by John Rickford, on behalf of the LSA executive committee. Career Exploration …
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Career Linguist 