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 […]
Category Archives: Professional Development
Stay on track professionally over the summer…
…with the support and accountability of the CL Mighty Network! Membership is only $15 a month and you can try it out free for a week at any time! Read more about the Mighty Network (including what others are saying about the benefits of membership) here. Why not start by trying out a work session […]
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 […]
Most viewed 2017
As 2017 draws to a close, as is our tradition, we are taking some time to “look back to look forward” over here at Career Linguist, reflecting on this past year and thinking about what should come next by counting down the five most viewed pages and posts in 2017!! And here they are: #5 […]
“Swiss-cheesing” professional development
To make progress on any task, we all know that we should break it down to its constituent pieces, and that slow and steady is always the way to go for any big, looming project, but as September draws near and with Fall routines picking up again, it can start to feel impossible to make […]
A Critical Introduction to the Critical Languages
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!! According to the US government, some languages are more […]
Negotiating salary
Inspired by the recent announcement by Lisa Munro and Kristi Lodge that they will assume the mantle of the #withaPhD chats from Jen Polk of From PhD to Life , I dusted off this blog post that had been sitting – 80% completed – in my “blog posts under construction” folder. The #withaPhD 2.0 inaugural […]
Understanding Why Linguistics is Misunderstood
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. Linguistics is the scientific study of language, though many who have heard of linguistics usually underestimate just how scientific it is. Those many […]
Career Linguist Guest Bloggers
There are many ways to get involved and join the Career Linguist community – one way is to be a guest blogger, like these people have: Guest Blogger: Anna Dausman is a linguist and storyteller based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Anna earned her BA in English and Linguistics from the College of William & Mary, and is […]
