Every year, a new edition of What Color is Your Parachute? is published, and every summer, I re-read the book and am inspired an reinvigorated anew. Additionally, something different jumps out at me every time I make my way through. This year it is “The Remedy” section, the solutions presented to job-hunters in facing the …
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It’s been a while since we have reviewed a book over here on Career Linguist, but a conversation over on the CL (Mighty) Network today reminded me about how much I appreciated Emilie Wapnick’s book How to Be Everything and I thought I would share some of my thoughts by way of kicking off a summer …
Career Linguist is a place for linguists to get resources about career. If this is your first time here, get oriented by watching my story approach to career explainer video. Check out also Career Paths, 50 (linguist friendly) Organizations, or how to begin. Want to engage? …
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 …
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 …
They sure are a’travelin’ 🙂 keep the photos coming – I am loving them!!! 🙂
It was almost exactly a year ago today that I put out a call here out to you Career Linguists for your recommendations for career books. Thought I would share the ones that I actually read by way of requesting that you keep the recs coming! What’s on your summer reading list? Escape from Cubicle …
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For those of you who expressed a desire to know a bit more about how it is structured, here’s a peek inside the book!
After traveling a long a winding road, I am happy to finally be able to say that Bringing Linguistics to Work is now available for purchase through Lulu.com (in paperback – it will be making its way over to an e-version soon and eventually on over to Amazon … but we have crossed the first …
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In the Worlds of Work series, I pull together resources for jobseekers interested in learning more about a particular industry or sector. Typically, this involves curating some good sources of job listings, some things that are good to read to keep on top of industry trends, and then some sources of insight into the culture …
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