Category Archives: The job search
Using LinkedIn to “pick one”
When you are just beginning a job search, it is at times very useful to just pick something. As we have been discussing, there are many ways of conceptualizing work – many “ways in” to think about the world of work, so let’s think about how we might use this site to help pick one …
Lingchat tonight about non-academic jobs
https://lingchat.wordpress.com/ Are you on the job market and interested in non-academic #linguistics jobs? Join us for #lingchat on 1 Mar 8pm ET & share ur experience.
How do I start my jobsearch as a linguist?
I have received a few inquiries this week from linguists wondering how to begin job searches. Some of their specific questions included: How do I narrow down what fields to focus on? How will I know what kind of a job I will like? How do I find jobs that leverage my strengths and interests? …
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Convincing “them” to hire you
Over the course of a weekend’s worth of Career Linguist activities at the Linguistics Society of America annual meeting, the question that sticks with me is the one I received last night at the networking mixer: “how do I convince them to hire me?” Apart from the discursive othering that this question involves, I am …
Ten Things – a jobseeker’s tutorial
Job-seeking linguists, invest in yourself by thinking about what comes next! Ten Things a short, lively and engaging tutorial with concrete ideas for jobsearching $10 for yourself or for the jobseeking linguist in your life You are already on a career path, so it is not about deciding which path to take, it is about …
Career Resources for Linguists
Some places to start I am often advocating here on Career Linguist for bringing your research skills to the task of researching your career. I thought I would see what resources might be available to someone trying to start out on this journey. so, I googled “jobs with a linguistics degree” This is what I found #1 Linguistics …
LinkedIn Company Pages
Using LinkedIn as a jobseeker Company Pages on LinkedIn contain at least three sources of information that are invaluable to the jobseeker and not easily found elsewhere: 1. Who else is following the organization. It is important to know: Whose radar screens have they pinged on? What does this reveal about their reach? How do they connect …
Project Management, Program Evaluation & Instructional Technology: 3 fields where you might find linguists
The Career Profiles in Linguistics section regularly highlights career paths taken by linguists. If you would like to recommend someone (including yourself) for a future profile, please contact Career Linguist. I have been reflecting today on my “process” as Career Linguist while I do some research into three kinds of work where linguists thrive: Project …
“…they didn’t know they needed a linguist…”
How does an applied linguist with an interest in language teaching become a sociolinguist and linguistic anthropologist? How does that applied sociolinguist then become a computational linguist? How does that applied-socio-anthro-computational linguist ultimately wind up with an exciting position on Microsoft’s innovative design team? HCI (human-computer interaction) is at the forefront of today’s technological leap …
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