Often when I give informational interviews and I ask something like “what would you like to do?” it becomes very clear from their answer very quickly that the person is only thinking about problems and challenges the way that they had been framed in school. “I like to critically deconstruct political speeches for what […]
Category Archives: WaLK series
for WHOM – continuing the work interrogatives
Last week, we explored the work interrogative “with WHOM” and as promised, this week are turning to the other half of the WHO of work by considering the “for WHOM” which can mean a few things – it can involve thinking about your supervisors and the managerial structure and management style that you prefer. It […]
Work interrogatives: with WHOM
For WHOM and with WHOM are highly connected and depending on the structure of your work, one or the other component is more or less foregrounded in the day-to-day, but it is precisely for this reason that I wish to consider them separately here. Your work will be much shaped by the people you come […]
The WHO of work – for WHOM & with WHOM
The list of interrogatives (who, what, when, where, why, how) always begins with “who” and when it comes to thinking about work, this really works!!! WHO is a great place to start because it gets right to the heart of the matter when it comes to work – WHO do you want to help do […]
the HOW of work
I have approached the question of the HOW a couple different ways in discussions on this blog, so first let me say a bit more about what I mean by the HOW of work. Here I am I referring to how you think and the way that you see the world and how this shapes the problems […]
A preview of the HOW of work
Next Tuesday, in the work interrogatives – the HOW of work. If you just can’t wait – here’s LinkedIn’s blog post about the HOW of work to tide you over: https://blog.linkedin.com/2016/08/08/forget-what-you-do-focus-on-how-you-do-it?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Flinkedinblog+%28The+LinkedIn+Official+Blog%29
WaLK series: the WHERE of work
Today we begin a 7 part blog series exploring the WHO (x2), WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY, and HOW of WORK. These work interrogatives are a tool for thinking – and these weekly WaLK prompts are designed to get you thinking about one in depth by doing some quick, reflective writing for a Pomodoro – or […]
The WaLK signs
As a thought exercise this week on my writing retreat, I have been putting these two career images into conversation with one another: Dick Bolles’ seven petals from What Color is Your Parachute? and Karen Newhouse’s venn diagrams from Beyond the Ivory Tower: <Yeah, it’s a career guide mash-up!!> As I see them shake out, […]
The return of the WaLK series
I am delighted to announce the re-launching of the WaLK (What a Linguist Knows) series here on Career Linguist – as a series of weekly posts (on Tuesdays) that will get you taking small, but very practical steps to navigate your career. Playing with the metaphor of the career as journey, the idea here with […]
Applying sociolx to the primaries
Beautiful post by the inimitable Jennifer Sclafani The Idiolect of Donald Trump His idiosyncratic patterns of speech, not just what he says, are why people tend either to love him or hate him http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/the-idiolect-of-donald-trump/?WT.mc_id=send-to-friend
