WaLK Series
WaLK (What a Linguist Knows) Series
A short blog series that plays with the metaphor of the career as journey, the idea here with WaLK is to take some steps – to navigate forward. The work of the jobseeker is to WaLK – to put one step in front of the other.
The WHO of Work – for WHOM & with WHOM
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…
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 WHY of Work
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…
What are WaLK signs?
- The WHY of the work: The problem that you seek to solve
- The HOW of the work: Your approach
- The WHAT of the work: The transferrable skills you bring
- The WHO: The people with whom you want to work
- The WHO: The people for whom you want to work
- The WHERE: The places where you want to work
- The WHEN: Work-life balance you seek – which ultimately comes down to the value of the work (given that time is money:) salary, benefits, lifestyle implications.
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