The document discusses career options and opportunities for linguistics graduates. It provides metaphors for conceptualizing one's career path as a journey with opportunities to choose next steps and navigate obstacles. Various career paths are listed that suit linguistics skills, including business, research, government, healthcare, communications, teaching and non-profits. The document gives advice on using linguistic knowledge to present one's skills and experiences effectively in resumes, cover letters, interviews and professional networking.

1. 2 skills
2 interests
2 abilities
2 dream jobs
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2. Life After a
linguistics degree
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3. •About skills
•Some resources
•Opportunities are everywhere!!!
Life After a
linguistics degree
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4. Who can tell me who this linguist is?
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5. Career as Journey
Key entailments of this
metaphor
•you are already on a path
•not about finding your path, is about
choosing your next steps, and forward
momentum
•“wrong” turns are absolutely
recoverable
•can get help navigating, but ultimately it
your path
•you are linguists - what other
metaphorical entailments do you see?
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6. What do people do with a degree in lx?
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7. So how does“bringing linguistics to work”work?
Deductive
Reasoning
Inductive
Reasoning
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8. Business,
Research,
“Industry,”
Government,
Healthcare
Communications,
Teaching,
Education, and
Non-Profits
About 10 grads in 10 minutes
BRIGHTEN
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20. A story about a
hike:
Walking a couple
miles in the
journey metaphor
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30. School is an important part of the journey, but it only takes us
part of the way
The map that we are given is likely to be incomplete for many
reasons
it is likely to be a twist-y turn-ey road!!!
What we can know for sure
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31. Others who have been there before us want to help, they leave us clues,
and we can seek them out!!
there are going to be times when you have no idea where you
are & where to go next
we can pay attention to where we have been, there will be
information about where to go next
We Have Tools!
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32. Linguist, Linguistify
yourself:
Bring your awareness of language
to the linguistic choices you
make when you present yourself
professionally
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33. •Resume
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34. Source: Karen Newhouse Beyond the Ivory Tower
Take stock
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35. Resume as a well-packed suitcase
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36. Get the“I wants”out of your cover letter
Shifting your deictic center
being on the inside looking out,
not outside looking in
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37. Create some stories of your own!
Pocket
ExamplesPocket Examples
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38. LinkedIn
Linguistics + X
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39. Tell Me About Yourself
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42. Network
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43. Join online communities
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44. Join prof associations / organizations
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45. my blog:
www.careerlinguist.com
weekly posts featuring my
musings about careers for
linguists
job postings that I come across
career profiles
recorded lecture of“10 things”
in case you forget, or want to
share!!)
Follow me on Twitter @careerlinguist
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46. Some last thoughts
My“ask”
Your career center
Your professors
Alum
my book:
Bringing Linguistics toWork
summer 2016
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