a career exploration workshop for linguistics students - what would it mean to conceptualize career as a journey?

1. 2 skills
2 interests
2 dream jobs
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3. What if?
•you are already on a path
•not about finding your path, is about
choosing your next steps, and getting
forward momentum
•“wrong” turns are absolutely
recoverable
•can get help navigating
•your time in school is about figuring
out what problems in the world call
your attention and aquiring the skills
that will enable you to address these
(injustice, lack of access to education,
enviornment)
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4. “What can you start doing
RIGHT NOW?”
“What can you do with a
degree in Linguistics?”
Dr. Anna Marie Trester
@careerlinguist
“What can YOU do with a
degree in Linguistics?”
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5. Business,
Research,
Innovation,
Government,
Healthcare
Communications,
Technology,
Education, and
Non-Profits
About 10 grads in 10 minutes
BRIGHTEN
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12. T
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13. E
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14. N
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15. 2 skills
2 interests
2 dream jobs
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16. LinkedIn
Linguistics + X
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17. “What do I do
with my degree in
linguistics?”
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19. TheFrameWorksInstitute
ADVOCACY DIGITAL MEDIA/PRODUCTION ADMINISTRATION
POLITICAL SCIENCE
LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS SOCIOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY
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20. Expert Story Public Story
MappingtheGaps
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21. The Economy
Population
Roles of Immigrants
“Types” of Immigrants
Southern Border
How the System Works
Who are Immigrants
Low Density
Assets/Contributors
Many
A (Small) Part of the Issue
Entry Criteria/Enforcement
Us
Two
Overcrowded
Threats/Takers
THE Issue
????
Fundamentally Them
Sources of Illegal ImmigrationOverstaying Visas Border Jumping
Purpose of the SystemImprove Functioning of
Society and Qual. of Life
Security and Pop. Control
Dynamic/Expandable Finite/Static
SolutionReform System—>More
Flexible and Functional
Keep‘em Out/Nothing
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23. On the Street Interviews
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24. On the Street Interviews
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25. On the Street Interviews
Redirects:
Our Broken Immigration System
Coming Out of the Shadows
Immigrants as Them
Black Box Thinking
Fatalism
Recommended instead of...
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26. “What do you
do?”
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27. you in
15 seconds
What is linguistics? WHY does it
matter?
WHO do you help to do what? and
HOW?
A recent project you’ve worked on (and
the implications of the work!)
A problem / issue that you see in the
world that linguistics could help solve
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28. Firstwhack:toolong!!!
At the FrameWorks Institute, I help social change advocates
understand why communication is not just pretty window dressing,
but in fact fundamental to how they do what they do – that
seemingly little linguistic choices can build understanding and instill
a sense of efficacy with the public. One of my favorite recent
projects is an ethnography with educators at the Baltimore
Aquarium, who are finding innovative ways to use metaphors in
teachable moments to engage systems-level thinking about feasible
solutions to climate change.
(82 words)
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29. Ahh,that’sbetter!
I am an “interaction catalyst” I look for conversations
which could be happening but aren’t (or aren’t
proceeding as smoothly as they might). I then bring
linguistic tools to identify the barriers and work to foster
contexts that support and improve mutual
understanding.
(42 words)
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30. What can you do
right now?
10 things
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31. Network
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32. Source: Karen Newhouse Beyond the Ivory Tower
Take stock
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33. Join prof associations / organizations
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34. Join online communities
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35. Listen to career stories told by linguists
•Resume
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36. 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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37. Create some stories of your own!
Pocket
ExamplesPocket Examples
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38. Career Path
Resume
Cover Letter
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39. Resume as a well-packed suitcase
Bring your awareness of
language to the linguistic
choices you make when you
present yourself
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40. 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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41. Some last thoughts
My“ask”Your career center
Your professors
Alum
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