whither linguistics
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Whither Linguistics? Oh The Places You’ll
Go
Anna Marie TresterDepartment of LinguisticsGeorgetown University
Texts that comprise the job search
ResumeWritten “spiels”:
Cover LetterLinkedIn profile
Oral “Spiels”:Elevator pitch
“Pocket example” narratives
TMAY
1) Deixis: the need for enacting a shift in perspective
from that of student to professional, from focusing on why you want/need a particular job to thinking about why THEY want/need you.
2) Framing: the need to deconstruct some of the unproductive metaphors and framing which shape our thinking about the job hunt, and the notion of a perfect job and instead think in terms of tasks, responsibilities and duties; skills, interests and values.
3) Narrative: adopting a narrative approach helps the jobseeker better listen for and tell stories that resonate.
Three core linguistic ideas here
“Oh the Places You’ll Go!” (where people work with degrees in linguistics)
How Linguistics Can Take you there
A chance to practice(Tell Me About Yourself activity)
Plan for today
Introductions
SkillInterest
Dream Job
Oh The Places You’ll Go
Where do people get jobs with a degree in Linguistics anyways?
Management Consulting
Marni MyersStrategic Communications
Phan ConnollyHuman Capital Consulting
Ryan ConnollyAssociate, InternationalProgram Management
Sonia ChecchiaLearning & Development Curriculum Manager
Center for Applied Linguistics
Language Advocacy
Smithsonian Institution
Research
Frameworks Institute
Fors Marsh
American Institute of Physics
AAPOR
SEIU
Verilogue
Social Media strategy
Education
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How can I integrate my knowledge regarding the importance of phonemic awareness to reading development into a career?
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Traditional Teacher EducationMoats (1994: 82): “The findings of reading researchers, however, are likely to have little impact on practice unless practitioners can interpret and apply them. Consequently, the preparedness of teachers who must carry out linguistically informed, code-emphasis reading instruction is an increasingly important issue.”
Lead program specialist
“These are professional positions serving as the lead technical specialists for compliance monitoring, curriculum development, consultation and advice in Pre-K through High School education initiatives related to various Race-To-The-Top program areas to promote Maryland’s vision of school reform.”
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Non-Profit Organizations Need Help TooJumpstart for Young Children
Reading is Fundamental
826DC
Literacy Council of Montgomery County
International Reading Association
ZERO TO THREE
Pre-K Now
NAEYC
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Don’t Forget the People with the Money! Grant-MakersPNC Grow Up Great!
The McKnight Foundation
The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy
Foundation for Child Development
Annie E. Casey Foundation
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Government
Depts of Education
Government
FBI
Census Bureau
General way-coolness
“business”
PR (Political messaging)
Translation
Time Warner
Corporate Executive Board (CEB)
“entrepreneurship”
“You Say Tomato”
Communication in the workplace or other institutional setting plays a crucial part in how that organisation functions, and when things go wrong, they can go wrong in a big way. Planes can crash, patients can die, suspects can escape because of miscommunication. I want to help you eliminate these potentials for error. As a trained linguist and anthropologist, I can look at the way your organisation works, and offer suggestions and advice for improvements and alterations, to help you work better.
Questions for you:
How do I influence
what the world knows about my skills & interests? • How do I apply my
training in Sociolinguistics to my work?
Shifting Your Deictic Center
Why?
Because THEY
need YOU!
“pointing elements” in language which reveal
contextual information about speaker/hearer and their relationship
For example: Adverbs about time and place: here/there; then/now; up/down; Verbs and tenses that give info about the vantage point of the speaker: go/come; went/came; Pronouns that indicate inclusivity vs. exclusivity or “otherness” I, we, they, them
Deixis
Some contexts to think about
S Support. Have I supported every claim to
experience with an illustration of what that experience looked like in that context?
O Outcomes. Who benefitted from my work? Did I improve communication? Productivity? Efficiency? Morale? Systems? Effectiveness? Profits?
Q Quantification. Wheneevr possible, provide quantitative evidence, for example, if you are talking about teaching, how many students did you work with, how often? If you created a newsletter, for what size community from how many members did you collect updates? With what frequency? How many people read?
Resume SOQs
From
“I want this job”
to“This is why you need me”
Cover Letters
Shift from thinking about getting out there to being found
Search for yourself What keywords would people use to find you? Who does LinkedIn think is “like you”?
LinkedIn / Academia.edu profile
Find a way to SHOW yourself doing what you
TELL you are capable of doing (imagery) When possible, share the voice of others in
describing you, your accomplishments (Constructed Dialogue)
In pocket examples
Look at the major turning points in your narrative
Find a way to present agency, that positive outcomes were the result of your: Decision Knowledge, Skills, or Abilities Strength of character Steadfast intention
NOT Luck Accident Someone else’s help (at least not wholly)
In your narratives
Deploying your stories
Informational
Interviews
Elevators
External EventsJOB FAIRS!
Job InterviewsYOUR
STORIES
Informational
Interviews
Elevators
External EventsJOB FAIRS!
Job Interview
s!!!!YOUR STORIES
Job interviews
“Tell Me About Yourself”
Some practice
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