Linguistics Career Launch 2024 Promo!

This is just a reminder that Linguistics Career Launch 2024 is happening SOON – July 15-26, 2024. If you’re a linguist looking for a job outside academia, LCL24 is THE two-week event that will jump start your career journey. LCL events are open to undergraduate and graduate students, post-docs, faculty, and alums — in short, any linguists who want to transition from academia to industry. There will be workshops, panels, interviews, and even financial planning sessions! Here’s a selection of what’s on offer: Networking for Introverts Finding Alternative Careers through Content Creation Leveraging LinkedIn Getting Familiar with Gen-AI Negotiating Salary and Benefits Chat GPT, your job search assistant How to Taxonomy: Bringing useful order to less useful chaos and two open discussions: Everything about work environments that you were afraid to ask and But what KIND of degree? In which we tackle the ubiquitous question: Should I get a PhD or a masters? What’s right for me?   We’ll also have two courses, each of which will meet six times during LCL: Document Design & Usability 101, taught by Dr. Nancy Frishberg: The class project is revising the California Olive Oil Council’s (COOC) Seal Certification Kit for extra virgin olive oil, as shown on its website Career Discernment, taught by Dr. Anna Marie Trester: Learn how to demonstrate how your unique set of skills – from critical thinking to cross-cultural competency – make you invaluable in any professional setting. Early-bird registration for hashtag#LCL24 is ending on 6/24! Get your ticket before prices go up. Or take advantage of the special early bird group rate: save over $100 by registering 4 people together! Register as a department or with friends. Tickets are available at Eventbrite. Please visit LinguisticsCareerLaunch.com for more information!  The post Linguistics Career Launch 2024 Promo! first appeared on Linguistics Careercast.