Career Mixer on Gathertown
Linguistics Career Launch Event
When: Tuesday, June 20th – 7pm-9pm ET (4pm-6pm PT)
Where: Virtually on Gathertown
Gathertown password have ALREADY been sent by email to all registered Institute participants (from email lingstitute2023@umass.edu).
Curious about non-academic career paths for linguists? All 2023 Linguistics Institute students and faculty are invited to join a Career Mixer on Gathertown by the Linguistics Career Launch team, an initiative of the Linguistics Beyond Academica special interest group of the LSA. Meet Career Linguists with a wide range of job titles and roles from diverse settings (tech, business, non-profits, government).
Introverts are definitely welcome. Gathertown supports small group discussion or individual 1:1 conversations. This Mixer is organized to let you network at your own pace, and listen as much as you speak (or more). Plus you can take a minute between conversations to regroup. No one will notice. Bring a friend, or debrief afterwards with someone you met in the Mixer.
Gathertown invitation
This link will work for you to join and familiarize yourself with the space at any point prior to our event.
Gathertown is a proximity chat platform that helps replicate the in-person mixer experience. If you have never used Gather.town before, we STRONGLY recommend you read the Gather guide we have prepared: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bsdNQD6kqSuKERprOXTnL2BHJTTonmb_n1k-HXXPd8w/edit
The Mixer is live only, no recording. Note: The Mixer IS an opportunity to make connections and ask questions about career options, transitions, etc. The Mixer is NOT a job fair.
Live Linguistics Careercast Podcast
Hybrid Live Podcast of Linguistics Careercast
When: Saturday, June 24th 6pm-7pm ET (3pm-4pm PT)
Where: Virtually on Zoom or in-person in ILC N400
To attend virtually, please PRE-REGISTER at this registration link
Join a live episode of Linguistics Careercast (a podcast by Linguistics Career Launch) featuring linguists from different career paths to talk about how they made a decision to find employment beyond the academy, what they’ve learned, and advice they share with others.
To attend in-person, please join us in ILC N400. The room will open around 5:30pm, with the panel starting at 6pm. No need to pre-register if you attend in person. Bring a friend or come by yourself to watch the live podcast with others. The panel will take place on Zoom, with Dr. Hadas Kotek, instructor for Careers in Language Technology, acting as onsite host. You’ll be able to ask her further questions about career paths, presentation of self, jargon or other mysteries. And attending in person presents a great opportunity to network with other career-curious linguists.
The panelists are:
Ann Thyme-Gobbel, Vice President, UX & Design, Milo
Jayden Ziegler, Vice President of Product, Alembic Technologies, Inc.
Michelle Gregory, Senior Vice President of Data Science at [24]7.ai
The panel will be moderated by Christopher Stewart (Google) and Laurel Sutton (Catchword Branding). The local host in the viewing room at UMass will be Hadas Kotek.
This event will be recorded. The recording will be released on the LCL YouTube channel and on our podcast feed within a couple of weeks of the event.
Bonus: Additional Linguistics Career Launch Resources
LCL is working on a syllabus of our resources for the career-curious! Check it out here.
If you have any questions about these events, feedback about materials or formats, or ideas for new delivery methods and platforms, contact the LCL team at LinguisticsCareerLaunch@gmail.com