{"id":14921,"date":"2022-09-19T06:04:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T10:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/?p=14921"},"modified":"2022-09-25T09:21:26","modified_gmt":"2022-09-25T13:21:26","slug":"workshop-announcement-industry-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/2022\/09\/19\/workshop-announcement-industry-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshop announcement: Industry workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Instructor: <a href=\"https:\/\/hkotek.com\">Hadas Kotek<\/a><br clear='none'\/>\nWednesdays 2-3:20pm; 5-231 or virtual <\/p>\n<p>\nThe industry workshop aims to equip its participants with the knowledge required to apply for non-academic jobs. <br clear='none'\/>\nEach meeting will be comprised of two parts: <br clear='none'\/>\nan external speaker for the first 30-45 minutes of the meeting (see list below)<br clear='none'\/>\na discussion topic, review of participants&#8217; material, and\/or hands-on practice <br clear='none'\/>\nWe will cover topics such as: types of jobs for linguists, types of industries and companies linguists are employed in, transferable skills, internships and other ways you can prepare for the market, searching for jobs and networking, preparing a resume, interviewing, negotiating offers, and special considerations for international students. We will use Canvas alongside a communal course notes document to collect and disseminate materials and to share links to relevant web pages, job ads, and other resources among ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who might consider a non-academic job (i.e., everyone!) is invited to attend. It may be of particular interest to graduating students, but also to anyone who wants to plan a few years ahead and has the time to adjust their studies and projects to be better prepared for a diverse job market. <\/p>\n<p>The expected workload for this workshop is quite low. I do not intend to assign any required homework or readings. Ideally you will leave this workshop after having done a bit of introspection into the types of skills you most enjoy using and the jobs and industries where you could put them to use, you will have a draft resume that has gone through at least one iteration of feedback+revising, and you will have practiced at least some basic interview questions. Where relevant, you will have also thought about what changes or additions you might make to your existing coursework and projects to become better prepared for a future career of interest. <\/p>\n<p>External speakers: <br clear='none'\/>\nDavid Q. Sun, Siri NL data science manager: 9\/21 (in person) <br clear='none'\/>\nAndy Zhang, Google Ads analytical linguist: 9\/28 (virtual)<br clear='none'\/>\nAfton Coombs, Spotify data science: 10\/5 (virtual) <br clear='none'\/>\nRuth Brillman, Google software engineer: 10\/12 (in person)<br clear='none'\/>\nAlaina Talboy, author of \u0093What I Wish I Knew: A Field Guide for Thriving in Graduate Studies\u0094: 10\/19 (virtual)<br clear='none'\/>\nSarah Clark, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) strategic communications officer: 10\/26 (virtual)<br clear='none'\/>\nKatharina Pabst, educational developer, York University: 11\/2 (virtual) <br clear='none'\/>\nKhia Johnson, Audio@Meta UX researcher: 11\/9 (virtual)<br clear='none'\/>\nKim Witten, career coach: 11\/16 (virtual)<br clear='none'\/>\n(11\/23 \u0096 no class: Thanksgiving)<br clear='none'\/>\nSherry Yong, Alexa AI knowledge engineer: 11\/30 (virtual)<br clear='none'\/>\nCharlotte Prieu, Amazon data linguist: 12\/7 (virtual)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instructor: Hadas Kotek Wednesdays 2-3:20pm; 5-231 or virtual The industry workshop aims to equip its participants with the knowledge required to apply for non-academic jobs. 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