Careers for Linguists

Careers Resources

Take a look at our resources page for some more information on job-seeking as a linguist and breaking into an academic career. 

Careers Talk Series

In 2024-25, we're delighted to announce a virtual talk series, aimed specifically at postgraduate students in linguistics, on the subject of getting a job after study. These are being coordinated with by Anna-Marie Trester, the creator of Career Linguist, a community and resource hub for career-oriented linguists.

Time slot: 16:30 to 17:45 UK time
Recordings: Available after the event

Schedule

• 14th November  Anna Marie 1: Fundamentals of Getting a Job as a Linguist YouTube 

• 12th December Anna Marie 2: Understanding and Translating the Skills Linguists Actually Have YouTube Slides Doc 

• 9th January Anna Marie 3: Hearing from the Experts: A Panel of UK Linguists Now In Industry YouTube

• 13th February Anna Marie 4 [Alex Johnston standing in!]: Mastering LinkedIn as a Linguist

• 13th March Panel: Work as a Linguist: Making the Bridge into Industry, Speakers: Sean Nonnenmacher,  Hannah Leach, Emily Woods, George Lodge, Tom Williamson YouTube

• 10th April Anna Marie 5: Collaborative Interview Practice with a Linguist's Lens Session notes

• 8th May Panel: Navigating  Academia with more possibilities. Speakers: Yuni Kim, Masha Kyusewa, Christina Bergmann, Remi Lamarque. 

• 12th June : TBD

• 10th July: Panel: Computational Linguistics in the REAL world. Speakers: Na-Rae Han and Ben Naismith

• 14th August: TBD