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Linguistics

Analyzing
Anticipate problems
Assessing
Composing
Critiquing
Decision making
Diagnosing
Editing
Enlightening/Guiding
Explaining concepts
Expressing self
Helping
Informing
Interviewing
Leading discussions
Making fine verbal distinction

Problem solving
Proofreading
Quick thinking
Reading
Reporting accurately
Researching
Reviewing
Screening
Selecting and training
Summarizing
Surveying
Systematizing/organizing material
Teaching, explaining
Translating
Trouble-shooting
Writing

Ability to trace problems to their sources
Adapting programs and products to the clientele/audience cultural background
Analyzing communication situations
Analyzing community needs
Analyzing manpower requirements
Analyzing written materials on a variety of subjects
Clarifying problems/situations
Consider cultural preferences in planning and design
Defining cause and effect
Grasping subtleties of meaning in and between multiple languages
Identifying significant facts
Interviewing/ interacting with people who are culturally diverse
Love of language, nuances
Organizing/classifying
Recognizing elements, relationships, structures and organizing principles
Reviewing/evaluating large amounts of material and extracting essence
Selecting appropriate idioms to exchange ideas across language barriers
Separate "wheat from chaff"
Using correct grammar, punctuation, spelling and sentence structure while identifying errors.
Writing, speech, with humor, vividly

Advertising Account Exec.
Affirmative Action Officer
Announcer (radio, TV)
Anthropologist
Art Historian
Attorney
Biographer
Booking agent
Buyer/Buyer Assistant
Case worker
Claims Examiner
Community organization worker
Community relations and serv. advisor
Copy Writer
Corporate Trainer
Critic
Customs inspector
Customer Relations Rep.
Editor/Editorial Assistant
Editor, Foreign news
Education Director
Employment Interviewer
ESL/EFL Teacher
Financial Planner Consulting
Flight attendant
Foreign:
Attendant
Correspondent Interpreter
Exch. program director
Export marketer/translator
Information officer
Language Teacher
Language Translator
Service Officer
Student Advisor
Travel escort officer
Government Agency Administrator
Historian
Human Resource Specialist
Immigration inspector
Importer/exporter
Insurance underwriter

Intelligence specialist
International broadcaster
Interpreter:
Conference
Court
Escort
Interviewer and claims adjuster
International Trade economist
International Relations spec.
Journalist
Language researcher
Legislative assistant
Librarian
Linguistic scientist
Lobbyist
Manager:
Business
Campaign
Industrial development
Marketing and Sales
Road
World Trade
Market Research Analyst
Media Buyer
Newswriter/foreign languages
Non-Profit Administrator
Passenger Service Representative Performer
Professor
Public Relations Specialist
Researcher
Sales Representative
Special agent/FBI
Speech Writer
Teacher/second language
Television Producer
Training instructor
Translator
Travel Agent
Travel Guide
Urban/Community Planner
Volunteer Coordinator
Writer/technical publications

Advertising Dept. and Agencies
Agencies of International Development
Air, bus, and rail lines
Airports
Banks/savings and commercial
Chambers of Commerce
Civil Service Commission
Commerce Department
Community Arts Centers
Community Service Organizations
Consulting Firms
Consumer Affairs Office
Education Departments
Entertainment/Theatre
Federal Communications
Federal Trade Commission
Foreign Service Department
Foundations
Government Agencies
Healthcare Facilities
Hospitality Organizations
Hotel chains

Human Service Agencies
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Import/export Companies
Insurance Companies
Investment Firms
Libraries
Manufacturing
Marketing Firms
News Bureaus
Peace Corps
Public Relations Firms
Public Service Organizations
Publishing/Media
Research Organizations
Sales Organizations
Schools Colleges/Universities
Telecommunications Firms
Travel Agencies/Brokers
United Nations
Vista
Visitors and Convention Bureaus

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

Academy of Aphasia
Academy of Rehabilitative Audiology
American Association for Applied Linguistics (job listing, fellowships)
American Association of Language Specialists
American Cryptogram Association
American Dialect Society
American Foundation for Translation and Interpretation (scholarships)
American Society of Geolinguistics
American Speech Language Hearing Association (job listings)
American Translators Association (links to companies, certificate programs)
Association for Computational Linguistics
Audio Engineering Society (job listing for members)
CAL (Center for Applied Linguistics) (jobs, internships)
Computer Assisted Language and Instruction Consortium
Elvish Linguistic Fellowship
Institute of General Semantics
International Association of Applied Linguistics
International Phonetic Association
International Society of Phonetic Sciences (job listings for professionals)
Linguistic Society of America
National Association for Bilingual Education (job listings)
Northwest Translators and Interpreters Society (directories, certific. programs)
Society for Linguistic Anthropology (job listing, competition)
Society for the Study of Indigenous Languages of the Americas (fellowships)
Travel Industry Association of America

JOBSITES:

Escape Artist (jobs overseas)
Jobs in computation linguistics (Europe)
Jobs in TESL/TEFL and linguistics
Linguistic List
Multilingual
Teaching Overseas
US State Dept. Internships
Companies hiring Linguistic majors:
BBN Technologies (speech technology and other high tech RandD)
Cataphora
CL Research (tools for developing lexical databases)
Comverse (international positions, speech technology for internet)
Cycorp
Delphes
Expedia
IBM
IProbe Multilingual
Language Intelligence
Lingsoft (seeks computation linguistics)
Lionbridge (freelance translators)
LUZ Translation (SF, freelance linguists and translators)
McNeil Tech
Microsoft
Nuance (supplier of speech and imaging solutions. Internships and jobs)
Soliloquy
Transparent
Voice Signal
Voxgen
Wintranslation

OTHER WEBSITES:
Audio and audio for pictures (links)
Bagette Research Fellowships
Linguistic Jobs (internships, fellowships, jobs )
What is linguistics? (provides numerous links)