Linguistics

Linguistics
MARKETABLE SKILLS:
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
SKILLS:
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
POTENTIAL CAREERS:
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
WORK ENVIRONMENTS:
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)