This episode is an audio version of a virtual panel held at the Linguistics Career Launch in the summer of 2024, titled “Leveraging LinkedIn: Creating your Profile and Using LinkedIn as a Research Database”. The presenter is Alex Johnston, who is Director, Master’s Programs & Career Management in the Georgetown University Dept. of Linguistics. In this workshop, you’ll learn not only how to optimize your own LinkedIn profile, but also how to leverage LinkedIn as a research tool in service of your career development. Consider this online platform to be the world’s largest database of resumes and exemplar language for work experience in the vast array of jobs available. You can learn to use LinkedIn not only to showcase yourself, but also to find leaders in your fields of interest, learn the language varieties of different positions and sectors, create a worthwhile network, and locate the right people for informational interviews.
The video of this presentation is available at the Linguistics Career Launch YouTube channel.
The deck used in this presentation is available here
This episode of the podcast is generously sponsored by Amazon Science.
Topics discussed include
– LinkedIn
– community building
– career learning
– career discernment
– networking
– personal branding
– career preparation
– job research
– resumes
