Some useful job-search related resources
If you are a linguistics graduate student at MSU, and are going to be looking for jobs soon, then here are some resources that you can follow or think about:
LinguistList is the go to Linguistics resource for new books, new volumes of journals, and new jobs.
The Chronicle of Higher Education is a more general resource — this is particularly useful for postdoc and faculty positions in fields that are Linguistics-adjacent — this allows you to cast a wider net than what is possible through LinguistList. I strongly urge you to look through the job postings there.
MSU jobs is a great place for looking for jobs at MSU, particularly if you are interested in being at a university but not necessarily in a faculty role (think jobs in data analytics, advising, admin,…).
The state of Michigan’s administration is chronically under-staffed and is always looking for qualified applicants. Given your technical and data analysis skills, there should be at least a few jobs worth applying for. There are a bunch of jobs in administration too, that you could apply to if are more thoughtful in presenting you experience and training.
I get emails from Owlindex regularly (once a semester or so); and from my cursory look at it, it looks useful. There is a free account (which is what I would recommend over a paid account) that you can use to get the relevant job information.
The Linguistics Careercast is a regular podcast series that features interviews with linguists who have moved away from academia. It’s a wonderful resource for getting ideas for a life outside academic linguistics.
The Philosopher’s coccoon is (as one might have guessed) really focussed on philosophy related matters, but it is still an incredible resource for anyone interested in academia generally, and it has a lot of material on job application materials. Heck, I’d advise you to follow the blog even if you aren’t looking for a job — there is so much awesome material there.
Particularly for non-academic jobs, reach out to alumni — this is a great way to get feedback on your cover letter or resumé, and get possible leads.
Note 1: if you don’t like manually going to each blog/website regularly, an easy way to follow multiple blogs/websites and keep track of the updates is to use an RSS reader. There are many free ones out there. I myself use Feedly (but, I still miss Google Reader!).
Note 2: if you know of any other useful resources, send them to me. I will link them here as long as the list doesn’t get overwhelming, which would defeat the purpose of a useful list.