5 careers you could dominate with your linguistic intelligence
So far we’ve featured what jobs you could excel in if you had strong musical, logical, and visual smarts. Today we’re talking linguistic intelligence!
As someone with a strong linguistic intelligence, you have an aptitude for words — and, most importantly, how you use them.
Here are five careers you could take on with your linguistic smarts:
5. CRITIC
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If you’re someone who says what you mean and means what you say, you’d make the perfect critic. Think food, music, films — everybody has an opinion on these but it takes a certain skill (and a wide vocabulary) to convey exactly what you like or dislike about them. Whether you’re describing a plump and juicy steak, an obnoxious new song on the radio, or a thought-provoking indie flick, you always have the right adjective in your back pocket.
4. ADVERTISING COPYWRITER
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You’ve got the power of persuasion and that’s the basis of advertising. You know that all it takes is just a few words (and sometimes not even full sentence) to successfully convince people to want (or need) to try that long-lasting brand of gum, that stylish running shoe, or that shiny, glass brick we now call a ‘phone.’ Hey, if you can sell a stick of gum in fewer than five words, you have a gift.
3. AUTHOR
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As much as you love to read other people’s work, you might often find yourself saying, “I could have written this!” If you’re able to put your imagination into words, get typing — you might have the next big wizard or vampire series on your fingertips!
2. COPY EDITOR
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Do your friends accuse you of always correcting their grammar? Is bad punctuation a pet peeve of yours? Do typos and bad spelling make you twitch? Your attention to detail and knowledge of linguistics are exactly what would make you a great copy editor. You can take poorly-formed sentences apart and transform them into works of art — with the help of your favourite red pen of course.
1. HOST / ANNOUNCER
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If you enjoy public speaking or presenting, the main reason might be because you have strong linguistic smarts. Whether the role is a news anchor, a play-by-play announcer, an auctioneer, or a party emcee, you know how to string your sentences together to keep an audience informed and entertained, even in unpredictable situations.