Contract work can be an ideal place to start out, so you can build up your resume.
Category Archives: Career Advice
Talking Sociology With Local Communities
Let’s explore how giving practical talks to community groups can improve both communities and our sociological practice.
Applied Sociology Career Advice: Get into Volunteering
For applied sociologists, doing unpaid work with a not-for-profit will open up new doors throughout your career.
Career Advice for Sociology Graduates
Our latest video discusses a recent careers panel about how to translate theory into practice when you’re working outside academia. I cover workplace ethics, as well issues about managing professional identity and the importance of networking
Social Science Graduates More Likely to be Employed
A new UK study by Campaign for Social Science shows that social science graduates are more likely to be in paid employment than arts or science graduates.
Highest Paid Social Science Careers
A new graphic shows the highest paid jobs for experienced social science graduates in the USA.
Applied Sociology Roles, Skills and Methods – New Series
What are the roles that applied sociologists take on? What skills and methods do they apply in order to carry out their work? What workplace issues do they face? How do they manage their professional challenges and celebrate their triumphs?
What Can You Do With a Sociology Degree?
Specialist with the Department of Labour, social and casework supervisor, state medical investigator, development and urban planner, coordinator for youth development. What do these jobs have in common? They are applied sociology jobs!
Sociological Job Skills
Creative, organisational, effective, extensive experience, track-record, motivated, innovative, problem solving, communication skills, and dynamic. These may be overused buzzwords, but this is just what recruiters are looking for, and sociologists have these skills in spades.
Resource to Help You Land a Job in the Not-For-Profit Sector
Today we look at advice from professionals in the not-for-profit sector, including how to get your foot in the door through an internship. I also discuss how publishing your research might boost your CV.