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Sociological Job Skills

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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.

Sociology Resources

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A list of resources on applied sociology. Includes careers, students, job hunting, and videos.

Eastern Europe and Central Asia: the Need for Practical Skills-Based Learning

The World Bank has released a new report – Skills Not Just Diplomas, which presents a critical evaluation on the state of education in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the former Soviet Union. The report lends support for some of the goals of our applied social research network here at Sociology at Work – specificallyContinueContinue reading “Eastern Europe and Central Asia: the Need for Practical Skills-Based Learning”