Sociology - What to Do with this Major
Job Titles
| Academic Advisor/Counselor | Demographer | Parent Counselor/Educator |
| Administration of Justice | Director, Social Services Agency | Peace Corps/VISTA Worker |
| Admissions Counselor | Director, Volunteer Services | Political Systems Researcher |
| Adoption Agent | Educator | Population studies Researcher/Specialist |
| Advocate | Elder Care Worker | Probation/Parole Officer |
| Aging Specialist | Executive Search Consultant | Professor |
| Alcohol & Drug Case Worker | Family Guidance Clinic Worker | Program Coordinator/Director |
| Anthropologist | Family Preservation Case Worker | Project Manager |
| Applied Sociologist | Family Services Specialist | Public Administrator |
| Archaeologist | Financial Aid Director | Public Assistance Worker |
| Bilingual/Bicultural Program Specialist | Foster Care Worker | Public Health Supervisor |
| Biographer | Foundation Program Manager | Public Opinion Surveyor |
| Bureau of Indian Affairs Researcher | Fundraiser/Development Officer | Public Service Worker |
| Career Services Counselor | Fundraising Assistant Director | Relations Specialist |
| Caseworker | Gerontologist | Research Assistant |
| Child Welfare Worker | Government Worker | Researcher |
| City Manager/City Planner | Head Start Program Director | Resident Assistant |
| Clinical Social Worker | Health Policy Planner | Retail Salesperson |
| Clinical Sociologist | Health Service Administrator | Rural Health Outreach Worker |
| Community Organizer | Hospital Administrator | Sales Representative |
| Community Relations Director | Manager/Administrator | Social Movements Organizer |
| Community Resource Coordinator | Human Services Worker | Social Scientist |
| Community Services Specialist | Independent Living Trainer | Social Welfare Examiner |
| Community Support Clinician | Industrial Psychologist | Social Worker |
| Compensation/Benefits Worker | Infant Mental Health Specialist | Sociologist |
| Congressional Aide | Insurance Agent/Broker | State/Federal Government Policy Analyst |
| Congressional Committee Staff Director | International Agency Representative | Survey Worker |
| Consultant | Job Analyst/ Job Developer | Teacher |
| Consumer Advocate | Job Counselor | Trainer |
| Consumer Survey Advisor | Labor Relations Specialist | Transplant Registry Database Manager |
| Convention Organizer | Legal Advocate | Travel Agent/Guide |
| Cooperation Extension Agent | Legislative Aide | Urban/Regional Planner |
| Correctional Case Worker | Manager, State Agency | Veterans Affairs Specialist |
| Corrections Officer | Marriage & Family Therapist | Vocational Services Worker |
| Cottage Parent | Mediator | Vocational Teacher |
| Counseling Coordinator | Medical Social Worker | Welfare Counselor |
| Counselor | Mental Health Agent | Women's Rights Advocate |
| Crime Victim Services Worker | Missionary | Writer/Author |
| Criminologist | Motivational Speaker | Youth Services Worker/Specialist |
| Delinquency Counselor | Officer, Foreign Service |
Personal Characteristics to be Successful
| Assertive | Discrete | Responsible |
| Calm | Independent | Sensitive |
| Congenial | Objective | Speaker |
| Curious | Organized | Sympathetic |
| Critical Thinker | Patient | Tactful |
| Decisive | Persistent | Understanding |
| Dependable |
Workplace Skills
Able to understand and improve human relationships
Advise/Counsel/Teach
Analyze, synthesis and interpret information
Apply non-intrusive methods
Collect data
Communicate across cultures/languages
Conduct field studies
Develop project designs
Edit/Evaluate
Examine electronic data sources
Gather and organize data
Identify value systems
Insight into group dynamics
Interact well w/diverse cultures/groups
Knowledge of community resources
Knowledge of social structures and change
Manage/Interview
Maintain records
Objective in gathering information
Plan long-term projects
Possess written and communication skills
Present research findings
Reach new conclusions through comparative study
Recruit/coordinate research subjects
Research and plan (sociological)
Resolve conflicts/counseling
Recognize cultural differences/similarities
Research theory
Resolve conflicts
Summarize results
Survey and sample
Understand components of complex problems
Understand diversity, identify cultural/social considerations
Use comparative study methodology to reach new conclusions
Use research methods
Use statistical techniques
Utilize computers in research
Utilize statistical applications
Write grant proposals
Work under pressure
Sources
Basta, N. (1991). Major Options: The Student's Guide to
Linking College Majors and Career Opportunities During and After
College. New York, NY: Harper Perennial
University of
Kansas, University Career Center Web site (visited August 2006):
http://www.ku.edu/~uces/majorexploration/sociology.shtml
University of North Carolina at Wilmington: Career Services
(What can I do with a major in...) Web site (visited July 2006):
http://www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/Majors/index.htm
Creighton University, Career Services Web site (visited July
2006):
http://www.creighton.edu/careerservices/careerexploration/careersrelatedmajors.html
Lambert, S. (2003). Great Jobs for Sociology Majors. New York,
NY: McGraw-Hill.
Johnson County Community College Web site
(visited November 2007): http://www.jccc.com
