<p>I'm actually am undergrad in sociology and I would like to hear suggestions of what to do to make my r</p>
<p>Hi There.</p>
<p>List all the pertinent courses that you took at University, under the Education section of your resume, for the job that you are applying. </p>
<p>List your volunteer experience and how this relates to the job that you are applying and your greatest accomplishment while being employed when you were a volunteer. Do this also for your work experience to (Eg. “I saved the company X amount of dollars by doing this…”). Employers LOVE IT when you talk about how much time and money you saved the company by doing something unique and original. </p>
<p>Here is what I recommend that you do as well as anyone else who wants to work in their chosen fields. </p>
<p>I graduated as a crim/soc major and I am currently employed as a Criminal Intelligence Analyst. I wrote a similar post earlier so some of this is just copy and paste. </p>
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<li>First and foremost, explore where exactly do you want to go with a sociology degree. I can think of four roads that Sociology will take you on;</li>
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<li><p>Academic (Doing Research for Think Tanks and Universities related to social issues, or becoming a Professor)</p></li>
<li><p>Social Research/Analysis (Doing research and/or analysis for Governments and the Private sector. Typically these careers will require you to employ social research methods to collect and analyze data and/or information for stakeholders in order for them to make informed decisions). </p></li>
<li><p>Reporting (Report on important social issues for blogs, articles, etc. Although, I’m guessing a journalism degree is where you wanna be if you want to do this line of work.) </p></li>
<li><p>Counselling (Working with socially disadvantaged individuals to make a difference in their lives. Although I would recommended a Social Work degree to do this. Recommended but not required.) </p></li>
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<p>Select one or more of these paths. If you cannot then you are probably in the wrong major. </p>
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<li><p>Once you have chosen the path that you want to go on find out about all the jobs that are in this field and list them.</p></li>
<li><p>Next, read what the job(s) requires in terms of work experience and SKILLS!!!</p></li>
<li><p>See what skills are needed to do these job(s) than select the courses at University that will teach you those skills. (Eg. “Knowledge of SPSS” . Find a Stats course that can teach you this program and or a similar program.)</p></li>
<li><p>Your course work should primarily be revolved around learning and honing technical and critical skills. Don’t take too many theoretical courses unless you want to teach those theories as a Sociology professor. If you think about it, if you can get an A in a course without having to go to class and just reading a book you are probably wasting your time. </p></li>
<li><p>Once you have found your path and determined what technical skills you need to do the job, do a research project or undergraduate thesis for the company/agency/field that you are interested in. You can maybe do a research project for Amnesty International or the Red Cross, or call a company or agency that you are interested in and talk to someone there about doing a research project for university credit. A good university will have a course entitled “Individual Study” for last year students so you may be able to have that internship as your Individual Study. </p></li>
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<p>(P.S I can tell you doing a research project for Amnesty international and the Red Cross would be damn impressive and would probably set you apart from anyone else if done correctly.)</p>
<p>This is the formula I used and was able to beat over a hundred applicants, some with Master’s degrees, to get the job I am currently in.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>