Triton College

Counseling Department

What is Sociology?

Sociology is the study of human social behavior, especially the study of the origins, organization, institutions, and development of human society.   It is an analysis of a social institution or societal segment as a self-contained entity or in relation to society as a whole.

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Sociology

Related Career Titles

JOBS REQUIRING ADDITIONAL EDUCATION OR EXPERIENCE

 

Related Major Skills

Career Voyages: http://www.careervoyages.gov/

 

Job & Internship Search Links

AcademyHealth, http://www.academyhealth.org/career/

Action Without Borders, http://www.idealist.org/

American Sociological Association’s Job Bank, http://jobbank.asanet.org/jobbank/index.cfm

AmeriCorps, http://www.americorps.org

Charity Navigator, http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.advanced.htm

Community Career Center (Nonprofit Jobs), http://www.nonprofitjobs.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.sjob

Chronicle of Philanthropy, http://www.philanthropy.com

GuideStar, http://www.guidestar.org

HSpeople, http://www.hspeople.com

Human Services Career Network, http://www.hscareers.com

IHireSocialServices, http://www.ihiresocialservices.com/default.asp

National Human Services Assembly, http://www.nassembly.org/nassembly/na_job_display.cfm

NC Social Service Agencies, http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/dss/local/index.htm

Nonprofit Job Opportunities, http://www.opportunitynocs.org/

Nonprofit Times Jobs, http://www.nptjobs.com

PeaceCorps, http://www.peacecorps.gov

Philanthropy News Network, http://www.pnnonline.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=phprofession&file=index

Social Service, http://www.socialservice.com

Social Service.com, http://www.socialservice.com/userlogin.cfm?cfid=760299&cftoken=3282807

Society of Human Resource Management, http://www.shrm.org/jobs/

The Mentor Network, http://www.thementornetwork.com/forward/careers.aspx?guid=bb92659c-053f-476b-a9ec-dc4d2dd07be7

 

Federal Links:

Federal Government Jobs, http://www.dcjobsource.com/fed.html

Federal Jobs Digest, http://www.jobsfed.com

Federal Job Search, http://www.federaljobsearch.com

Federal Jobs Net, http://www.federaljobs.net

FedWorld, http://www.fedworld.gov/jobs/jobsearch.html

Government Departments and Agencies, http://www.firstgov.gov/Agencies/Federal/All_Agencies/index.shtml

Govtjobs.com, http://www.govtjobs.com

National Security Agency, http://www.nsa.gov/careers   

U.S. Government Manual, http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/index.html

U.S. Government Office of Personnel Management, http://www.usajobs.opm.gov

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, http://www.customs.ustreas.gov/xp/cgov/careers

 

State and Local Job Links:

GovJobs, http://www.govjobs.net

GovSpot, http://www.govspot.com

International City/County Management Association, http://www.icma.org

State of Illinois, http://work.illinois.gov/

National Conference of State Legislatures, http://www.ncsl.org

National Governors Association, http://www.nga.org

National League of Cities, http://www.nlc.org

IL Office of State Personnel, http://www.work.illinois.gov/default.htm

State and Local Government on the Net, http://www.statelocalgov.net

State and Local Governments, http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/stategov/stategov.html

Career Planning Links

Careers in Clinical Sociology, http://www.asanet.org/galleries/default-file/clinsoc_45575v2.pdf

The Sociology Major: As Preparation for Careers in Business and Organizations, http://www.asanet.org/page.ww?section=Careers+and+Jobs&name=Sociology+Major+-++Preparation+for+Careers

Sociology Virtual Library, http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/w3virtsoclib

Careers in Sociology, http://www.saludos.com/fields/soc.html

Professional Association Links

American Sociological Association (Careers and Jobs), http://www.asanet.org

Society for Applied Sociology, http://www.appliedsoc.org/

Sociologists for Women in Society, http://newmedia.colorado.edu/~socwomen/