After finishing your studies
Studying sociology – and then?
Have you finished your final thesis and don’t aspire to continue studying at university? This opens a new field in which students can face new difficulties: starting a job.
While study programs like medicine and architecture usually end in the taking of certain jobs and tasks, sociology and other humanitarian studies are fare more open. They are so called “Generalists” as they are equipped with skills that are in high demand in the employment market. They can be applied in many ways and in a huge variety of fields.
On this page you will find a summary of consultation possibilities, job offers and institutions to help you as a first way of orientation to finding employment. We wish you good luck!
Philosophical faculty: Profile of competences and fields of employment concerning gradutates of sociology (Webpage only available in German)
Studien Service Center: Advice to orient yourself concerning employment. This is done by the agency for work at the faculty of philosophy.
Career Service: Events explaining the entry into careers (information days), consultations (checking of CV, personal consultations, interview simulation), free seminar all about applications, starting a new job and certain skills.
Stellenwerk Erlangen-Nürnberg: Job Market at the FAU
Univis: Job offers at the FAU
FSI Soziologie: Sociological Exchange where different information about job offers, internships, ect. can be found
More than a Taxi Driver “Mehr als Taxifahren”: This page works to get rid of stereotypes and prejudices concerning job opportunities in sociology. Interviews annd view into the daily life show a much more differentiated side of working as sociologist.
Agency for work: Team of the Agency of Work designed for academics
Jobted: Informations, Job Offers and Tips for people who studied huminaties concerning economics
Berufsverband Deutscher Soziologinnen und Soziologen: Website of the professional association of germany sociologists with job offers, publications and useful information
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie: Job Market of the German Society for Sociology
Academics: Job portal of the ZEIT for science and reseach
Wissenschaftsladen Bonn e.V.: Job offers concerning education, culture, society, environment and nature
European Affairs Job Search: Job offers all over the EU
Agentur für Arbeit: central placement for abroad organised by the Agency of Work in Germany