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Your sociology degree has given you many skills to use on the job! These include:
- understanding diverse perspectives
- working in teams to accomplish a task
- an ability to see how social structures affect people's lives and decisions
- research and communication skills
- empirical research and statistical analysis
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The stacked bar graph above shows the proportion of new sociology graduates who 'strongly agree' and 'somewhat agree' that they use what they've learned about each topic to help them with their job.
| Topic | Strongly Agree | Somewhat Agree |
|---|---|---|
| Diversity | 55% | 28% |
| Social institutions & their impact on individuals | 50% | 31% |
| Groups & teams | 50% | 37% |
| Social problems | 48% | 27% |
| Alternative or critical perspectives | 41% | 31% |
| Sociological imagination | 34% | 35% |
| Sociological concepts & theories | 26% | 38% |
| Data analysis | 22% | 35% |
| Other aspects | 20% | 40% |
| Research design | 14% | 27% |