General Career Advice and Resources
The Professor Is In: this blog contains information, advice and tutorials/webinars about CV creation, cover letters, etc.
American Sociological Association (ASA): Provides a job bank for academic and applied jobs in sociology, and videos/webinars inside and outside of academia.
Population Association of America (PAA): Provides links to employment opportunities and advice and webinars about CV creation, cover letters, etc.
Gerontological Society of America: Provides a job board to help employers and applicants connect, interviews with professionals and general advice about careers in gerontology.
National Council on Family Relations: Provides a job bank listing family-focused jobs, interviews with professionals and general career advice.
Information about Careers Outside of Academia
General
@AltacJobs: interdisciplinary X (Twitter) group, primarily for those in the humanities and social sciences.
The Versatile PhD: website providing information, networking tools, and a searchable career database to help graduate students find non-academic and non-faculty careers in humanities, social science and STEM.
You Tube video: hour-long video with a panel of presenters discussing careers outside of academia; sponsored by the Association for Psychological Science (APS)
Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS): provides information about applied jobs in sociology, including interviews with professionals and workshops. Students can also join a listserv to receive on-going information about applied jobs in sociology.
Sociology
TBA
Criminology
Alternative-Academic Careers Workshop Series: webinars hosted by criminal justice and criminology professionals working outside academia who provide information, recommendations, and networking for those interested in non-academic careers. Sponsored by the American Society of Criminology Division on Corrections and Sentencing
Employment in criminal justice research institutions: searchable job bank on the Indeed website.
Conservation
Conservation Job Board: website listing for jobs in conservation, ecology, forestry, wildlife and fisheries.
Conservation Jobs: website listing over 15,000 jobs in conservation, as well as links to on-line trainings to assist those seeking jobs in this profession.
Essential skills for working in conservation: recommendations from Dr. James Borrell about how to prepare for careers in conservation.
Training workshop: webinars sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. Content focuses on planning and managing conservation project.