Career Exploration through Sociology
OCCUPATION REQUIREMENTS AND OUTLOOK
Clinical sociology is an occupation where someone takes charge to improve someone’s quality of life. As an individual in our thriving society it should be everyone’s goal to make someone’s life a little better, but clinical sociologists help assess and reduce problems through the intervention approach. Each clinical sociologist strives to use their knowledge to improve their patient’s situation and life as a whole. They have the opportunity to focus on different areas ranging from social conflict to health promotions (Careers 2003). Clinical sociologists line of work comes in many forms. They can be administrators with in the school system, mediators, or therapists. This …show more content…
Helping improve other people’s quality of life motivates clinical sociologists to do better because they want to help others do better. By helping other people improve their quality of life, a clinical sociology would increase his/her quality of life. (Careers 2003). Bettering the life of another increases one’s health and social skills. The life of a clinical sociologist is very typical for that of the business world, unless you are doing research – within the respect of hours of work per day. Research tends to be heavier at research locations or at universities, especially sociologists furthering their degrees. Regular business hours are the norm for clinical sociologists – thus allowing them to still spend time with family. (Bureau of Labor Statistics 2014). About thirty-six percent of sociologists work at colleges and universities as of 2012. This lifestyle allows them to “pick and choose,” allowing them to spend more time with family or other hobbies while still dedicating time to their passion for improving other’s lives (Bureau of Labor Statistics …show more content…
(Macionis 2014). Clinical sociologists lie at a decent location of social stratification. Their income is on average a little more than $70,000 per year leading them to be pretty well off (Bureau of Labor Statistics 2014). I feel society does not always see sociologists as ones who would make a ton of money; often times jobs who care about the quality of life of another are not looked upon as prestigious or worthy. The Davis-Moore thesis about stratification helps us understand that depending on how important society believes a job is, depends on how much society will “move it up” the line of social stratification (Macionis 2014). In the world of research, clinical sociologists earn much prestige, however, within the realm of the rest of the world, it is not as well known or high on the
OCCUPATION REQUIREMENTS AND OUTLOOK
Clinical sociology is an occupation where someone takes charge to improve someone’s quality of life. As an individual in our thriving society it should be everyone’s goal to make someone’s life a little better, but clinical sociologists help assess and reduce problems through the intervention approach. Each clinical sociologist strives to use their knowledge to improve their patient’s situation and life as a whole. They have the opportunity to focus on different areas ranging from social conflict to health promotions (Careers 2003). Clinical sociologists line of work comes in many forms. They can be administrators with in the school system, mediators, or therapists. This …show more content…
Helping improve other people’s quality of life motivates clinical sociologists to do better because they want to help others do better. By helping other people improve their quality of life, a clinical sociology would increase his/her quality of life. (Careers 2003). Bettering the life of another increases one’s health and social skills. The life of a clinical sociologist is very typical for that of the business world, unless you are doing research – within the respect of hours of work per day. Research tends to be heavier at research locations or at universities, especially sociologists furthering their degrees. Regular business hours are the norm for clinical sociologists – thus allowing them to still spend time with family. (Bureau of Labor Statistics 2014). About thirty-six percent of sociologists work at colleges and universities as of 2012. This lifestyle allows them to “pick and choose,” allowing them to spend more time with family or other hobbies while still dedicating time to their passion for improving other’s lives (Bureau of Labor Statistics …show more content…
(Macionis 2014). Clinical sociologists lie at a decent location of social stratification. Their income is on average a little more than $70,000 per year leading them to be pretty well off (Bureau of Labor Statistics 2014). I feel society does not always see sociologists as ones who would make a ton of money; often times jobs who care about the quality of life of another are not looked upon as prestigious or worthy. The Davis-Moore thesis about stratification helps us understand that depending on how important society believes a job is, depends on how much society will “move it up” the line of social stratification (Macionis 2014). In the world of research, clinical sociologists earn much prestige, however, within the realm of the rest of the world, it is not as well known or high on the