College instructor skills for your resume and career

If you have basic social skills and can work with people from various backgrounds, you will be more likely to get hired, promoted, and build a stable social network at your job(s). Almost all companies and organizations value people who can write well and who can speak to their peers, management, and customers. It also helps to have a high level of energy and enthusiasm for your job. Virtually every employer I know is thrilled to find an employee who loves learning about the company and can troubleshoot problems without being asked.

Well, a Ph.D. is necessary, although one can sometimes be hired within striking distance of it. The ability to teach so as to bring students to the major and get high student evaluations are often requirements at teaching schools while writing well enough to publish, often in journals with single-digit acceptance rates, is crucial to research schools. Comfort with technology is becoming more and more important.

A gap year is a terrific way to build a resume. By looking at where there might be a lack of experience like competitions, teaching, administration, summer festival interns, assistantships - they can focus their time and build their resumes well. I also think being creative in these current times, showing that you have experience teaching remotely, making a studio, creating a website, writing an article, and doing research that could be helpful later on. You could also spend the time preparing repertoire to teach or take auditions and make your first recording and video YouTube performance.

For the past several years, it has been clear that employers are seeking graduates with 21st Century Learning Skills (critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration). The four Cs of 21st Century Learning frequently come up during reference calls on my end and interviews for our recent graduates.

I would add that graduates need a strong work ethic, an understanding of professionalism and respect in the workplace, and self-awareness and an understanding of personal needs and limitations both at work and in their personal lives. In these current living conditions during a global pandemic (COVID-19), graduates also need resilience, perseverance, adaptability, and flexibility. These are all skills I would want for our Music Education majors to cultivate, as the climate in K-12 Education is ever-changing. However, I believe these are all skills that would be useful in any new career path.

Cognitive, human relations, and cultural skills stand out to employers? We have modified it with what I think are real world issues. Employers have realized that technical skills are not enough and can be taught easier than the skills we have added
a. Computer skills - computer skills that allow remote work.
b. Diversity - the ability to understand the value of diversity in the workplace and work toward its achievement - Opentextbc
c. the experience and cultural competence to deal with diversity in the workplace - importance-to-employers">Employtest
e. Critical thinking - In this conspiracy, junk science age, employers value the ability to think critically about business opportunities and how to develop processes to meet those opportunities - Ziprecruiter

A Preparation of any job out of college - Any undergraduate Sociology curriculum has courses on diversity, gender issues and race and ethnic relations. In addition, in Sociology methods courses there is a strong emphasis on data analysis and critical thinking on how to interpret data. In our experience at Andrews University, Sociology majors score high on critical thinking on standardized tests. Our student evaluations show that students believe that we have been successful at teaching the value of diversity and critical thinking. Positions that our majors have obtained include:
Law enforcement (probation, parole, FBI, Police) - in this age of reimagining the police, there is an increased need for those who have diversity and critical thinking skills.
Marketing and Data analysis - because of training in statistics and data analysis sociology graduates have found jobs in market survey and data analysis.
Research Assistant - Sociology majors, because of their training in statistics, research, and data analysis, find many opportunities to work as a research assistant for a wide variety of research projects.
Community Development
Human Relations
Guidance Counselor
Preparation for many professions - Sociology is an ideal undergraduate major for those who plan to go on for a graduate degree in:
Law - Sociology has a track that focuses on criminal justice. Students from that track/courses have been admitted to Harvard University, Northwestern University, Notre Dame, the University of California (Davis). It should be noted that Michelle Obama was a Sociology Major.
Medicine - One of the major ways that medicine has changed is the recognition that physicians must have skills to work with a wide variety of cultures. On the current MCAT, there are more questions from Sociology than from Chemistry. The School of Social and Behavioral Sciences teaches a Principles of Sociology Course for Pre-Meds. We have had several pre-med students over the years who have majored in Sociology and have been admitted to such medical schools as Loma Linda University.
MBA - We have had several graduates go on for advanced degrees in business management.
Social Work - The number one MSW program at the University of Michigan does not offer an undergraduate degree in social work. They want their students to have an undergraduate degree in another field. Sociology provides an excellent undergraduate degree for an MSW.
International Development - Sociology provides excellent training for those who go on to advanced degrees in humanitarian studies and development.
Sociology PhD - And an undergraduate major in Sociology offers a great entry into a PhD program in Sociology. Those with PhD's in Sociology have the following opportunities.
a. College/University teaching - The opportunity to engage with great young minds.
b. Research to advance our understanding of society structure, function, changes, and equality - the opportunity to do research on the major issues that face our society today.
c. Leadership roles - Sociologists serve on many national grant review committees with the National Institutes of Health, National Institutes of Justice, and major foundations such as the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Sociologists also serve on such major policy boards as the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. Sociologists have the opportunity to change social policy and support the research to make those needed changes.