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2024 Pilot Mentoring Program

 

On July 17th, 2024, TASA launched a pilot Mentoring Program aimed at fostering growth and development among TASA members. The program will run for 6 months, starting with some online webinars designed for mentors and mentees to get the most out of the program. The aim would be for mentor/mentee pairs to meet fortnightly to monthly (6-12 sessions) either online or in-person or a mixture of both. The first online webinar will be held midday on Tuesday August 20th (AEST).

If you are interested in being a mentor or a mentee, please expand the relevant headings below for more information.

Sophie Hickey
TASA, Public Sociology Portfolio Leader
publicsociology@tasa.org.au

 

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MENTOR Information
MENTOR Information

What the Mentoring Program Involves:
  • 6-month commitment to being matched with a mentee and meeting fortnightly/monthly
  • Attending 4 online workshops, and option to meet in-person at TASA2024 with free coffee!
  • Completion of post-program feedback survey
Key dates:
  • 22 July, 2024: Mentors to complete a very short on-line form (see orange button below)
  • 12 August: Acceptance onto program announced and pair matches sent mentees
  • 15 August: Pair matches sent to mentors
  • 20 August: Online Workshop 1, 12pm AEST
  • 10 September: Online Workshop 2, 5pm AEST
  • 15 October: Online Workshop 3, 12pm AEST
  • 11 February, 2025: Online Workshop 4, 12pm AEST 
Your involvement as a mentor can make a significant impact on the professional development of our members, and we truly value your contribution. If you have any questions or need further information about the mentoring program, please feel free to contact me directly.
 



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MENTEE Information
MENTEE Information
What the Mentoring Program Involves:
  • 6-month commitment to being matched with a mentor and meeting fortnightly/monthly
  • Thinking about what you would like to achieve within the program period!
  • Attending 4 online workshops, and option to meet in-person at TASA2024 with free coffee!
  • Completion of post-program feedback survey
Key dates:
  • 29 July, 2024: Expressions of interest close
  • 12 August: Acceptance onto program announced and pair matches sent mentees
  • 14 August: Deadline for re-match request
  • 20 August: Online Workshop 1, 12pm AEST
  • 10 September: Online Workshop 2, 5pm AEST
  • 15 October: Online Workshop 3, 12pm AEST
  • 11 February, 2025: Online Workshop 4, 12pm AEST
Conditions:

Workshop dates are subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances. Presentations will be recorded (not Q & A) and made available privately to program members unable to attend a workshop/s.

If you would like to submit an expression of interest for consideration, please click on the orange link below to access the online form.






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What can you do with a sociology degree?
What you can do with a sociology degree?

If you’re interested in working with people and communities, then sociology is for you. Sociology focuses on the study of human behaviour and social interaction to understand how societies are organised, develop and change. Graduates in sociology develop skills and knowledge applicable to a wide variety of jobs. These skills and knowledge include:

  • an understanding of social and cultural issues
  • high-quality written and oral communication skills
  • research skills and a capacity for detailed observation
  • the ability to work independently and in groups.

Graduates also develop more specialised skills and knowledge that are needed for the following types of employment:

  • Work involving social groups and social processes: such as minority and ethnic groups, crime and substance abuse, youth issues, family matters, industrial relations, poverty, globalisation…
  • Social research: devising surveys, collecting data, and conducting interviews and fieldwork; including the analysis, interpretation and presentation of the information collected
  • Social policy and planning: community development, cultural resource management, social justice issues, social aspects of health care, migration…

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Where do graduates in sociology work?
Where do graduates in sociology work?

Many areas of the public and private sectors employ graduates with social science skills. For example:

  • Federal, State and Local Governments: social services, teaching, industrial relations, criminal justice work, policy development and implementation, case management, group work with youth or the elderly, urban planning, general administration, migrant and multicultural affairs…
  • Community and Non-profit Organisations: administration, overseas aid & development agencies, social research, policy development, lobbying…
  • Business: consumer/social research, public relations, publishing, personnel work, training.
  • Further Study and Academic Work: Honours, Masters and PhD study, university and TAFE teaching, research assistant work.

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Some of the jobs recent sociology graduates have taken
Some of the jobs recent sociology graduates have taken
  • Youth officer | Multicultural affairs liaison | Welfare officer | Journalist
  • Community project officer | Development officer | Age & disability officer
  • Administrative officer | Electorate officer | Personnel administrator | Research assistant
  • Market analyst | Sales office manager | Service adviser | Client service manage

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Sociology careers web sites
Sociology careers web sites

How Can Sociology Engage
with the Major Challenges of our Time?

The below video is a recording of a team of sociologists at the University College London discussing what sociology can offer. 





Kate Huppatz (L) and Steve Matthewman (R) congratulating Michelle Peterie on being the 2018 JoS Best Paper Award winner for Docility and Desert: government discourses of compassion in Australia’s asylum seeker debate


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