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Old Apr 02, 2013, 04:52 PM
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If somebody wants to major in either psychology or sociology, where should they be volunteering at and why? how can I write my resume if I don't have anything down yet? would it be a good idea if I wrote a few?

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Old Apr 02, 2013, 09:39 PM
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Well, if you want to volunteer, then I suggest you do it at some place a bit associated with your possible majors--maybe some place where you can work with older people comes to mind, like a senior center or a nursing home. Or maybe a place with younger children like an after-school care program. These examples are off the top of my head. What I do mean is a plcae where you are helping people--not some place like an animal shelter or a food bank, where you just hand out food.

However, I suspect any volunteer work would be better than none.
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Old Apr 04, 2013, 09:58 AM
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For volunteering with a psych/socy major, I would imagine working with people :-) What about psych or socy interests you though? Volunteer in those areas?

I have a Sociology degree and was a founding officer for my local Friends of the Library group (sociology being about "groups" :-) and/or with a psych major you could go a zillion different ways including volunteering with the local animal shelter (Pavlov's dogs :-) whatever interests you.

If you have never worked before, which I assume as you don't have a resume, then I would get a job locally at a fast food or other service job that does not require a resume. Have you read Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, by Barbara Ehrenreich? It would be great to read and then "try it out" as your own little study and then you could maybe write a paper/use it in classes or even work it into your resume.
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