Career Services

What can I do with a Major in Religion?
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Religion majors pursue a variety of career opportunities. Some occupations may require additional educational and training. Information presented in this handout includes a list of sample occupations, work settings, professional organizations, and career library resources. Further information including skills to develop, strategies for contacting employers, graduate school information, and where to get assistance may be obtained by making an appointment with a Career Services advisor.

Sample Occupations

Campus Minister	Missionary	Research Assistant
Campus Religious Coordinator	Pastor	Social Worker
Curator Assistant	Peace Corps Volunteer	Vocational Training Manager
Editorial Assistant	Priest	Volunteer Coordinator
Fund-Raiser	Production Assistant	Writer
Journalist	Professor	Youth Activities Director

Sample Work Settings

Assisted Living Homes	Local Churches	Retirement Homes
Children/Youth Homes	Nonprofit Organizations	Schools of Theology
Correctional Institutions	Nursing Homes	Secular Publishing Houses
Denominational Boards	Religious bookstores	Secular Radio, Television, & Film
Denominational Hospitals	Religious Organizations	Seminaries
Interdenominational Organizations	Religious Publishers	Shelters
	Religious-Affiliated Schools

Professional Organizations

American Academy of Religion

http://www.aarweb.org

North American Association for the Study of Religion

http://people.ucsc.edu/~rehbock

Association for the Sociology of Religion

http://www.sociologyofreligion.com

Religious Education Association

http://www.religiouseducation.net

Career Library Resources

Thinking about a career in Religion? Browse our Career Resource Library and check out the numerous resources we offer on majors, internships, international experiences, graduate & professional schools and employment searches. Most books are available for check out for a period of one week. The following is a sample of available resources:

100 Jobs in Social Change	Liberal Art Jobs	Opportunities in Religious Service Careers
Careers for Good Samaritans	Liberal Arts Advantage	Opportunities in Social Science Careers
Careers in Community Development		Real People Working in the Helping Professions

Web Resources

Career Services offers a wide selection of web-based resources for career-related areas. These resources address areas as corporate research for employment and internship searches, career self-assessment, investigation, occupational information gathering, graduate school research, and internship information and leads. Contact Career Services for username and password information.

eChoices - Complete career self-assessments, research occupational information, and perform searches for graduate schools across the United States.

eRecruiting –A web based system allowing students and alumni to access job and internship listings as well as sign up for on campus interviewing. Once you register on the Trinity eRecruiting system, the jobs you access are in a database unique to Trinity.

Hoover's Online –A database of thousands of public, private and global companies, searchable by organizational name, location, type of industry, and ticker symbol.

Internships Online -Web-based service allowing students to search national internships in areas such as international affairs, history, human rights, sports, resort and seasonal employment, women's rights, environmental organizations, congressional internships, business, media, and law and policy.