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For example, sociology is a core part of successful businesses as it is used to interpret the behavior of customers. This allows businesses to create a response that benefits the customers in turn benefiting the business.
Also allows you to create an environment for your employees that facilitates their best performances to support the business.

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Sociology applies to all aspects of careers even if it is not your specific major or focus.

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The question is not just about the individual, but about society as a whole or how society impacts the individual

Sociological questions typically involve GROUPS rather than individuals.  Groups in society could include race, gender, social class, socioeconomic status, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, social status, etc.

The question addresses patterns in society or meanings behind an issue

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Taking a personal issue and applying it to society and then applying that back to the individual

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Distinction between personal problem and public issue. For example unemployment if one person needs a job versus a public issue of 100,000 people needing a job

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How is this going to influence the institution? Increase productivity for company
How will this benefit socially?
How will it benefit the community?
Health benefits for the individual?

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Critical thinking, communication, social order, general life skills

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The WSU Department of Sociology develops student skills in critical thinking, quantitative and symbolic reasoning, research methods, information literacy, communication and life-long learning. Our students also develop an understanding of fundamental features of society - including diversity and inequality, the problem of social order, and the intersection of society and the environment. These skills and knowledge equip students for the changing demands of the workplace.

WSU Sociology Department's Student Learning Outcomes:

Critical Thinking: Define and analyze social problems; identify structural and cultural factors that contribute to social and individual outcomes; analyze the connections between social problems and personal issues.

Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning: Understand and apply basic statistics to social issues; interpret and draw appropriate conclusions from social science data presented in tables, charts, and graphs; apply quantitative knowledge to present social science data in various forms (graphs, tables, words).

Communication: Clearly communicate sociological concepts, theories, and findings through writing and speaking; follow appropriate norms of small group and classroom discussion interactions by listening actively and responding appropriately.

Evaluating/Conducting Empirical Research: Identify, assess, explain, and conduct components of social science research including research design, data collection, sampling, and measurement.

Information Literacy: Identify sources of social science research; assess social science research reported in both professional and popular publications; use social science to develop informed judgements about significant social issues.

General Life Skills: Students will develop skills including civility, punctuality, responsibility, and organization, life-long learning, professionalization.

Society and the Physical World: Identify, analyze, and explain the relationships between social structure and culture on the one hand, and technological and natural physical systems on the other.

Diversity: Identify, analyze, and explain the causes and consequences of social inequality across multiple dimensions (e.g, gender, race, SES) and institutions (e.g., family, sports, work).

Social Order: Identify, analyze, and explain the contribution of social institutions to social order.

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Learning Outcomes and Assessment | Sociology | Washington State University

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The WSU Department of Sociology develops student skills in critical thinking, quantitative and symbolic reasoning, research methods, information literacy, communication and life-long learning. Our students also develop an understanding of fundamental features of society - including diversity and inequality, the problem of social order, and the intersection of society and the environment.

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Counselors, teachers, law and justice, social relations, administration, research, non-profits, business and marketing

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Sociology can be applied to multiple different careers because there are many paths to use sociology. But also learning behaviors and understanding them helps develop skills that are useful in other career paths unrelated to sociology specifically.

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Sociology allows us to study human relationships to enrich our understanding of key social behaviors that shape our lives.

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Sociology is the study of understanding human behavior in the environment of our society.