This research examines how different sociology studies prepare students for the labour market and what additional methods of independent preparation students use. Croatia is characterized by a high unemployment rate, with young people being a particularly vulnerable group, and social studies students in a worse position on the labour market than students in some other scientific fields. Education and the labour market are interconnected and should function as two interdependent systems, depending on the national strategies that shape them. This research can help design study programs to improve curricula and increase the competitiveness of students in their faculties. Within this paper, research was conducted on sociologist graduates and final year sociology students at 3 sociology studies in the City of Zagreb - Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Croatian Studies, and The Catholic University of Croatia. The research showed that theoretical courses dominate sociology study programs, while methodological ones are represented in less than a fifth of the curriculum. In contrast to the small proportion of methodological courses, the participants place the greatest emphasis on methodological knowledge, which they estimate to be greater than their theoretical knowledge and transferable skills. Furthermore, methodological knowledge is cited as the most useful in the jobs of graduated sociologists and as the knowledge that is lacking for performing the same, and most often it is also cited within the academic credentials they possess.