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JILL F. FOREST, M.AASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF CAREER SERVICES
CAREER AND COUNSELING CENTERSOUTHERN POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY
Starting Your Career in Psychology
Most people who
major in Psychology become Psychologist
s.
Career Areas in Psychology
Human Services
•Direct care for people•Counseling•Therapy•Crisis Work
Admin.
•Community Relations•Fund Raising•Grant Writing
Research
•Market Research•Data Analysis
Education
•Teaching•Student Affairs•Adult Learning•Training
Human Resource
s•Recruitment•Labor Relations•Org Development
Business and
Industry•Sales•Management•Public Relations
Police Officer Health Care Facility
Administrator Benefits Manager Volunteer Coordinator School Counselor Dietician Fundraiser for Non-Profits Student Affairs
Professional
Job Titles (Some)
Student Life Career Services Int’l Student
Services Athletics Multicultural Affairs
Professional Orgs NASPA ACPA
SPECIALIZATIONS IN PSYCHOLOGY
Are you interested in why and how people buy some products and not others? Have you ever wondered how media messages influence a shopper's buying choices? You might be interested in the growing field of consumer psychology.
Consumer Psychology
If you are interested in becoming a consumer psychologist, focus on taking courses that will build your understanding of human behavior, marketing, social psychology, personality and culture. In addition to learning more about the factors that influence how people think and behave, having a solid background in advertising and marketing can also be very helpful.
Health Psychology
Health psychology is a growing field that focuses
on psychological, biological, and
social factors that impact individual health
Where do they work? •health clinics, hospitals, and universities. •Health psychologists often work in one of three main areas: research, public policy, and clinical.•APA Division for Health Psychology
Forensic Psychology
Forensic psychologists apply psychological principles to legal issues. Their expertise is often essential within the judicial system. They can, for example, help a judge decide which parent should have custody of a child or evaluate a defendant’s mental competence to stand trial.
Forensic psychologists also conduct research on jury behavior or eyewitness testimony.
Some forensic psychologists are trained in both psychology and the law.
Check out indeed.com
What they do? Where can they work?
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Industrial Psychology
Apply psychological principles and research methods to the workplace in the interest of improving productivity, health and the quality of work life.
Many serve as human resources specialists, helping organizations with staffing, training and employee development. They may provide employers with testing and other valid selection procedures in their hiring and promotion processes.
Others work as management consultants in such areas as strategic planning, quality management and coping with organizational change.
What do they do?
Where do they work?
APA suggests that sports psychologists should be licensed psychologists with "experience in applying psychological principles in sports settings.“’
The American Board of Sports Psychology**
Sport psychologists help athletes refine their focus on competition goals, become more motivated, and learn to deal with the anxiety and fear of failure that often accompany competition.
The field is growing as sports of all kinds become more competitive and attract younger children.
Training Needed
Engineering Psychology
Design and develop products for consumer and military use
Medical technologies
JOB TITLES (SOME) Interaction Designer Usability Engineer Computer Applications Trainer Human Factors Design Engineer
Relationship between people and machines. It makes machines more intuitive to work with.
Human Factors and Egronomic Society (hfes.org)
BEST PLACES TO LOOK FOR
JOBS/INTERNSHIPS
Co-curricular Activities are CRITICAL
Community Service Student Government Certifications Orientation Leaders Resident Assistants Professional/Student Associations Study Abroad
What’s on your resume now??
Work Experience
SPSU, Recreation Center Marietta, GA
Aerobics Instructor August 2011-present Supervise and organize aerobic fitness
classes for SPSU-fit Program: includes Challenge Step. Step and Cardio and Tone, and Jump and Jab (cardio kick-boxing)
Instruct Water Aerobics classes
Professional Associations
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Others?
Internet job postings only account for …
25% of the job market
1. Use SPSU’s Career Link
Search employers who hire in your major Searching for a career job?
Enter your “Major” and then “Full-time Career” Searching for any job?
Enter in “Full-time Misc”
Career Link
https://www.myinterfase.com/southernpolytechnic/student/home.aspx
2. Non-Profit Job Databases
Organizations/agencies hiring in Psychology
Job search engines that show you unadvertised jobs from company websites
Small, mid-sized and large companies
3. Job Site Aggregators
4. The Federal Government
GA is a state w/a high number of feds Go to www.Makingthedifference.org By 2016, 40% will retire 86% of federal jobs are outside of
Washington Time consuming to apply – be patient Loan forgiveness
?
How LinkedIn can help a Psych student?
Social networking site for business connections
100 million+ members to date Connect to people in your field
Join groups in LinkedIn!
5. R U
The Career and Counseling CenterThe Student Center #243
Jill F. Forest - [email protected]
We’re on !“SPSU Career Services”
We’re giving away a 100.00 iTunes gift card this semester
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