For more information about careers in psychology

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• Psi Chi, The National Honor Society in Psychology, provides numerous resources for the undergraduate. They provide links to past articles in their publication, Eye on Psi Chi, on these topics:
  • Career Preparation (http://www.psichi.org/content/publications/eye/category/career.asp)
  • Fields of Psychology (http://www.psichi.org/content/publications/eye/category/fields.asp)
• PsychGrad.Org: the Psychology Graduate Applicant's Portal (http://www.psychgrad.org/) Topics includ: Doing well as an undergraduate, applying to graduate schools, succeeding in graduate school and life after graduate school.
• American Psychological Association (http://www.apa.org/students/)
  • An excellent resource for choosing graduate schools is: Graduate Study in Psychology and Related Fields (http://www.apa.org/books/4270080.html). Often Psychology Departments keep a copy for students to use. Ask around.
  • Careers for the 21st century (http://www.apa.org/students/brochure/)
  • APA has a number of additional resources on careers in psychology listed at their website such as a collection of articles at http://www.apa.org/students/career.html
• American Psychological Society (http://www.psychologicalscience.org/)
• National Association of School Psychologists (http://www.naspweb.org/)
• Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology (http://www.siop.org/)
• American Counseling Association (http://www.counseling.org/)
• National Association of Social Workers (http://www.naswdc.org/)
• A Student's Guide to Careers in the Helping Professions (http://www.lemoyne.edu/OTRP/otrpresources/helping-online.html)
• Join your local Psychology Club or Psi Chi, the national honor society in psychology (http://www.psichi.org/intro.asp)
• Check with your Psychology Department for other resources
  • Remember to talk with your advisor!
• Occupational Outlook Handbook entry for Psychologists (http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos056.htmhttp://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos056.htm)
• Here is a collections of links about careers in psychology to get you started:
  • Links related to careers in general and/or careers in psychology. From Dr. Retta Poe, Western Kentucky University (http://edtech.cebs.wku.edu/~rpoe/careerslinks.htm)

   

Resources Used in Construction of this Website

Clark, L. (1999). Career choices in psychology and mental health: An outline. Unpublished manuscript. Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY.

National Association for School Psychologists. (2000). What is a School Psychologist. [Brochure]. Bethesda, MD: Author.

Poe, R. (1988). A decision tree for Psychology majors: Supplying questions as well as answers. Teaching of Psychology, 15(4), 210-212.

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