Is psychology a good career option?
Psychology graduates develop skills that employers seek communication, Critical thinking, Research, Understanding. It is one of the popular degrees in the UK and more than 20 percent graduates become practising psychologists and others have settled in various management roles. As of now over 750k people in the UK working in the psychology field.What are the branches of psychology?Img src: https://www.theguardian.com/The main challenge that psychology graduates face is getting relevant work experience because of its high competition. So, graduates are advised to work on a voluntary basis first to get a paid job.A master degree in psychology open doors to all jobs except clinical psychologist, to become a clinical psychologist one must have a doctoral degree in clinical psychology and also some countries demand board-recognized national exams treat and prescribe medicines to patients.Industrial-organizational psychologists are expected to face competition for positions because of a large number of qualified applicants.According to 2016 stats, 1.6 lac psychologists are employed and it is projected to 1.9 lac in 2026.Industrial-organizational psychologists are earning more salaries than Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.Employment of psychologists is projected to grow 14% from 2016 to 2026 and those who have completed doctoral degree have good job opportunities.Some common Job roles with Psychology degree along with salariesSchool Counselor - $45000Career Counselor - $50000Human Resource manager - $99000Psychiatric technician - $47000Rehabilitation specialist - $50000Marketing or advertising manager - $100000Market Researcher - $99000Advertising Agents - $65000Case Managers - $60000Marriage and Family Therapist - $85000Masters in Clinical Psychology - $70000Forensic Psychologists - $80000Sports Psychologist - $75000Top Psychology degreesHuman Biology and psychologyPsychology and sociologyMusic and PsychologyPsychology and sports studiesEducation and psychologyCriminology & PsychologyLaw and PsychologyHope its helpful to you!!!REF:https://www.edology.com/blog/psy...https://www.bls.gov/ooh/life-phy...https://collegegrad.com/careers/...
Careers in Psychology?
I'm currently pursuing a Bach degree in Psych, but I really have no idea what I want to do with it? Its facinating so I'm majoring in it but I'm really confused about the post-graduation part. I don't want to teach, I have a 6 month old, so I'm NOT going to graduate school. I was really interested in working with CPS but now I'm reconsidering because I'm not sure I could handle such a stressful career (I'm REALLY sensitive, I think I'd end up dead if I had to see kids getting hurt every day). ALso, does anyone have any ideas on experience I can get in a 'said career' while I'm still in school, ei internships, where should i be looking? THANKS!
What can we do after a major in Psychology?
Every Tom, Dick, and Harriet is going to college today. Given the current state of supply (graduates) and demand (jobs) graduates with bachelor’s degrees are a “dime a dozen.”The psychology major is the most common undergraduate degree. In school year 2013–14 more than one in eleven (9%) of bachelor’s degrees conferred were psychology degrees. Graduates with a bachelor’s in psychology are probably five cents a dozen.In a job market where half of all grads are under employed or unemployed this should be a red flag. (There are a record 25% of minimum wage jobs being held by college graduates.)If you require student loans, this is a second red flag.I have a friend who is an NASA engineer. His younger daughter did not inherit the math gene. She is majoring in psychology. My friend, who is helping his daughter financially, is very analytical and very thorough. He has researched her employment opportunities extensively.His findings are as follows:She will probably require a masters to get a job in the field.Her starting salary will be in the range of $40,000.This doesn’t look like a very good return on investment to meNotes:In the last thirty years the number of bachelor’s in psychology have increased over 200%.I asked my friend for an update. Their plan is going to require seven years of schooling. The financial plan (this guy IS a rocket scientist) calls for maximum $20,000 in student loans. If he had asked for input on this subject, my advice would have been “no more than $25K.” I haven’t seen the financial plan. I’m envisioning a series of seven Excel spreadsheets. He will have factored in inflation and have a detailed line item for every expense—including beer and personal items. :>)
Minor in Creative Writing or Psychology?
I'm going to major in Mass Communications because I love to write and want to get some kind of writing/editing job. I could have majored in English, but I like the courses of Communications more. But I'm not sure if I should minor in Creative Writing or Psychology. Creative Writing would help since I love to write and that might help get me a job easier, but Psychology would have more variety on my resume so it's not all writing-based.
Speech pathology vs school psychology?
Hello! It depends on how you want to help these kids. Both of these fields are amazing and you can do a lot of good either way. Here are links to the occupational handbook about both: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/Life-Physical-and-Social-Science/Psychologists.htm http://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/speech-language-pathologists.htm I'm studying to be an SLP and I currently work in an elementary school as an aid to the SLP there. I absolutely love what I do, it is a wonderful combination of medicine, psychology, art, communication and education and your influence on these kids lives will be very far reaching. Just think how different your life would be if you didn't have the ability to effectively communicate, whether it was due to disability or injury or any other reason. As an SLP you also have the opportunity to work with other medical, educational, and psychiatric professionals to help develop a plan to help the children you work with stay on track and succeed. For me this is what I love to do. I love developing and then instigating plans that are unique to each child and getting to know their strengths and weaknesses and helping them overcome their challenges. It is very rewarding. There is a lot of overlap with Psychology from what I understand, just one works more with communicative disorders and the other works more with mental and behavioral health issues and challenges. One bonus for me is that in the case of a child with a Traumatic Brain Injury SLPs are generally the case leaders. That is the field that I most want to work in so that was a plus for me. Also I love animals and so I am working on incorporating Animal-Assisted Therapy and Activities into my plans (I'm not graduated yet but I do this a little as a part of my job). There are a lot of benefits to this type of therapy, and that is something you could also use in Psychology as well if that interests you. Either profession is wonderful and very rewarding, it just depends on your strengths and weaknesses and what you prefer doing. Either way you'll need a lot of patience and good listening skills, creativity, knowledge (all kinds) and common sense =) Good luck in your decision!! =) EDIT: I forgot to add, many SLPs also work with swallowing disorders as well. Like psychology there are several areas you can focus and specialize in.
Which Major will be useful: BA Anthropology, BA Psychology, BS Biology Degree?
I'm a high school student and will graduate next year. I'm in a really stressful time right now. My parents and friends asked me what would i want to take in Uni...and i just felt blank. I love social sciences and biology, like travelling (especially in third world countries), i have a great interest in learning different cultures and studying animals, so i got these 2 different interests. However, my dad disagrees with me,,,he thinks if i take anthropology, i wouldn't be able to find work easily and it would be useless. I prefer more to study majors in Humanities, Social sciences, and since 4 years ago, i have had an interest in psychology. But i don't really know how to put it all together...I was concerned with what kind of job in which field would i be in. And i'm having a dillemma between BA and BS degrees, I'm afraid i will take the wrong one and will struggle to find any jobs/professions... My school counsellor doesn't do any help! Any advice for me? Thanks.