Finding Jobs with a Psychology Bachelor's Degree: Expert Advice for Launching Your Career

by Landrum, R. Eric

• ISBN13: 9781433804373
• ISBN10: 1433804379
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-03-15
• Publisher: Ingram Book Co

Summary

Shows how to leverage a bachelor's degree to find a career in intellectual, emotional, and financial rewards. Includes a snapshot of the salary, benefits, and day-to-day pleasures and challenges in a variety of jobs. Covers what employers want from psychology baccalaureates and searching for job opportunities. For undergraduate students. Softcover.

Table of Contents

Preface: From Bachelor's Degree to Career Success	p. xi
Making Yourself Workforce Ready	p. 1
What is Career Success to You? An Inventory of Expectations	p. 3
What You Want in a Job or Career	p. 4
What Employers Want From Psychology Baccalaureates	p. 7
What APA Wants From Psychology Baccalaureates	p. 8
The Advantage of a Liberal Arts Education	p. 9
After Graduation: Transitioning From College to Career	p. 11
Stages of Career Development	p. 12
Predictors of Career Satisfaction	p. 15
Finding the Career That Is Right for You	p. 17
Tools to Classify Job Titles and Personal Preferences	p. 17
Holland's Self-Directed Search Codes: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional	p. 18
Customizing Your Own Career Information	p. 26
Mismatches Between Job Preferences and Holland Codes	p. 28
How Useful Are the Holland SDS Codes and O*NET Classifications?	p. 29
In Their Own Words: Profiles of Psychology Baccalaureates and Their Career Choices	p. 31
Early-Career Professionals in Social Fields	p. 33
Description and Sample Occupations	p. 33
Interviews	p. 34
Middle- and Later-Career Professionals in the Social Fields	p. 49
Interviews	p. 50
Enterprising Careers	p. 69
Descriptions and Sample Occupations	p. 69
Interviews	p. 70
Conventional, Realistic, Artistic, and Investigative Careers	p. 81
Descriptions and Sample Occupations	p. 81
Interviews	p. 82
	p. 93
Making Yourself Workforce Ready	p. 93
General Themes From the Online Interviews	p. 94
Expanding on the Themes	p. 96
More Advice From Successfully Employed Psychology Majors	p. 99
Putting Your Own Career Search Into Orbit	p. 101
Searching for Job Opportunities	p. 103
General Job-Hunting Advice	p. 104
Best Use of the Internet	p. 107
Making Contact: Crafting the Cover Letter	p. 108
Selling Yourself: Preparing the Resume That Is Right for You	p. 111
Different Types of Resumes	p. 112
What to Include, What to Exclude	p. 113
Customizing Your Resume for the Job You Want	p. 114
Making Sure Your Resume Is Technology Friendly	p. 114
Nibbles Are Good: Preparing for a Job Interview	p. 117
Doing Your Homework	p. 118
Types of Questions You May Be Asked	p. 119
Examples of Questions You May Want to Ask	p. 120
Backstage Pass: The Study That Led to This Book	p. 123
Research Methodology Tipsheet	p. 125
Development of the Structured Interview	p. 125
Gathering a Sample of Respondents	p. 135
Actual Data Collection	p. 140
A Sample Report (Mine)	p. 140
References	p. 147
Index	p. 153
About the Author	p. 157
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