Beginning Your Career Search
Psychology: Scientific Problem-Solvers--Careers for the Twenty-First Century--the American Psychological Association's complete manual on careers in psychology. Includes a job outlook for the next two decades, and interesting profiles of psychologists in many subfields.
Psychology in the Next Century--interesting APA Monitor Online article that speculates on the future of psychology.
Psychology Career Center--a jam-packed page of links to just about anything you would want to know about careers in psychology.
Marky Lloyd's Careers in Psychology Page--an award-winning website that helps undergraduate students learn what they can do with a degree in psychology. Resources focus on: (1) careers in psychology at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral level and (2) academic information about psychology at the bachelor’s and graduate levels.
What's New: Nonacademic Careers in Psychology--highlights employment and career opportunities for research psychologists in nonacademic settings.
2008-2009 Occupational Outlook Handbook--this site is invaluable as it describes the nature of the work in psychology, working conditions, employment opportunities, training and advancement requirements, job outlook and earnings information.
Careers in Psychology--information regarding different areas of graduate study. Gives descriptions on careers in counseling psychology (i.e. school, clinical, and social). Also, this site gives information about working with a Bachelor's Degree in psychology and other items of interest.
Entry-Level Positions Obtained by Psychology Majors--lists a number of occupations in business, mental health, social services, and other areas where individuals with a B.A. degree can find employment.
Books on Careers for Psychology Majors--provides an excellent annotated list of books including those published by APA.
Books on Graduate School for Psychology Majors--good books for finding out about graduate programs in psychology.
Peterson's Guides--explore graduate schools in the U.S.A. and Canada using the online Peterson's Guides.
APA Research Office: Data on Education and Employment--graphs, figures, and tables organized primarily by degree level (baccalaureate, master's, doctoral); includes salary data in psychology.
Position Openings from APA Monitor--hundreds of job opportunities are listed each month.
APA Monitor Online--APA's online newspaper provides interesting articles, research notes, and resources.
Graduate Record Examinations® (GRE®)--provides information on GRE General Test, which measures verbal, quantitative, and analytical reasoning skills, and the GRE Subject Tests; also assists students in their transition to graduate education through a variety of services and publications.
Career Development Manual --provides valuable career development information which is available to everyone. Clicking on any one of the steps will take you to a variety of resources.
Careers in Psychology--La Sierra University Psychology Department's informative page on careers. Of special interest is their page showing Occupations for Psychology Majors
HR Internet Guide--Extensive listing of resources for students interested in the human resources field (e.g., job analysis, compensation, personnel selection, job evaluation, etc.
Salary.com--Online compensation information for individuals, business managers and human resource professionals. Provides accurate, authoritative compensation data for a comprehensive set of industries and thousands of job titles. Be sure to check out the many links provided with salary information.
