GF just graduated college and needs a job....

[ebaycj]

Originally posted by: Koing

Originally posted by: PaulNEPats

Originally posted by: aswedc
that she is freaking out says she didn't anticipate this. sorry, but that's just stupid. getting a psych degree because you love the subject is one thing. getting it and not realizing it's not useful in the job market is another. lack of planning ftl.

Out of all my friends who graduated from college, only 1 or 2 is doing something in line with their degree. A lot of companies don't care what your major was, as long as you get the degree.

Indeed.

Man theres a lot of dogging on Psych majors...

If she has a good degree she can apply to all the banking, finance and other accountancy jobs if that is what she wants to do.

Theres a lot of Statistics in Pyschology in England and it is just like any other degree. If you have a decent degree class you can apply to all the other finance etc type of jobs.

Koing

I have a feeling that they're not in the UK.

Things are changing here in the US, and very quickly. It used to be that any Bachelor's degree from any decent University meant you would have no problem getting a job. Now employers tend to look at specific skill sets and whether or not you have experience in them and/or have been educated in them. "Generic" bachelor's degrees (PolySci, Psych, Recreation, History, etc...) are becoming more and more worthless each and every day.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: jlbenedict
Pole Dancer

i'll provide the pole (if she's cute)!

 

[Kirby]

Originally posted by: KingGheedora
Thoght you were earning a useful degree? PSYCHE!!!!

:laugh:

 

[LegendKiller]

SoFl? FIU?

More or less do what I did. Turn right around and get your MBA or something else. Psych degrees are effectively worthless in the real world, unless you plan on going up to phd.

 

[FoBoT]

why does she need a job? did she have a job while she was in college? what has changed?

 

[Eeezee]

She got a psych degree and wants to do marketing?

If she's cute, she can at least become a secretary or a waitress. She'll really need to do something productive in grad school.

 

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: slsmnaz
Get a Marketing degree instead of Psych.

It's the same thing. Most schools don't offer a marketing degree but many people who work in marketing have psych degrees.

 

[krunchykrome]

I met a recruiter who had a job in Psych

 

[KarmaPolice]

Why not travel...go get a job somewhere else.

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: ebaycj

Originally posted by: Koing

Originally posted by: PaulNEPats

Originally posted by: aswedc
that she is freaking out says she didn't anticipate this. sorry, but that's just stupid. getting a psych degree because you love the subject is one thing. getting it and not realizing it's not useful in the job market is another. lack of planning ftl.

Out of all my friends who graduated from college, only 1 or 2 is doing something in line with their degree. A lot of companies don't care what your major was, as long as you get the degree.

Indeed.

Man theres a lot of dogging on Psych majors...

If she has a good degree she can apply to all the banking, finance and other accountancy jobs if that is what she wants to do.

Theres a lot of Statistics in Pyschology in England and it is just like any other degree. If you have a decent degree class you can apply to all the other finance etc type of jobs.

Koing

I have a feeling that they're not in the UK.

Things are changing here in the US, and very quickly. It used to be that any Bachelor's degree from any decent University meant you would have no problem getting a job. Now employers tend to look at specific skill sets and whether or not you have experience in them and/or have been educated in them. "Generic" bachelor's degrees (PolySci, Psych, Recreation, History, etc...) are becoming more and more worthless each and every day.

Thats weird...

In England they look for the ability to learn and that your a capable perso with all around skills.

Koing

 

[lupi]

Shouldn't she be giving the "jobs"?

 

[LegendKiller]

Originally posted by: Koing

Originally posted by: ebaycj

Originally posted by: Koing

Originally posted by: PaulNEPats

Originally posted by: aswedc
that she is freaking out says she didn't anticipate this. sorry, but that's just stupid. getting a psych degree because you love the subject is one thing. getting it and not realizing it's not useful in the job market is another. lack of planning ftl.

Out of all my friends who graduated from college, only 1 or 2 is doing something in line with their degree. A lot of companies don't care what your major was, as long as you get the degree.

Indeed.

Man theres a lot of dogging on Psych majors...

If she has a good degree she can apply to all the banking, finance and other accountancy jobs if that is what she wants to do.

Theres a lot of Statistics in Pyschology in England and it is just like any other degree. If you have a decent degree class you can apply to all the other finance etc type of jobs.

Koing

I have a feeling that they're not in the UK.

Things are changing here in the US, and very quickly. It used to be that any Bachelor's degree from any decent University meant you would have no problem getting a job. Now employers tend to look at specific skill sets and whether or not you have experience in them and/or have been educated in them. "Generic" bachelor's degrees (PolySci, Psych, Recreation, History, etc...) are becoming more and more worthless each and every day.

Thats weird...

In England they look for the ability to learn and that your a capable perso with all around skills.

Koing

I would agree with you in most cases. My psych degree + MBA + CFA have made made me a well-rounded finance guy, but you still need the finance portion of the education. Without that you are still one dimensional without any knowledge of what NPV is.

 

[Canai]

Your GF has a psych degree? Have fun with that :laugh:

 

[JasonE4]

My girlfriend also just graduated with a degree in Psych and is looking for a job right now. It's looking more and more like she's going to be a professional girlfriend for a little while and then go to grad school.

 

[kalrith]

My wife started looking for a job a month before she graduated (December 2006), and she found one about two months after she graduated.

I recently read an article that the average job search takes 5 months, so she did pretty well by finding one in 3 months.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Psych majors can get jobs planting flowers.

 

[smack Down]

I'm sure she could get a job at McDonald marketing fries by asking "Would you like fries with that?"

 

[patentman]

Originally posted by: Koing

Originally posted by: PaulNEPats

Originally posted by: aswedc
that she is freaking out says she didn't anticipate this. sorry, but that's just stupid. getting a psych degree because you love the subject is one thing. getting it and not realizing it's not useful in the job market is another. lack of planning ftl.

Out of all my friends who graduated from college, only 1 or 2 is doing something in line with their degree. A lot of companies don't care what your major was, as long as you get the degree.

Indeed.

Man theres a lot of dogging on Psych majors...

If she has a good degree she can apply to all the banking, finance and other accountancy jobs if that is what she wants to do.

Theres a lot of Statistics in Pyschology in England and it is just like any other degree. If you have a decent degree class you can apply to all the other finance etc type of jobs.

Koing

In the U.S., if you want to make a decent salary in accounting and financing you need a degree in the field and need to be accredited as a CPA or CFA.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

The last person who got a job with a psych degree was her psych professor.

 

[ScottFern]

www.socialservice.com

My gf works as a case manager for an early intervention program while getting her master's in counseling. It's a good field to get into yet not if your out to make HUGE sums of money.

 

[LegendKiller]

Originally posted by: patentman


In the U.S., if you want to make a decent salary in accounting and financing you need a degree in the field and need to be accredited as a CPA or CFA.

CFA is only for investment professionals. You actually have to have an active part in investment issuance, analysis, purchase, or a place in decision making of investments to even qualify for the work requirement. A CFA is essentially useless for the vast majority of regular finance jobs since you probably won't qualify for it.

 

[eakers]

my friends who graduated with psych undergraduate degrees generally ended up working in youth shelters, group homes and homes for disabled people

 

[ed21x]

Teaching, counseling, HR will be your best bet. Other than that, being a secretary/paper pusher is a good starting point in getting her foot in the door for something better.

 

[ponyo]

If she's hot, she can get a job in pharmaceutical sales. Drug companies pay big bucks to good looking young females to go talk to male doctors to push particular drugs. Pay will top six figures with bonuses and incentives. Bad part is she'll likely leave you for some doctor she meets.

 

[Luthien]

She should qualify as a social worker I would think.