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KrillBee

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Originally posted by: Fmr12B
I had a Psych professor in college tell all of us students, that a career in Psychology involved getting a PhD. Anything less and it is extremely difficult to find a job.

I heard that from some people, and I heard counter arguments from others that jobs could be found, just not the counselling or college teaching jobs.

guess i shoulda listened to the first group.

Originally posted by: invidia
I don't think there are many physically active jobs for people with college degrees. Those types of jobs are often left those to blue collars.

Well, probably a military officer.

its pretty sad. in today's work worlds bodies are useless, all that gets used is the mind. and americans wonder why their country is fat.
 

Wreckem

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Originally posted by: KrillBee
Originally posted by: Fmr12B
I had a Psych professor in college tell all of us students, that a career in Psychology involved getting a PhD. Anything less and it is extremely difficult to find a job.

I heard that from some people, and I heard counter arguments from others that jobs could be found, just not the counselling or college teaching jobs.

guess i shoulda listened to the first group.

Originally posted by: invidia
I don't think there are many physically active jobs for people with college degrees. Those types of jobs are often left those to blue collars.

Well, probably a military officer.

its pretty sad. in today's work worlds bodies are useless, all that gets used is the mind. and americans wonder why their country is fat.

There are plent of physical jobs, they go to the uneducated/undereducated. People with college degrees generally arent going to get a physical job because they are overqualified and the companies feel they will bail the second a better offer comes their way.
 

KrillBee

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Originally posted by: Wreckem
Originally posted by: KrillBee
Originally posted by: Fmr12B
I had a Psych professor in college tell all of us students, that a career in Psychology involved getting a PhD. Anything less and it is extremely difficult to find a job.

I heard that from some people, and I heard counter arguments from others that jobs could be found, just not the counselling or college teaching jobs.

guess i shoulda listened to the first group.

Originally posted by: invidia
I don't think there are many physically active jobs for people with college degrees. Those types of jobs are often left those to blue collars.

Well, probably a military officer.

its pretty sad. in today's work worlds bodies are useless, all that gets used is the mind. and americans wonder why their country is fat.

There are plent of physical jobs, they go to the uneducated/undereducated. People with college degrees generally arent going to get a physical job because they are overqualified and the companies feel they will bail the second a better offer comes their way.

i guess tha makes sense. im just wondering then what someone who is educated with a degree in psych is elligible for. anything? lol
 

CollectiveUnconscious

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Originally posted by: Fmr12B
I had a Psych professor in college tell all of us students, that a career in Psychology involved getting a PhD. Anything less and it is extremely difficult to find a job.

Not quite true, although it depends on your definition of psychology (a lot of the biopsych and comp psych professors do not consider clinical psych to be true psychology). You can get a masters in counseling and have a pretty decent chance at a job. You can also get a masters in school counseling and have a decent chance at a job. However, only having a BA/BS in psych tends to make jobs hard to come by.
 

KrillBee

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Originally posted by: CollectiveUnconscious
Originally posted by: Fmr12B
I had a Psych professor in college tell all of us students, that a career in Psychology involved getting a PhD. Anything less and it is extremely difficult to find a job.

Not quite true, although it depends on your definition of psychology (a lot of the biopsych and comp psych professors do not consider clinical psych to be true psychology). You can get a masters in counseling and have a pretty decent chance at a job. You can also get a masters in school counseling and have a decent chance at a job. However, only having a BA/BS in psych tends to make jobs hard to come by.


exactly, someone should really only do psych if they love school :(
 

invidia

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Psych is one of those majors where you don't get much out of it unless you have a master or a doctor's degree. Like physics, chemistry, etc. Employers look for people with Ph.Ds in those fields a lot more than masters or bachelors. I would suggest you try out for a masters degree somewhere in the computer-related field but since you said you don't want to continue working with computers, I believe there's not much choice left.

And you want a physically active job. You have a college degree. Why not try out for the armed forces and become an officer? As bad or good you may think of the military, putting down that were an officer in the military is pretty good on your resume. Unless your employer is a hippie from teh 60s and hates pretty much everything.
 

BD2003

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Originally posted by: KrillBee
Originally posted by: CollectiveUnconscious
Originally posted by: Fmr12B
I had a Psych professor in college tell all of us students, that a career in Psychology involved getting a PhD. Anything less and it is extremely difficult to find a job.

Not quite true, although it depends on your definition of psychology (a lot of the biopsych and comp psych professors do not consider clinical psych to be true psychology). You can get a masters in counseling and have a pretty decent chance at a job. You can also get a masters in school counseling and have a decent chance at a job. However, only having a BA/BS in psych tends to make jobs hard to come by.


exactly, someone should really only do psych if they love school :(

Its not as bad as you all make it out to be. The vast, vast majority of people end up in jobs unrelated to their major. Some majors (engineering, health science) lead directly to particular jobs....but most don't.

Your 4 years are not wasted, in the grand scheme of things, you are still well ahead of those without a degree. But if you were expecting meaningful employment after graduation, you are expecting too much.
 

jemcam

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Has anyone mentioned that you misspelled psych?

Topic Title: Need Career Advice
Topic Summary: fresh out of school with a BA in pysch
Created On: 11/14/2006 04:34 PM

And you have a degree in this field?
 

CountZero

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If you live in the right area think about working at Whole Foods. I worked there for a few years. Starting pay is ok but it can go up quickly if you are competent. I doubled my pay in about 1.5 years. Plus they are expanding like crazy so moving up to say buyer, team lead, store lead, etc is a definite possibility and at the store lead level pay goes up to 6 figures with bonuses.

I didn't find the work super stimulating (thats why I'm back in school) but the pay can be decent and there is a chance of moving up. It is non-union so I can't say how it compares to most other grocery stores since they tend to be union. Oh and you have to deal, at some level, with hippies and yuppies both of which can be annoying.