🧠 Careers in Psychology

Healthcare isn’t the only industry you can work in with a psychology degree.

Everybody knows that.

What are the other fields that are worth it?

Not everyone knows that.

Truth be told, learning a tad bit of human psychology alongside their original career ambitions never hurt anybody.

Of course, there are conflicting opinions regarding how beneficial it really is, and that leads to many confused individuals worrying about their future.

So this one’s for everyone who’s considering studying psychology or already has.

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A collection of resources for you to gain clarity alongside some marketing and job-hunting information.

And who knows?

A criminology lesson.

Career Trajectory:

A list of jobs that you can pursue outside healthcare:

• User Experience (UX) Researcher: Conduct research to improve user experience in product design and development.

• Organizational Development Consultant: Help organizations improve efficiency, culture, and employee satisfaction.

• Business Analyst: Analyze business operations and processes to identify areas for improvement and optimize efficiency.

• Advertising Manager: Plan and execute advertising campaigns to promote products or services.

• Human Factors Engineer: Design systems and products that optimize human interaction and usability.

• Career Counselor: Assist individuals in exploring career options, setting goals, and developing strategies for career advancement.

• Market Research Analyst: Collect and analyze data to help companies understand market trends and consumer behavior.

Speaking of marketing, there’s no industry that doesn’t rely on that.

Heavily.

Law, sports, automation, real estate, fashion, entertainment, healthcare, and gaming.

You name it.

A marketing professional is required everywhere.

The whole ‘giving up your passion for your own future benefit’ concept doesn’t fit here.

So if you need to keep up with updates in the marketing industry, here’s another newsletter we recommend. (Not sponsored)

Effective Decision-Making:

If we're gonna talk about psychology, why not include an informative idea? (Just like we've always been doing. :))

Here's a concept that rolls with the flow by HarvardBusinessReview.org.

1.  Classifying the issue. Is it generic? Is it exceptional and unique? Or is it the first manifestation of a new genus for which a rule has yet to be developed?

2.  Defining the problem. What are we dealing with?

3.  Specifying the answer to that problem. What are the “boundary conditions”?

4.  Deciding what is “right,” rather than what is acceptable, in order to meet the boundary conditions. What will fully satisfy the specifications before attention is given to the compromises, adaptations, and concessions needed to make the decision acceptable?

5.  Building into the decision the action to carry it out. What does the action commitment have to be? Who has to know about it?

6. Testing the validity and effectiveness of the decision against the actual course of events. How is the decision being carried out? Are the assumptions on which it is based appropriate or obsolete?

RESOURCES

1. Apply for jobs across various countries (specifically for psychology): www.psychjobs.com and www.psychologyjobs.com 

2. A guide to landing jobs in big companies:

1. Something fun for the criminal psychology junkies:

PROFESSIONAL RIZZ TIP OF THE DAY

A job application tracking template on Excel by Jermaine:

You gotta keep an eye on all the employers you’re rizzing, innit?

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Officially wiping out our existence after the cringe,

The Rundown Team.