March 2011| Vol. 9 No. 2
COVER PACKAGE: Psychology job forecast: Partly sunny
- Psychology job forecast: Partly sunny
In the coming decade, psychologists will face stiff competition from master's degree counselors in the direct-service delivery fields, but opportunities abound elsewhere — especially in geropsychology, neuropsychology and I/O psychology.
CAREER CENTER
Postgrad growth area: Health-care administrationPsychologists are increasingly taking on these fast-paced, well-paid positions such as director of a hospital or CEO of a community health system.
Grant writing 101Become more attractive to future employers by learning how to write grants and win research funding.
CLASS ACT
Corps health careHealth psychologist Darryl Salvador explains how he paid off his student loans in four years through the National Health Service Corps.
Crime and punishmentGraduate student Tess Neal has taken the field of forensic psychology by storm. Next up: An ambitious dissertation on how bias in forensic assessments might affect the outcome of death penalty cases.
DEGREE IN SIGHT
You've matched! Now what?Seven steps to take after you receive the good news that you've matched.
Didn't match? Move onNot matching to an internship isn't the end of the world — or your career — say students who've been there.
Just do itThere are significant benefits to finishing your dissertation before starting your internship including better finances, more research opportunities, better focus and being near your support system.
Scholars on the riseAs community colleges ramp up their psychology research programs, they're easing the way for students who dream of doctorates.
MONEY MATTERS
The credit crunchEighty percent of graduate students owe money on their credit cards. How can you avoid being saddled with unnecessary debt?
The Latest
- In the internship hunt, your personality is more important than ever, study finds
internship sites select from an increasing number of good candidates by paying more attention to personal and nonacademic factors.
- Your attachment style may predict how well you relate to your adviser
Students with avoidant attachment styles may work well with advisers who have anxious attachment tendencies, and vice-versa.
- Media picks: Martin E.P. Seligman, PhD
Best-selling author and one of positive psychology's leading gurus on living well shares his favorite biographies from 2010.
- Paul Eckert, international and commercial strategist, The Boeing Company
as a strategist at boeing, Dr. Paul Eckert teams with engineers, embassy space attachés, and current and former astronauts.
