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Non-Academic Careers for Scientific PsychologistsTrue or False? The only career option for a scientifically-trained psychologist is a faculty position in a college or university. The answer is a resounding False! In response to the concerns of many psychology graduate students about the lack information on careers outside of the university setting, we began inviting scientific psychologists with traditional training to tell us about their work in some relatively non-traditional places. The Interesting Careers in Psychology series is a relatively small sampling of an infinite number of non-academic careers that are possible--those who have "taken a different path" relate their own experiences of how they got to where they are now and the valuable lessons they learned along the way to employment "beyond the lab." The following Interesting Careers in Psychology articles illustrate the various skill-sets and expertise that scientifically-trained psychologists possess which are also highly valued by employers outside of academe. The non-traditional career paths represented by these personal success stories illustrate the different types of unique contributions made by scientific psychologists in many different employment settings. Our goal is that these stories of successful and rewarding careers outside of the academic arena will encourage graduate students and new PhDs to vigorously explore the wealth of non-academic career possibilities, especially in positions or arenas they may have never considered before. A new Interesting Careers article is published in almost every issue of Psychological Science Agenda (PSA) and will be posted to this site shortly after publication, so bookmark this page and visit regularly!
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