New Doctorates Identify Useful Skills

Now That I Have a Degree in Psychology, What Skills
Are Most Useful?

What New Doctorates Have to Say.

All Subfields

• Ability to work with colleagues from other disciplines/fields

• Ability to do workshops/public speaking/writing that is
       comprehensive to non-psychologists

• Previous work experience (before & during graduate
        education), internships for I/O, practica

• Budgeting, management, program planning

• Administrative

• Quantitative skills — applied statistics, methods, field research

• Networking

• Teaching skills

• Bilingual - able to work in more than one language

• Technology - what it is, how to use it to do your work

• Ability to communicate how psychology applies/self-promotion

• Proactive/forward thinking   
   

Health Service Provider Subfield

• Business and management skills — including starting a practice
        and keeping it going

• Short term/brief therapy knowledge skills

• Marketing and selling oneself/proactive

• Working/communicating with MCOs, insurance companies -
        knowing how to get on panels, time efficiency, insurance,
        documentation, taxes

• Knowledge of health care delivery systems - A system-level
        understanding of how it works and where it might be going

• What careers are possible? A more realistic view of the
        profession and the applications of psychology. What are some
        of the emerging areas of practice?

• Understanding of and knowledge about medical system/
       medical outcomes. How to communicate with primary care providers

• Practical experiences (MCOs and elsewhere)

• More information about integrated community service
        provisions/cross disciplinary work/multiple wrap around
        services/how to work with multidisciplinary teams