What can I do with a Major in
Psychology?
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Psychology majors pursue a variety of career opportunities. Some occupations may require additional educational and training. Information presented in this handout includes a list of sample occupations, work settings, professional organizations, and career library resources. Further information including skills to develop, strategies for contacting employers, graduate school information, and where to get assistance may be obtained by making an appointment with a Career Services advisor.
Sample Occupations
Addiction's Counselor |
Corrections Officer |
Mental Health Counselor |
Agency Counselor |
Development Psychologist |
Police Officer |
Aid Counselor |
Elementary Counselor |
Probation Officer |
Career Counselor |
Employment Counselor |
Psychology Paraprofessional |
Child Psychologist |
Engineering Psychologist |
Psychotherapist |
Child Welfare Case Worker |
Human Resources Specialist |
Rehabilitation Counselor |
Clinical Counselor |
Industrial/Organization Psychologist |
School Psychologist |
Cognitive Psychologist |
Marriage & Family Counselor |
Special Education Teacher |
College Professor |
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Sports Psychologist |
Sample Work Settings
Adoption/Child Care Agencies |
Dept. of Health & Human Services |
Non-Profit Organizations |
Colleges & Universities |
Employee Assistance Programs |
Personnel Departments |
Community Shelters |
Group Homes |
Private Practice |
Consulting Firms |
Hospitals & Clinics |
Test Development Corporations |
Department of Justice |
Magazines, Newspapers, Periodicals |
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Professional Organizations
Career Library Resources
Thinking about a career in Psychology? Browse our Career Resource Library and check out the numerous resources we offer on majors, internships, international experiences, graduate & professional schools and employment searches. Most books are available for check out for a period of one week. The following is a sample of available resources:
100 Jobs in Social Change |
Careers in Health Care |
Opportunities in Psychology Careers |
Careers in Counseling and Human Services |
Liberal Arts Advantage |
Opportunities n Social Science Careers |
Careers in Criminology |
Liberal Arts Jobs |
Real People Working in the Helping Professions |
Mental Health and Social Work Career Directory |
Web Resources
Career Services offers a wide selection of web-based resources for career-related areas. These resources address areas as corporate research for employment and internship searches, career self-assessment, investigation, occupational information gathering, graduate school research, and internship information and leads. Contact Career Services for username and password information.
eChoices - Complete career self-assessments, research occupational information, and perform searches for graduate schools across the United States.
eRecruiting –A web based system allowing students and alumni to access job and internship listings as well as sign up for on campus interviewing. Once you register on the Trinity eRecruiting system, the jobs you access are in a database unique to Trinity.
Hoover's Online –A database of thousands of public, private and global companies, searchable by organizational name, location, type of industry, and ticker symbol.
Internships Online -Web-based service allowing students to search national internships in areas such as international affairs, history, human rights, sports, resort and seasonal employment, women's rights, environmental organizations, congressional internships, business, media, and law and policy.
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