Job prospects of Psychology Degree

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How is doing a psychology degree and what job prospects and it realistically open?
I want to become an educational psychologist maybe but I know it requires post grad degrees but they are competitive id like to know anyone who is studying Psychology or has and how to job market is looking for you and your goals etc.

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Moonshyne

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Hey I studied psychology and neuroscience. I realised very early on I didn’t want to do a PhD, the psychology journey is very long. So I focused on gaining work experience, taking project admin and support roles in uni. Also taking on mentoring and public speaking for first year students at uni. After graduating in psychology- I currently am in a commercial and operations management graduate scheme, I have an offer from Deloitte and Lloyds bank. My main point is that psychology is very broad, there’s a lot of statistics, using excel and understanding human behaviour in the course. You just need to showcase your skillset and gather as much work experience even in small roles. The job prospects are large! Do online courses to up skill yourself also. LinkedIn learning, udemy, coursera, and free online courses.

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Moonshyne

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by Moonshyne

Hey I studied psychology and neuroscience. I realised very early on I didn’t want to do a PhD, the psychology journey is very long. So I focused on gaining work experience, taking project admin and support roles in uni. Also taking on mentoring and public speaking for first year students at uni. After graduating in psychology- I currently am in a commercial and operations management graduate scheme, I have an offer from Deloitte and Lloyds bank. My main point is that psychology is very broad, there’s a lot of statistics, using excel and understanding human behaviour in the course. You just need to showcase your skillset and gather as much work experience even in small roles. The job prospects are large! Do online courses to up skill yourself also. LinkedIn learning, udemy, coursera, and free online courses.

Also, I didn’t go to a Russel group uni…

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shay.abd

OP

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by Moonshyne

Hey I studied psychology and neuroscience. I realised very early on I didn’t want to do a PhD, the psychology journey is very long. So I focused on gaining work experience, taking project admin and support roles in uni. Also taking on mentoring and public speaking for first year students at uni. After graduating in psychology- I currently am in a commercial and operations management graduate scheme, I have an offer from Deloitte and Lloyds bank. My main point is that psychology is very broad, there’s a lot of statistics, using excel and understanding human behaviour in the course. You just need to showcase your skillset and gather as much work experience even in small roles. The job prospects are large! Do online courses to up skill yourself also. LinkedIn learning, udemy, coursera, and free online courses.

That's so cool!

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Scotland Yard

Universities Forum Helper

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Original post

by shay.abd

How is doing a psychology degree and what job prospects and it realistically open?
I want to become an educational psychologist maybe but I know it requires post grad degrees but they are competitive id like to know anyone who is studying Psychology or has and how to job market is looking for you and your goals etc.

Well, there are the psychological jobs (clinical, educational, forensics, etc), but they are very competitive and require you to have work experience, which is often to do poorly paid things like being a carer, or straight up voluntary jobs. There are also a number of special therapists that you can become, although quite how you become one is very nebulous and unclear to me. Then there are also the grad schemes and the regular jobs which just want you to have a university degree, but no specific subject. The job market is very competitive at the moment though, so gaining work experience is essential for whatever you want to do. But any job experience is useful. A psychology degree can be put to many uses. I'm personally using it to gain access to graduate medicine at the minute!

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McGinger

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As pointed out above, the road to being a fully qualified Clinical Psychologist is a long, hard climb - Clinical psychologist job profile | Prospects.ac.uk - and most Psych grads will end up working in other areas because Psych has transferrable skills that employers value. If Psych appeals to you as a degree, go for it, and if you can do a degree with a work-placement or study abroad as these add enormously to your graduate CV and immediate job possibilities, whatever career area you decide to go into.

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