what line of work can a bachelor of art in psychology land me?

Answer 1

You really are limited if you only have a bachelor's. You won't be unemployed forever, but you may not find the work you really want. This article tells you what you can do with a bachelor's in psychology, including human services, research, and advertising.
http://www.apa.org/ed/wanttobecome.html
Previous research indicates that only about 25% of psychology undergraduates end up working in a field closely related to psychology.
http://www.psichi.org/pubs/articles/article_50.asp
I have held 3 jobs with my bachelor's in psychology (Well, 4 if you count an internship before I finished my BS). My senior year of college, I worked as an intern and research assistant at Johns Hopkins, conducting behavioral research. I then worked as a counselor at an adolescent group home. After that group home went bankrupt, I moved and couldn't find work for 3 months and ended up doing temp work, doing inventory at a parts warehouse for a company that makes tire parts. Nothing motivates you to find work in your major like spending 8 hours a day counting ball bearings. I then worked 4 years in a mental health reintegration program with people diagnosed with serious mental illness (schizophrenia, bipolar).

Answer 2

Marketing, sales or manager in almost any industry. They like hiring psychology majors because they understand people and are better able to get the most from employees and interact with customers...they call them "people skills," very much in demand. Find a business you think will be fun, get hired, LEARN THE BUSINESS, and let your psych degree work for you to gel with the folks around you.

Answer 3

You could apply it to a lot of different areas - I've noticed that for many HR positions, they request a bachelors in business, HR or psychology. I also know a lot of medical professionals (physicians, pharmacists, etc) who got their bachelors (pre-med, pre-pharm) in psychology.

Answer 4

You can work in entry level human service fields.
You can work as a prohbation officer or in social service office.
You can work in some crisis situations
You can work as a life coach (this makes $, it's like private practice)
You can work in many nonprofit, service, charitable organizations
You can work in academic advising
You can work in human relations or customer service

For more read these websites:
http://psychology.about.com/od/careersinpsychology/a/careersbach.htm
www.apa.org/ed/wanttobecome.html
www.psichi.org/pubs/articles/article_50.asp
www.wcupa.edu/_ACADEMICS/sch_cas.psy/Career_Paths/Forensic/Career08.htm

Answer 5

Well, this is one personal account, but my best friend just graduated with her major in Psych and she got a job working at a facility that takes care of people with physical and mental handicaps. Her job consists of cooking and cleaning for people as well as taking them out on various trips and so forth.

Answer 6

Ditch digging. Seriously, try marketing or communications. Or get a PhD and become a psychologist.

Answer 7

I got one, and went on to law school, because otherwise, you dont have much to pick from. Social worker at best.

Answer 8

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