Psychology
Achieving your career goals
- Psychology - your course of study and your future career options
- Alternative career options - APS
- Becoming a Sports Psychologist
- Health Psychologists - specialists in health behaviour change
- Pathways to becoming a Psychologist (115 KB)
- Postgraduate study isn't your only option
- Psychologist career profile - Careernav
- Specialties in Psychology - APS
- Start on the right path from first year
- Student associations - more than just a way to meet people
- Study abroad - experience your course overseas!
- Volunteering while studying
- Working as an Organisational Psychologist
Getting your foot in the door
- An alternate pathway - working in Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation
- Career Opportunities - Department of Human Services
- Career opportunities in the Government
- Choosing the right postgraduate degree (917 KB)
- Developing a research career in psychology
- Employability skills - what employers are seeking
- Joining a professional association - why and which one?
Profiles
Last minute tips and support
Links, blogs and fun stuff
- All In The Mind - blog
- APS Research Projects
- Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
- Child Psychology Research - blog
- Going Global - international career guides
- Grad Jobs and Dollars - Graduate Careers Australia
- GradPsych magazine
- Graduate Opportunities
- Health and Community Jobs - job listings
- InPsych magazine
- MyFuture - career information and exploration service
- PsyBlog
- Psych Central news site
- Psychology Cartoons
- PsychXchange - job listings
- Victorian Government health jobs - job listings
5. Allocate time for reading in periods where you would normally waste time (like on the train (if you can get a seat)) - Shannon McGuire, Ayres Management Services.
4. Explore the various employment opportunities available to psychologist through volunteer programs - Daniel Botrs, RAAF.
3. Don’t give up. If you’re willing to work hard you will achieve success - Filomena Micozzi, OnPsych.
2. Personal success cannot be measured by comparison - if your friend gets a better mark than you, you can resent them or find out what they did better & learn it. It's your degree - James Kean, Mictham Private Hospital.
1. Theory and statistics can seem redundant and boring, but they are important for giving you a solid grounding in psychology - Kelly Allott, Orygen Youth Health Research Centre.
