An Online Career-Exploration Resource for Psychology Majors

Created by Dr. Drew Appleby, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis 

Take advantage of Dr. Appleby's Online Career-Exploration Resource for Psychology Majors! This resource is a work of love, more than 30 years in the making, and provides undergraduate students in psychology with a guide to exploring careers in psychology. Below is also a link to his, "What Can I do with a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology?" Poster!

Your Skillabus

Check out another of Dr. Appleby's resources - Your Skillabus. A skillabus is a combination of the words skill and syllabus. This resource will acquaint you with this new type of career-planning strategy and explain how it can help you utilize both the curricular and extracurricular components of your undergraduate education to develop and market the skills you will need to prepare for and successfully begin your career.

1. Understanding the Transferable Career Skills from Your Psychology Curriculum

2. Identifying and Utilizing Campus Career Resources

3. Using Your Undergraduate Education to Develop Your Career Skills

4. Searching for Jobs and Marketing Your Skills 

5. Transitioning Successfully from College to the Workplace 

Psychology Student Employability Guide

This guide provides a psychology specific overview covering such topics as where psychology graduates work within and outside psychology emerging areas of work the job market and includes activities to help you explore interests skills preferences and values.

APA Careers in Psychology

This guide developed by the American Psychological Association (2011) introduces students to psychology, the subfields of psychology, job outlook by level of education, discusses where people are working within the field of psychology, and gives an overview of how to prepare for working in the field of psychology. 

The Canadian Handbook for Careers in Psychological Science

Despite psychology being one of the most popular undergraduate programs, students often report not knowing how training in psychology relates to careers. With chapters written by experts across Canada, this book explores just some of the many ways that students can apply their training in psychological science across a variety of careers and sectors.

The Australian Handbook for Careers in Psychological Science

Despite psychology being one of the most popular undergraduate programs, students often report not knowing how training in psychology relates to careers. With chapters written by experts across Australia, this book explores just some of the many ways that students can apply their training in psychological science across a variety of careers and sectors.

What can I do with this major?

What Can I Do With This Major? features 100 major profiles with information on common career paths, types of employers that hire in the field, and strategies to maximize opportunities. 

My Next Move

My Next Move is an interactive tool for job seekers and students to learn more about their career options. The site has tasks, skills, salary information, and more for over 900 different careers.