Your undergraduate degree in psychology : from college to career

There are roughly 500,000 psychology majors in the United States and about 75% of them go straight into the business world with only a bachelor's degree. Given the tentative nature of career decision making in a complex and changing economic and job environment, Eric Landrum and Paul Hettich provide students with innovative strategies for succeeding after college with an undergraduate degree in psychology. Considering the undergraduates' transition from college to career in a practical manner, the authors introduce major career preparedness topics that summarize research and data, provide strategies, include self-report exercises and offer further recommendations. Combining the empirical data with their practical experience with thousands of students, Landrum and Hettich provide key advice and tools to help psychology majors survive and thrive in the workplace. Features: -Provides overview of multiple career options available to psychology baccalaureate graduates. -Extensive coverage of networking shows students how to build a strong network and develop sustaining relationships in their areas of interest. -Exercises in each chapter help students chart their course to their career. -Describes a career-oriented action plan for students to implement during their time in college.