Where to Find Psychology Jobs

One of the best ways to look for psychology jobs is to explore your existing network of professional contacts. If you have just graduated from college and have never worked in the field of psychology, your best bet is to maintain solid contacts with your professors and advisors. They can often connect you with potential employers, alert you to job opportunities and offer recommendations for employment. According to Alison Doyle, black-rose-bielefeld.de's Guide to Job Searching, at least 60% off all jobs are found through networking.

• Successful Job Search Networking
• Network Your Way to a New Job

Check the local yellow pages and online listings for companies in your area, and then compile a list of potential employers that offer psychology-related jobs. Depending upon your specialty area, this list might include K-12 schools, colleges, universities, hospitals, government offices, mental health clinics or psychotherapy practices. Analyze each company carefully. Do they offer jobs in your specialty area? Is your educational background and job experience a good match? After you have narrowed down the list, research each company to see if they are currently hiring.

• How to Create a Target List of Companies

Scoping out the local classifieds is a great way to find psychology jobs. In many cases, these psychology jobs are listed under the health care, human services, professional and educational categories. Newspaper classifieds, Craig's List, online job search engines and your local Chamber of Commerce are all great places to find out about psychology jobs in your geographic area.

• How to Find Local Job Listings

Alison Doyle suggests that job fairs are an excellent way to meet potential employers that you might not have access to otherwise. Job fairs on often advertised locally, or you can contact local colleges and universities that may be sponsoring or hosting these events.

• Tips for Attending a Job Fair

Whether you are looking locally or are willing to relocate, online job boards and search tools are a great resource for finding psychology jobs. These tools often allow you to search by company name, geographic location, keyword and job title, making it easy to focus your search on jobs that are well-suited to your educational background and job experience.

• Job Listing Directory
• Job Search Engine Sites

There are a few websites that feature listings of psychology jobs. Many of these sites focus specifically on careers in psychology, while others include searchable listings that may include a variety of different psychology-related jobs. The following are a few of the resources you might want to explore in your job search:

• The APA's Online Career Center
• The APS Employment Network
• Chronicle of Higher Education
• USA Jobs: Official Job Site the U.S. Federal Government
• HigherEdJobs.com
• Psychwatch Job Listings
• Academic Careers Online
• Social Psychology Network Job Posting Forum
• JobsInPsychology.com
• Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Job Search