What are the employment directions of psychological counselors?

Employment direction of psychological counselors:

First, ordinary colleges and universities, which is the main destination of psychological counselors in the future.

In recent years, colleges and universities have paid more and more attention to students' mental health, and have set up public courses in psychology, with master of psychology as the teacher of public courses in psychology. This undoubtedly expanded the employment of psychology graduate students. One of the best employment directions for Master of Psychology is to enter the Department of Psychology and the Department of Education and become a psychology teacher. However, with the increase of doctoral graduates and the continuous expansion of graduate students, it will become more and more difficult to engage in this profession. Psychological counseling centers in colleges and universities also provide employment opportunities for masters of psychology. However, this generally requires the practice of psychological counseling during school, and girls are generally preferred. Postgraduates in psychology compete more fiercely for the position of counselor than students in other majors, but generally speaking, joining the party is a prerequisite. The salary of university work varies according to the specific position and region.

Second, civil servants.

It is generally the public security system that recruits psychological counselors as civil servants: public security bureaus, reeducation-through-labor centers, prisons, border checkpoints, etc. Are all possible places. Some units have strict physical requirements for employees, while others need physical fitness tests.

Third, enterprises.

Psychological counselors go to enterprises that focus on headhunting (talent agency), enterprise consulting and human resource management. Postgraduates in psychology are different from students majoring in human resource management. Psychological counselors advocate humanized management, which is complementary to students majoring in human resource management. But because people don't know much about psychology, the competitiveness of psychological counselors is not as good as that of students majoring in human resource management. Psychological counselors can also engage in market research, but the number is relatively small, generally more than undergraduates.

Fourth, primary and secondary schools.

Generally, undergraduate students are recruited, and their psychological counseling department mainly acts as? Vase? To cope with the inspection of the education department, the future is not optimistic, and the income is low. Generally, psychological counselors are disdainful unless you can't find a job.

Five, psychological counseling workers.

Judging from the current situation in China, the domestic industry simply engaged in psychological counseling may not be able to maintain a certain standard of living, and it needs to develop if it wants to have the wages of foreign counterparts.

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