First, colleges and universities, which is the main destination of psychology graduate students after graduation. 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 psychology graduate students as civil servants: public security bureau, reeducation-through-labor center, prison, border checkpoint, etc. Are all possible places. Some units have strict physical requirements for employees, while others need physical fitness tests.
Third, enterprises. Psychology graduate students 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. Students majoring in psychology advocate humanized management, which is complementary to students majoring in human resource management. But because people don't know much about psychology, students in psychology department are not as competitive as those in human resource management. Graduate students of psychology department can also engage in market research, but the number is relatively small, generally more than undergraduate students.
Fourth, primary and secondary schools. Undergraduate students are generally recruited, and the psychological counseling department is mainly used as a "vase" to cope with the inspection of the education department, so the future is not optimistic and the income is low, so graduate students are generally disdainful, unless they can't find a job, they are generally not considered.
Fifth, 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 the salary of foreign counterparts needs to be explored.
Sixth, hospitals and clinics. Students who study clinical psychology and medical psychology can go to hospitals or psychological clinics to engage in psychological counseling and treatment. However, in view of the current demand for psychologists in China and the need for a medical license to go to a hospital, it is more difficult. [5]
Seventh, social workers. Social work is a new profession, and the major of applied psychology is the closest to social work. Of course, if you want to engage in social work, you must also have corresponding qualification certificates and skills training.
Career prospects
In this fast-developing society, all kinds of competition are intensifying, and the pressure from all sides is increasing. People also pay more attention to their mental health problems. With the development of society and the improvement of people's living standards, people's social pressure and life pressure are getting bigger and bigger, which leads to various psychological diseases and psychological obstacles that need to be solved by applied psychology professionals.
Psychology is a science that studies psychological phenomena. At present, many schools in China have set up psychology majors, such as Beijing Normal University, East China Normal University, Southwest Normal University and Hunan Normal University. The enrollment situation is also heating up day by day. At present, most units need psychological professionals, such as schools, troops, public security departments, hospitals and so on. It shows that the development prospect of psychology is relatively broad and clear.
Especially on August 3rd, 20001year, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security officially confirmed that psychological counseling is a professional profession, and issued the National Professional Standard for Psychological Counselors. Employees must go through special training or training and obtain qualification certificates before taking up their posts.
In developed countries and many developing countries, mental health care and psychological counselors are very popular. Relevant data show that there is one counselor for every 1000 people in the United States and one counselor for every 2,000 people in Germany. Their income is rich, decent and enviable. In China, there is only one counselor for every 250,000 people. In the 10 well-off standard formulated by the relevant state departments, the number of counselors per 1000 people has been taken as an important indicator. On March 20th, 2005, only 277 licensed psychological counselors obtained the first batch of national psychological counselor certificates in Beijing.
Experts predict that psychological counseling will be divided into different groups. In the future, various enterprises and institutions, communities, judicial organs, grass-roots police stations, 1 10 command centers, prisons, reeducation-through-labor centers, compulsory drug rehabilitation centers, etc. All of them need senior professionals in applied psychology to participate in management and engage in psychological intervention, consultation, adjustment and correction.
Graduate students majoring in psychology in China mainly look for jobs in universities, public security and judicial organs, primary and secondary schools, hospitals and clinics, psychological counseling institutions and other units after graduation. , engaged in consulting, research, teaching, psychological counseling and other work. But the actual employment situation, salary level, career development, etc. Not ideal. Especially for some jobs, there are not many employment opportunities that society can provide.
Counseling also involves many majors, including school counseling, gerontology, marriage and family counseling, property abuse counseling, rehabilitation counseling and so on. Specifically, the school's psychological counselors mainly help primary and secondary school students to deal with academic and personal problems. Rehabilitation consultants mainly help clients with physical problems to be self-reliant. Career counselors help people find suitable jobs. They also help people to improve their job-hunting skills and the pressure they face when looking for a job. The job market for psychological research is very narrow, and people with doctorates find that they are fiercely competing for limited employment opportunities.
It can be predicted that the employment prospects of psychology graduate students are better. On the one hand, social pressure is increasing, and people need psychological counseling and help. On the other hand, psychological counseling is gradually recognized by various industries and enterprises and is being introduced. It is expected that in the next few years, psychological counseling will become a unique landscape for psychology graduate students, and teaching and research in colleges and universities will still be an important employment path.
Generally speaking, the employment of psychology graduate students is still relatively wide. In addition, this is a sunrise discipline. With the deepening of people's understanding of it and the development of social economy, the demand will expand day by day and the employment prospects will be optimistic. Of course, the present prospect is not equal to the future reality, and it will take time to prove it.