Your Undergraduate Degree in Psychology: From College to Career

Paul I. Hettich, R. Eric Landrum

SAGE, 2014 - Education - 289 pages

In Your Undergraduate Degree in Psychology: From College to Career, authors and professors Paul I. Hettich and R. Eric Landrum provide innovative strategies and tools for succeeding after college with an undergraduate degree in psychology. Drawing on current research data, applied theory, and both academic and workplace experiences, they help stimulate self-reflection and improve decision making as students approach their careers. The text covers key topics in the college-to-career transition, including career planning and development, identifying and transferring marketable skills, building and sustaining strong networks, understanding what employers want and don't want, coping with personal life changes, becoming a valued employee, and more.

Contents

• Chapter 1 Meet the New Workplace Realities and Your Paperback Mentors: 3
• Chapter 2 Yes You Can Succeed in Life With a Bachelors Degree: 15
• Chapter 3 Make the Most of Your OpportunitiesNow: 35
• Part II Know ThyselfBetter: 57
• Chapter 4 What Is the Secret of Excellent Career Planning?: 59
• Chapter 5 Your Journey Through Psychosocial Development Continues Long After Graduation: 77
• Chapter 6 Know the Skills You Need to Succeed Course Content is No Longer the Focus: 95
• Chapter 7 JumpStart Your Job Search: 113
• Part III Onboarding to Work: 141
• Chapter 8 Why Are Attitudes Motivation and Work Centrality Important?: 143
• Chapter 9 Your First Real Job? Its Primarily About Communicating: 165
• Chapter 10 Avoid False Expectations: 185
• Whats Next?: 207
• Chapter 11 Your Personal Life Changes After College: 209
• Chapter 12 From Know Thyself to Manage Thyself: 227
• Chapter 13 Prime Yourself for More Transitions: 245
• Chapter 14 What Lies Ahead?: 261
• Author Index: 281
• Subject Index: 285

About the author

Paul Hettich is a professor of psychology at Barat College. He received his doctorate degree from Loyola University in Chicago. R. Eric Landrum is a professor of psychology at Boise State University, receiving his PhD in cognitive psychology from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. His research interests center on the educational conditions that best facilitate student success as well as the use of scholarship of teaching and learning strategies to advance the efforts of scientist-educators. He has more than 375 professional presentations at conferences, published over 45 books/book chapters, and has published more than 90 professional articles in scholarly, peer-reviewed journals. He has worked with more than 300 undergraduate research assistants and taught more than 14,000 students in 23 years at Boise State. During Summer 2008, he led an American Psychological Association working group at the National Conference for Undergraduate Education in Psychology studying the desired results of an undergraduate psychology education. During the October 2014 Educational Leadership Conference in Washington, DC, Eric was presented with a Presidential Citation from then APA President Nadine Kaslow for his outstanding contributions to the teaching of psychology. Eric is the lead author of The Psychology Major: Career Options and Strategies for Success (5th ed., 2013) and has authored Undergraduate Writing in Psychology: Learning to Tell the Scientific Story (2nd ed., 2012) and Finding a Job With a Psychology Bachelor’s Degree: Expert Advice for Launching Your Career (2009). He coauthored You’ve Received Your Doctorate in Psychology—Now What? (2012), is the lead editor for Teaching Ethically—Challenges and Opportunities (2012), and coeditor of Assessing Teaching and Learning in Psychology: Current and Future Perspectives (2013). He and Regan Gurung are the inaugural coeditors of the APA journal Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology. He served as vice president for the Rocky Mountain region of Psi Chi (2009–2011). He is a member of the American Psychological Association, a fellow in APA’s Division Two (Society for the Teaching of Psychology or STP), served as STP secretary (2009–2011), and served as the 2014 STP president. He will serve as the 2015–2016 president of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Your Undergraduate Degree in Psychology: From College to Career
• Authors: Paul I. Hettich, R. Eric Landrum
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: SAGE, 2014
• ISBN: 1412999316, 9781412999311
• Length: 289 pages
• Subjects: Education / Teaching / General; Psychology / Education & Training; Psychology / General; Psychology / Psychotherapy / General; Self-Help / General; Social Science / Human Services