Finding a Great Fit: Career Exploration for Psychology Majors

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Finding a Great FitCareer Exploration for
Psychology Majors

• Feb. 24th, 2006

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Finding a Great Fit Career Exploration for
Psychology Majors

• Understanding Yourself
• Researching Occupations
• Getting Experience
• Resources

AGENDA
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Finding a Great Fit Career Exploration for
Psychology Majors

• Why did you choose Psychology as a major?
• What courses did you most enjoy why?
• Thinking about careers you have heard about,
  which sound most like something youd love to do
  why?
• Based on this information these things seem to
  be important to me
• 1.
• 2.
• 3.

UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF
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Finding a Great Fit Career Exploration for
Psychology Majors

• Resources
• Career Planning Workshop
• Career Cruising - Career Matchmaker quiz
• Career Advising

UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF
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Finding a Great Fit Career Exploration for
Psychology Majors

• Priority Information
• What does the job entail?
• What are the job requirements?
• How stressful is the work?
• Who will be the clientele?
• Is my knowledge a good match with the field?
• Location?
• Salary?
• Hours? Flexibility?
• Work forecast in this are of employment?

RESEARCHING OCCUPATIONS
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Finding a Great Fit Career Exploration for
Psychology Majors

• Resources
• Career Cruising
• Career Resources Library, e.g. The Blue Book
• Career Informants
• Professional Associations

RESEARCHING OCCUPATIONS
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Finding a Great Fit Career Exploration for
Psychology Majors

• Strategies (following are places where the
  workshop participants gained experience)
• Sunnybrook Hospital Volunteer Resources (Music
  Art Therapy)
• Trillium Health Center -- volunteer office
• Baycrest Center for Geriatric Care -- volunteer
  centre
• Mount Sinai Geriatrics, speech pathology,
  translations
• Alzheimer Society of Peel, semi-therapy

GETTING EXPERIENCE
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Finding a Great Fit Career Exploration for
Psychology Majors

• Resources
• Career Informants
• Career Resources Library, e.g. The Blue Book
• Career Cruising
• Professional Associations

GETTING EXPERIENCE
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Finding a Great Fit Career Exploration for
Psychology Majors

• Next Steps for Graduating Students getting
  experience
• Charity Village or Idealist volunteer or paid
  work experience
• Summer Job Blitz site summer jobs programs and
  information about creating a summer business
  e-chat Mar. 2, 130-230
• Career Advising M-F, 12-4 p.m.

RESOURCES