CAREERS & PSYCHOLOGY MAJORS

Click to download Major Paths, which includes representative internships, study abroad opportunities, jobs, fellowships, and graduate programs that other Princeton students majoring in Psychology have chosen.

Employment Pursuits of Recent Psychology Majors*

• Assistant Marketing Manager - AOL Time Warner, New York, NY
• Assistant Media Planner - J. Walter Thompson, New York, NY
• Elementary School Teacher - Teach for America, Houston, TX
• Leadership Analyst - Central Intelligence Agency, Resten, VA
• Research Assistant - National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
• Legal Assistant - Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York, NY
• Trader - Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, New York, NY
• Paralegal - Manhattan District Attorney's Office, New York, NY
• Production and Analysis Associate - Pacific Consulting Group, Palo Alto, CA
• Pharmaceutical Account Manager - Adheris, Inc., Burlington, VT
• Research Assistant - Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
• Fellow - City Lights School (Project 55), Washington, DC
• Teacher - Khon Kaen University (Princeton in Asia), Khon Kaen, Thailand
• Business Analyst - ZS Associates, Boston, MA
• Analyst - Walt Disney Company, Burbank, CA

* These are actual jobs new graduates accepted.

Selected Resources in the Career Services Library

• Great Jobs for Psychology Majors
• Career Choices in the 90's for Students of Psychology
• Why Not Work for a Change: An Introduction to Careers in Social Change
• Days in the Lives of Social Workers
• Public Relations Career Directory
• Breaking into Advertising
• Insider's Guide for Management Consulting
• The Environmental Career Guide
• 150 Careers in the Health Field
• Book Publishing Career Directory

Resources and Information Online

• Encyclopedia of Psychology: Careers
  http://www.psychology.org/links/Career
  
  
• Careers in Psychology - American Psychological Association
  http://www.apa.org/topics/psychologycareer.html
  
  
• Occupational Outlook Handbook - Psychologist
  http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos056.htm
  
  
• Career Overview
  http://www.careeroverview.com/
  
  
• Princeton Psychology Department
  http://www.princeton.edu/~psych/
  

Professional Associations

Professional associations are a good resource for career information and networking opportunities. Associations often provide online job listings or links to job search resources, such as upcoming conferences and other publications. To find more associations in a variety of fields, use the National Trade and Professional Associations Directory in Career Services.

• American Psychological Association
  http://www.apa.org
  
  
• American Psychological Society
  http://www.psychologicalscience.org
  
  
• Association for Women in Psychology
  http://www.awpsych.org
  
  
• Association of Black Psychologists
  http://www.abpsi.org
  

Psychology Alumni from Princeton

Alumni have VOLUNTEERED to have students contact them for advice and information about majors and careers. The Alumni Careers Network (ACN), with 4,500 volunteers worldwide, is a searchable on-line database of Princeton alumni who are willing and eager for you to contact them so they can provide you with advice and assistance about: exploring majors, finding internships and summer jobs, graduate school (including law, business, and medicine), and future possible career options. Search the database for Psychology alumni, to learn more about the careers that people from this major sometimes pursue.

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