Mapping your Psychology Major

Explore careers in psychology through the Hood College website. Explore the backgrounds of faculty and learn about course offerings.

Visit with a counselor in the Career Center to update your resume and CV.

Update your resume and CV to include classes from the previous year and any experiences that are relevant, including employment or those related to psychology.

Update your resume and CV to include classes from the previous year and any experiences that are relevant, including employment or those related to psychology. Be sure to include your research skills.

Visit the What Can I Do With the Major? and the CareerOneStop websites.

Engage in your internship; enroll in PSY 399 to gain work experience and college credit after gaining approval from a faculty member in the Psychology & Counseling Department.

If you’re planning to apply to graduate school, meet with the Career Center and your faculty advisor to review your CV early in the fall semester.

Take the Focus 2 Career Assessment to learn more about additional areas of career interest.

If you haven't already, engage in your internship; enroll in PSY 399 to gain work experience and college credit after gaining approval from a faculty member in the Psychology & Counseling Department.

Meet with Career Center staff to begin developing a resume and CV.

Explore club and engagement opportunities such as Psychology Club.

Work with a Career Center counselor to identify alumni working in mental health. Conduct informational interviews with Hood College alumni pursuing mental health careers.

If you’re planning to apply to graduate school in your senior year, meet with the Career Center and your faculty advisor to review your CV in the spring semester and to learn about exams you may need to take to apply.

Consider who will be able to write you great letters of recommendation for graduate school or recommend you to a future employer. Talk to those individuals to verify that they’re willing to offer their recommendation.

Shadow professionals or alumni who work in the field.

Attend Career Center workshops on interviewing for success and how to conduct a job search.

Work with a Career Center counselor to identify alumni working in mental health. Conduct informational interviews with Hood College alumni pursuing mental health careers.

Participate in Career Center workshops on interviewing for success.

Work with a Career Center counselor to identify alumni working in mental health. Conduct informational interviews with Hood College alumni pursuing mental health careers.

If you’re interested in going to graduate school, volunteer in a faculty member’s lab to gain research experience.

Attend the Fall and Spring Community Engagement Fairs to learn about not-for-profit agencies that you could volunteer with to gain experience in the field and explore your interests.

With a Career Center counselor in the spring, explore and consider locations for a psychology internship for your third year.

Attend the Spring Internship & Career Fair and/or STEM Career Expo to meet directly with employers in the mental health field who may need psychology interns or who might make good future employers.

Attend the Spring Internship & Career Fair and/or STEM Career Expo to meet directly with employers in the mental health field who may be recruiting psychology new hires.

If you’re interested in going to graduate school, volunteer in a faculty member’s lab to gain research experience.

Attend the Spring Internship & Career Fair to meet directly with employers in the mental health field who may need interns.

Select part-time jobs and internships in your field of interest.

If you’re interested in going to graduate school, volunteer in a faculty member’s lab to gain research experience.

Consider what you’ll do in the summer. Could you engage in an opportunity to move your future career forward?

Regularly check the Handshake events page to see employers providing information sessions on campus.

If you’re interested in going to graduate school, volunteer in a faculty member’s lab to gain research experience.

If considering part-time employment, work with the Career Center and consult faculty to learn about opportunities within the field.

Attend conferences of professional associations. Consider presenting your research at a conference with the help of a faculty member.