Why is psychology becoming more popular as a choice for undergraduate degrees and Why Psychology graduates are more employable than others
View(s):If you have an avid interest in helping others, and you want to pursue a career as a psychologist, counselor, or a therapist, getting a psychology degree may be the ideal solution for your future life path.
Psychology graduates gain an impressive range of skills that make them highly employable. Employers need people with communication skills; the ability to collect, organize, analyze and interpret data; and an understanding of human behavior. Psychology graduates acquire diverse knowledge and a remarkable range of skills that make them highly employable across an enviable range of professions that offer real prospects. Psychology programmes deliver skills that employers value, such as numerical skills, the ability to understand and work with statistics, effective communication and the ability to work productively in teams – and these give students a real edge when competing with graduates from other disciplines. Most of our undergraduate students have moved onto careers in advertising, career counselling, education, the health professions, human resources, management and social services with NGOs. Moreover,
our postgraduate students have progressed into careers in professional areas of psychology, such as forensic psychology, clinical psychology, child psychology and business psychology.
It is the combination of skills and the nature of the discipline itself that not only supports the recent growth in the number of students studying psychology at university but also assures its continuing relevance in the global marketplace. Careers for psychology graduates are going to be on the broader canvas than for other, more vocationally trained, graduates, as psychology is an education that prepares people to acquire skills that can be applied to an infinite range of activities. Apart from careers in psychology, psychology can be applied to anything that involves people.
Psychology graduates know the significance of being flexible and adaptable and therefore holds confidence to try anything. Psychology graduates can be found working in most sectors of society, including media, criminal justice, rehabilitation, advertising, teaching, business and management, public agencies and legal sectors.
It is very popular for students from different disciplines such as law, marketing, economics and business management to take up a psychology course. Dual training is proven to improve their chances of employability and competitive growth in the job market. Students who aspire to be a chartered psychologist need to obtain a Master’s degree and specific training based on their area of specialization.
Psychology students often gain extra work experience and further study, which enhance their employability. Most of the undergraduate programmes in psychology contain a compulsory placement module. This module provides students the opportunity to gain get useful work experience in a field of their choice (clinical, organizational, education, neuropsychology, forensic, health, sport and so on). Students then continue to build on this valuable exposure when they leave university. These experiences would certainly enhance their employability.
Having a degree in psychology can also help you to create a lifelong career for yourself. Whether you want to research new medications, treatments, or behaviors, or if you are interested in counseling others, a degree in psychology is necessary. Obtaining a degree in psychology gives you the advantage over other individuals who want to work in mental health but do not possess the educational qualifications.
The global demand for psychologists are reflected in the increasing number of students who enroll in psychology programmes. Most universities report that 100% of their psychology graduates are employed within the first three months after graduation. Employment of clinical, counseling, and school psychologists is projected to grow 20 percent from 2014 to 2024, much faster than the average for all other occupations. Greater demand for psychological services in schools, hospitals, mental health centers, and social services agencies is driving this employment growth both locally and internationally.
Over the years people have started to realize the value of psychologists and the possibilities and capabilities of psychology paving a path to a successful and reputable career. The importance of psychology will only become progressively vital and useful in years to come in spite of the ever changing global economy.
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