<p>Is it tru what they say about a degree in Psychology? That you will never find a job?</p>
<p>Because if I ever decide to go into psychology I am going to my masters right away and eventually will earn a ph. D...however, I'd rather not go into a field if I wont find a job quite easily...</p>
<p>Yes it's true. No one with a psychology degree has ever found a job. ;)</p>
<p>I don't know. I got my first degree in nursing, then worked on Psych. units in hospitals before going on to Masters and PhD. It worked well for me.</p>
<p>If you want to have a career in Psychology, as long as you are planning to go to grad school, you'll have lots of options. It's a career that we'll always need!!!</p>
<p>Back in the dark ages, I was a Psych major at a midwestern state school (not even the flagship), and decided by the time I was a junior that I couldn't see myself going to grad school, or going into a career in psychology. I had started taking computer programming classes, and ended up with a very successful 18-yr career in IT. I never, ever, regretted getting my degree in psychology. I could WRITE, and had good interpersonal skills thanks to all those liberal arts classes, a skill that was NOT terribly evident in other IT people at that time. Got into management 4 years into it, and all those skills became even more important.</p>
<p>Even if you decide to stop after 4 years, there are lots of jobs that are only open to college graduates, and it may not matter what your major is. I had a great GPA, which was extra proof that I was a good "learner", so I would be a good employee. It worked. Good luck!</p>
<p>My brother-in-law was a psych major, now he's in specialty chemical sales. Go figure. Actually psych is a good preparation for sales, you can learn how to read and manipulate people. ;-)</p>
<p>Oops, should have said "you can learn how to read people and manipulate them." I assume you already know how to read when you go to college...</p>
<p>Maybe if u get all those degrees before working you might be at a disadvantage.
1) Students with lesser degrees are likely to have more work experience and
2) You may be near retirement age!. Ha.</p>
<p>I work at a $25K a year job in banking with several psych grads, some business majors, lots of Economic Crime Inv grads, and a couple of MBA's all at my level. For psych grad school is the key. For business, well there just aren't many opportunities in my area.</p>
<p>More years ago than I care to admit, I earned a BA in psych. I took off a year and went back to school for an MS in education. It definitely was a good background for teaching. It may or may not have helped me in my second "career" as stay at home parent; that remains to be seen ;)
I'm currently in a sales/service position. I don't necessarily recall the specifics of my courses, but at some point all the things of learned about human behavior and the skills I developed in school kick in.</p>