Psychology Graduate with No Clue.

Fireflyaway

A degree of any sort can help progress your career at a faster level in all kinds of fields. What area interests you? Could you explore graduate programs? Everything from retail to business to the police force, airlines etc offer them. Try to find an area that interests you. I fell into customer service after college and found it hard to move away. Good luck.

sangie595

I would have thought that psychology has allot to do with customer services! Don't assume there isn't a career path in there. But if not, are you any good with children - teaching now has many routes into it, including ones that don't require any further studying (although a one year PGCE may still be the best route) and not only does it not really matter what your first degree is ( within reason) but psychology would be a real benefit for a teacher. Helping people doesn't have to involve counseling, but what better thing to do with your future than helping young people along a positive life path? You help young people to develop resilience and confidence, and they will be able to cope with whatever life throws at them.

Pennywise

confusedgraduate wrote: »

When I began my degree I, like a lot of my friends, had no idea that further education would be required in order to actually get a job in Psychology.

That's very worrying that apparently lots of people aren't aware of the reality after leaving university.

It's the same with many professions. Such as accountancy, architecture, law, etc. Getting a degree in accountancy, doesn't make you an accountant. You then have to get a trainee job in accountancy and undertake a few more years of study and exams to actually become a qualified accountant, the criteria for which is a mix of relevant supervised work experience and passing a range of exams.

In fact, as someone who has employed graduates with accountancy degrees, I'd have to say that I havn't a clue what they were taught at Uni as they've all had to start at pretty much ground zero when they start work in an accountancy job. In fact, no better than school leavers except for a few exemptions from some of the exams they'll have to take.

You really do need to take advantage of whatever careers advisory services available to get your life back on track and find the best use of your degree.