I am almost done with my Bachelor in Forensic Psychology and I am still confused as where to start. Help?
I have an Associate in Criminal Justice and my Bachelor is in Criminal Justice with a minor in Forensic Psychology, but I have not been able to find any jobs. Can you help me find a way to start. I am all over the place.
Bill said,
Wrote on March 23, 2010 @ 9:42 pm
Most good jobs and the best jobs go to the PhDs. This is probably something you don’t want to hear, but it is true and important for you to hear, for your future. Good jobs are rare for people with BAs. Their pay most often is pitiful.
My best advice: Skip a MA and go directly for a PhD as cheaply and quickly as you can. If you look around on the web on psychology careers enough, you will find that what I say is true (I have done that in order to accurately answer this type question).
I was a probation officer for 29 years (minus a month), and a fellow probation officer got a PhD online and shortly after got a very well-paying job at a prison near Sacramento. So a prestigious degree (like from Harvard, Yale, Stanford) isn’t always necessary, just a PhD, but it has to be accredited and a valid PhD.
Tracy T said,
Wrote on March 23, 2010 @ 10:00 pm
I do sympathise with you because i completed my degree recently. I have a Bachelor of Science in Social Sciences (2.1), which includes psychology and social policy and i too am finding difficulty in getting the job i wanted. It makes you feel so hopeless that you spent years studying hard for something, then it seems to come to a halt suddenly. I suggest you look in local newspapers, online and write to places you feel you might like to work in, asking if there are any vacancies at present. I’m sure something will turn up soon, good luck…