People With a Bachelor’s in Psychology?
This is really starting to bother me immensely and is playing with my sense of self, reality, and hopes for the future. Since senior year in high school I started thinking about what to major in college. The only classes that was interesting to me and I really enjoyed were art and psychology. After hearing so much about how majoring in art is a bad idea and finding jobs would be extremely difficult I decided to major in psychology… just went for it blindly. After completing two years at a community college I transferred to a four year university (saved a bunch of money that way since my credits transferred). It wasn’t till I finished two semesters at the four year university that I realized what psychology was really about… science, statistics, research, data collecting, and higher degrees. My parents paid for my schooling thankfully.
Well, I just received my Bachelor’s Degree and feel completely, 100% lost in the world. I realize now that even though I love psychology and I learned so much I don’t have a job and don’t feel that I will be able to get one that has anything to do with psychology. Without a PhD you’re pretty much nothing, at least that’s the way I see it. I don’t have money and my parents aren’t willing to dish out more for me to continue going to school (not that I would ever ask for something like that from them, it would be way too much).
So I’m wondering what others with B.S. or B.A. degrees in psychology have to say about such situations? If you have a degree, what is your current occupation? If it is in psychology, what do you do and how did you go about getting the job?
I honestly don’t know where to look or what to look for other than try to apply for a job at a local rehab facility (the only one to my knowledge); it’s mostly oriented toward adolescent and adult drug and suicide rehabilitation. But I get the feeling that everyone with a degree like mine has applied there and the chances of getting a job are probably slim.
What can I do and what are some places that I can apply for a job without looking completely stupid? Last time I applied for something was an internship at a district court (managing criminal cases) and of course I didn’t get it because they didn’t want someone with a degree in psychology. I was referred there by one of the people at the university career counseling department who guaranteed that a degree in psychology would be very valuable for the postion. Well, it wasn’t and now I’m getting really discouraged.
Any suggestions? I feel like a completely hopeless loser right now, ugh.
I do want to further my education… I believe in life long learning and I can’t imagine myself being completely done with school forever. I would feel like I’m wasting my life and potential. It’s just that I can’t afford it at this point so I need to get a job, save up some money, and than go back to school.
I agree. I learned so much valuable information from acquiring this B.S. but of course it’s not enough. I think I’ll just apply for jobs at a local rehab facility and hopefully that will lead me somewhere better in the future.