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Originally Posted by MeganMariah72
I am 22 years old and just graduated college. I've been searching for a full time job in the field of psychology for the past 7 months now. I've probably applied to over 30 jobs and got called in for an interview twice. The first interview went really well (I thought), but the man actually lied to me and said he wanted me to come in the following week and he never got back to me! I sent the thank you email right away after the interview and even followed up with him a week or two later, but no response. The second interview went well for me also (it was for a teaching assistant position at a pre school), but I soon realized during the interview that I did not want to work at a place like that (one of the reasons: a woman came in screaming at the interviewer about how poorly run the institution was)..
Right now I am currently looking for any job in the field of psych, even a starting position, or internship. The hardest part is getting experience because most positions require you to have experience. But how would I get experience when I can't find a job/internship to get it? I have a BA in psychology and BA in visual art. I want to go for my masters sometime in the next two years for clinical psych.
I guess what I am trying to ask is, what would be some advice to better my search?
Thank you guys for your time!!
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let's see try:
-any hospital with a psych unit, psych hospitals
-?activities director/merging art and...
-group homes (for the mentally ill, the forensic population, kids, etc)
-non-profits that work with mentally ill population
-mental health centers (eg: case management)
-if summer, a camp for the mentally ill
-day mental health programs (usually through a hospital)
-crisis intervention centers/programs
-substance abuse programs
-corrections (might have to train as a correctional officer, may be able to work in a program as a "civilian")---jail, prison (prison psych unit even)
-outward bound with troubled kids/people if you are the adventurous sort
.....other....