Research Guides: What Can I do With This Major?: Specialist in School Psychology

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School Psychologsit:
Investigate processes of learning and teaching and develop psychological principles and techniques applicable to educational problems.

Postsecondary Education Teacher:
Teach courses pertaining to education, such as counseling, curriculum, guidance, instruction, teacher education, and teaching English as a second language. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Educational Counselor:
Counsel individuals and provide group educational and vocational guidance services.

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Career Services Reading List

You Majored in What? by Katharine Brooks
ISBN: 0670020826
Publication Date: 2009-04-30
In You Majored In What?, nationally known career counselor Dr. Katharine Brooks dispels the myths and the old-fashioned thinking that can make your transition to the "real world" so daunting and chaotic. Developed from more than twenty years of teaching and guiding students to successful careers, her Wise Wanderings career coaching system helps you mine your academic and life experiences for career gold through creative yet practical techniques including visual mapping, storytelling, and experimenting.

The Office of Career Services recommends the following texts to help you reflect on your personal interests and explore potential careers. Get creative in your career search and try out a new read!

The Successful Internship by H. Frederick Sweitzer; Mary A. King
ISBN: 049538500X
Publication Date: 2008-02-20
The Successful Internship: Personal, Professional, and Civic Development, offers you more than just a resource for how to find a position or how to interview; it addresses the concerns, emotions, needs, and unique personal challenges that are the essence of an internship or field experience. The authors describe in detail the path of change you'll find yourself embarking on and the challenges you'll face along the way. The book's five-stage model of the internship process--anticipation, disillusionment, confrontation, competence, and culmination--places the material in a meaningful framework that lends structure to your understanding of the work you'll be doing.
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2014 by Richard N. Bolles
ISBN: 1607743620
Publication Date: 2013-08-13
In today's challenging job-market, the time-tested advice of What Color Is Your Parachute is needed more than ever. Recent grads facing a tough economic landscape, workers laid off mid-career, and people searching for an inspiring work-life change all look to career guru Richard N. Bolles for support, encouragement, and nuts-and-bolts guidance on landing a job. Combining classic elements like the famed Flower Exercise with updated advice on social media and search tactics, this revised edition outlines what works--and what doesn't. Bolles demystifies the entire job-search process, from resumes to interviewing to networking, expertly guiding job-hunters towards their dream job.