Careers in Occupational Psychology
• What do occupational psychologists do?
• Where do they work?
• Overlaps with other fields
• Good and bad points• Good and bad points
• Qualifications
• Finding a job in occupational psychology
What do Occupational Psychologists do?
• Selection and
Recruitment
• Leadership Development
• Coaching
“Application of psychology to improve well-being and
effectiveness in the workplace”.
• Career Development
• Learning and Training
• Statistical analysis
• Human machine interaction• Coaching
• Performance Management
• Team Building
• Employee Engagement
• Organizational Change
• Workplace Stress
• Job Design
• Human machine interaction
• Consumer Behaviour
• Behavioural Finance
• Sensory Psychology
Where do they work?
• HR departments in large companies
• The government
• Consultancies
• The academic world• The academic world
• Psychometric test publishers
• Employee Assistance Programmes
Overlaps with other fields
Occ
HR
Management
ConsultancyTraining
Occ
PsychCounselling
Psychology
Ergonomics
Human
Computer
Interaction
Clinical
psychology
Health
psychology
Good Points Bad Points
• Scientist practitioner
• Evidence based
• Commercial
• Variety of work
• Lack of effective
regulation
• Can be repetitive
• Competitive
• Salaries can be • Variety of work
• Can be financially
rewarding
• Salaries can be
relatively poor early on
How do you become an Occupational Psychologist?
1. BPS accredited psychology degree or conversion
course (graduate basis for chartered membership
(GBC))
2. Chartered Occupational Psychologist
- Stage 1: BPS accredited Masters in Occupational - Stage 1: BPS accredited Masters in Occupational
Psychology i.e. 8 core knowledge areas,
statistical methods plus research.
- Stage 2: At least 2 years’ supervised practice
(assessment by logbook).
3. Register with the Health Professions Council.
How do you become an Occupational Psychologist?
Masters courses:
• Birkbeck
• Buckinghamshire
• Chester
• City
• Cranfield
• East London
• Liverpool John Moores
• London Metropolitan
• Manchester
• Middlesex
• Northumbria
• Nottingham• East London
• Gloucestershire
• Goldsmiths
• Hertfordshire
• Kingston
• Leeds
• Leicester
• Nottingham
• Sheffield
• South Bank
• Strathclyde
• Surrey
• University College London
• Wolverhampton
Finding a job in occupational psychology
• Internships
• Networking, Volunteering
• Entry level jobs
• The ideal: Finding an employer to sponsor • The ideal: Finding an employer to sponsor
chartership