Assignment
For our Assignment/Capstone project, from our discussions these past weeks describe your psychology career choice, e.g. clinical psychologist, school psychologist, psychology professor, research psychologist in a university hospital, etc. and respond to the questions below based on what you have learned about that job from your research in class. Imagine you have just completed your first year in your first job with any one of the career fields we have covered.
In a twenty slide PowerPoint presentation (not including title or Reference slide), please address the following:
1. Discuss your goals and expectations for your first year in this career field.
2. What is the focus of your interaction with your clients?
3. Explain a typical day in this future career.
4. What is most rewarding about this first year? Why?
5. What conflicts in your career do you believe you will encounter in this first year? How will these conflicts be resolved? (Be elaborative. A great rule to remember is "who, what, where, when, how").
6. What is your annual salary and has it met your expectations? Why or why not?
7. What part of your education has benefitted you the most in achieving this career?
8. What type of continuing education are you required to complete to maintain credentials/expertise and grow in this career choice?
The response should include a reference list. Double-space, using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.