2020
DOI: 10.1177/0098628320977770
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Entering the Workforce or Going to Graduate School: Themes in Psychology Alumni Decision Making

Abstract: The goal of the current study was to explore how psychology majors decide whether to enter the workforce or attend graduate school. Thirty-two psychology alumni, including 22 women and 10 men ( Mage = 28.88 years, SD = 5.25) participated in semi-structured interviews about their ending time as an undergraduate and figuring out next steps. Using consensual qualitative research (CQR) themes emerged related to gaining experience, relationships, uncertainty, and self-knowledge. Alumni entering the workforce reflec… Show more

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“…We encourage psychology faculty to be sensitive to the lived experiences of their students (Strapp et al, 2021; Williams, 2015). Educational costs, debt, and low starting salaries make graduate school out of reach for many students (Doran, Reid Marks, et al, 2016).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…We encourage psychology faculty to be sensitive to the lived experiences of their students (Strapp et al, 2021; Williams, 2015). Educational costs, debt, and low starting salaries make graduate school out of reach for many students (Doran, Reid Marks, et al, 2016).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…From designing complex counterbalancing, to collecting computer-based data in rural Africa, OSS was essential to accomplishing research goals and instructing users. With the breadth of options available to students possessing the skill set a psychology degree confers, the addition of these skills may launch them toward Silicon Valley (Strapp et al, 2021) or into industry.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…This transition is often supported and promoted in communities by high school guidance counselors, family discussions, and so on. However, some younger students often know less about the process in transitioning from an undergraduate institution to graduate-level work; this can be especially true for first-generation students (Strapp et al, 2020). Understanding how undergraduate psychology majors think about the graduate admissions process is valuable (Sanders & Landrum, 2012), and understanding how graduate admissions committees operate so that students applying for admission can optimize their chances for successful entrance are important goals.…”
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