Hi,
I have a student who is interested in organizational psychology
graduate programs. She has several questions that she hasn't been able to
answer in her research about schools (and none of our faculty are I/O so
our advice tends to be speculative!). Any specific advice you have or
resources (other than www.siop.org) you can point us to would be
fantastic. Some information about the student and her specific questions
are below. You can respond privately and I'll post a summary message to
the list. Thanks in advance!! - Connie Wolfe
My student is currently interested in consulting sorts of work. She
doesn't want to close the door completely on someday doing research, but at
the moment she is pretty sure she'd like to work in the field. She knows a
woman who works at Andersen Consulting in Chicago and can see herself in
that sort of environment. Her particular interests at the moment in org
psych have to do with the role a job plays in the rest of a person's life
(and vice versa). Her senior project is looking at the fit between
personality and job characteristics (what is a good fit, does fit matter).
She has several questions and is trying to zero in on answers:
1. What sort of degree should she get? Is a PhD. actually a disadvantage
for the sorts of jobs she is interested in? She has heard that a Master's
and work experience may be a better route.
2. For particular schools offering I/O degrees, do you know of any
resources other than www.siop.org that would have information about the
quality of the school and the sorts of work the faculty are doing. My
student wants to go to a good school to learn of course, but also wonders
about 'name value' or prestige. I wasn't able to guide her on how much
employers care about that sort of thing.
3. Do any schools or professors leap to your mind as being particularly
well suited to her interests.
Again, thank you so much for your input!
Connie Wolfe
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Connie Wolfe, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Hanover College
P.O. Box 890
Hanover, IN 47243
812-866-7318
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