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Is there a good employment prospect for Master of Applied Psychology?
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First, colleges and universities, which is the main destination of psychology graduate students after graduation. In recent years, colleges and universities have paid more and more attention to students' mental health, and have set up public courses in psychology. Master of psychology, served as a public course teacher of psychology in colleges and universities. This undoubtedly expanded the employment of psychology graduate students. One of the best employment directions for Master of Psychology is to enter the Department of Psychology and the Department of Education and become a psychology teacher. However, with the increase of doctoral graduates and the continuous expansion of graduate students, it will become more and more difficult to engage in this profession. Psychological counseling centers in colleges and universities also provide employment opportunities for masters of psychology. However, this generally requires the practice of psychological counseling during school, and girls are generally preferred. Postgraduates in psychology compete more fiercely for the position of counselor than students in other majors, but generally speaking, joining the party is a prerequisite. The salary of university work varies according to the specific position and region.

Second, civil servants. It is generally the public security system that recruits psychology graduate students as civil servants: public security bureau, reeducation-through-labor center, prison, border checkpoint, etc. Are all possible places. Some units have strict physical requirements for employees, while others need physical fitness tests.

Third, enterprises. Psychology graduate students go to enterprises that focus on headhunting (talent agency), enterprise consulting and human resource management. Postgraduates in psychology are different from students majoring in human resource management. Students majoring in psychology advocate humanized management, which is complementary to students majoring in human resource management. But because people don't know much about psychology, students in psychology department are not as competitive as those in human resource management. Graduate students of psychology department can also engage in market research, but the number is relatively small, generally more than undergraduate students.

Fourth, primary and secondary schools. Undergraduate students are generally recruited, and the psychological counseling department is mainly used as a "vase" to cope with the inspection of the education department, so the future is not optimistic and the income is low, so graduate students are generally disdainful, unless they can't find a job, they are generally not considered.

Fifth, psychological counseling workers. Judging from the current situation in China, the domestic industry simply engaged in psychological counseling may not be able to maintain a certain standard of living, and it needs to develop if it wants to have the wages of foreign counterparts.

Sixth, hospitals and clinics. Students who study clinical psychology and medical psychology can go to hospitals or psychological clinics to engage in psychological counseling and treatment. However, in view of the current demand for psychologists in China and the need for a medical license to go to a hospital, it is more difficult.