What are the employment prospects for psychology majors in the coming years?

Psychology is an emerging discipline in China, and people don't know much about this specialty, which limits its employment scope to some extent. However, at present, due to the relatively small number of students enrolled, its employment prospects are still relatively optimistic. In recent years, colleges and universities have been paying more and more attention to students' mental health, and have opened public **** classes in psychology, and masters in psychology have served as teachers of psychological public **** classes in colleges and universities. This undoubtedly expanded the employment of psychology graduate students. One of the best career paths for a master's degree in psychology is to enter a psychology department or education department and become a psychology teacher. However, with the increase in the number of doctoral graduates and the continuous expansion of master's degree programs, it will become increasingly difficult to pursue this career. Counseling centers in colleges and universities also offer employment opportunities for master's degree holders in psychology. However, this generally requires a practice in counseling while in school and is generally preferred for female students. Psychology graduate students are competitive with other majors for counseling positions, but party membership is generally a prerequisite. Salaries for higher education jobs vary with the specific position and region.

Second, civil service. Recruitment of psychology graduate students as civil servants is generally the public security system: the Public Security Bureau, reeducation-through-labor camps, prisons, border checkpoints and so on are all possible places to go. Some units have more stringent physical requirements for recruits, and some also require a physical fitness test.

Third, enterprises. Psychology graduate students go to enterprises mainly engaged in headhunting (talent agency), corporate consulting and human resource management. Psychology graduate students and human resource management students are different, psychology students advocate humanized management, and human resource management students complement each other. However, since people are not well aware of psychology as a specialty, psychology students are not as competitive as human resource management students. Graduate students in the psychology department can also work in market research, but the number is relatively small, usually slightly more undergraduates.

Fourth, primary and secondary schools. Generally recruited undergraduates, the counseling department is mainly as a "vase" to cope with the inspection of the education department, so the future is not optimistic, coupled with the lower income, the general graduate students are not to look at, unless you can not find a job, is generally not considered.

Fifth, psychological counseling workers. Domestic this industry from the current status of our country, simply engaged in psychological counseling work may not be able to maintain a certain standard of living, to have foreign counterparts of the salary to be opened up.

Sixth, hospitals and clinics. Clinical psychology and medical psychology students can go to hospitals or psychological clinics to engage in psychological counseling and treatment work, but with China's current demand for psychologists, coupled with the need to go to hospitals to have a medical license, it is more difficult.

Overall, the employment of psychology graduate students is still relatively wide. Moreover, this is a sunrise discipline, with the deepening of people's understanding of it and socio-economic development, the demand will be increasingly expanding, employment prospects are optimistic. Of course, the current outlook is not equal to the future reality, or need time to confirm.