This page is designed to inform Psychological Sciences graduate students how to search for both academic and non-academic positions after they receive their doctoral degrees. Below are links to useful sites and organizations that may help students find these positions.
Post-doctoral Positions
The best way to find out about post-doctoral positions is to sign up for a post-doc listserv (or e-mail list). If you are an APA member, you can sign up for APAGS's listserve online.
However, it is recommended that you sign up for a listserv that is generated from a society or organization in your area of interest. In addition, available below are links to three post-doc search sites:
This presentation discusses steps for applying to a post-doctoral program. This was presented in the context of health psychology, but the information can be generalized to other fields. The slides were part of a presentation by a Psychological Sciences doctoral candidate who was offered post-doctoral positions at several prestigious universities.
Reseach Institutes and Companies
- Association of Test Publishers: Search site for commercial test publishers
- Abt Associates Inc.
- American Institutes for Research (AIR)
- Educational Testing Services (ETS)
- Gallup
- ICF Macro International
- Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research
- Pacific Metrics Corporation
- Pew Research Center
- RAND Corporation
- RTI International
- SRI International
- Westat
- Wolfram Mathematica
Information on the Non-academic Path
Valuable APA sites
- American Psychological Association of Graduate Students
- Non-Academic Careers
- Article: The career Path Less Traveled
- Report of the 2009 APA Salary Survey
Discussions About the Non-academic Career Path:
Career Resources Links
- Vault
- The Federal Government's Official Jobs Site
- UC Merced's Career Services Center
- CUA's Office of Career Services
- The Chronicle on Higher Education
- The Chronicle's Advice Columns
Resumes and Cover Letters (not CVs)
- Wesleyan University Career Resource Center: Resumes
- Converting a Faculty CV to an Administrative Resume
Updated 2021
