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Articles by Elizabeth M. Morgan, PhD

Elizabeth M. Morgan earned her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2008. She was an Assistant Professor in the psychology department at Boise State University in Idaho for four years and is now currently an Assistant Professor in the psychology department at Springfield College in Massachusetts. She is interested in providing graduate students and early professionals with the information they need to be successful job seekers and recently co-authored a book with Dr. R. Eric Landrum titled "You've Earned Your Doctorate in Psychology, Now What?: Securing a Job As an Academic or Professional Psychologist."

Preparing to be a Great Job Candidate in the World of Psychology

Preparing to be a Great Job Candidate in the World of Psychology

by | Oct 22, 2012 | Professional Resources

Constructing your curriculum vita (CV), asking for letters of recommendation and writing a cover letter may seem like the first steps involved in obtaining an internship or professional position after graduate school, but in reality, your preparation for going on the job market begins much earlier.

The relationships you have built and experiences you have had during your graduate training are the actual preparation.

The CV, cover letter, and recommendation letters are simply the mechanisms through which you inform your potential future employer about these relationships and experiences.

The purpose of this blog post is to offer some tips for those of you who are in the early or middle parts of your graduate career to help you seek out the relationships and experiences that will make you a better candidate once you seek professional employment as well as to help those of you who are nearing the end of your graduate career identify what you have already done right and where you could focus your attention in the last year or two you have left.