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School of Psychology
Applying Psychology“Walking the talk”
Dr Rachel Bromnick, Senior Lecturer Paul Charman, Careers AdviserLeanne Moreland, Final Year Student
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School of Psychology
Our starting place
• “We do a really good job at developing skills in our students but they can’t always identify, articulate and apply these skills”
• Feedback received from employers suggests that even very keen and able Psychology graduates can present themselves poorly at interview
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School of Psychology
Previous Research• After interviews with 60 Psychology graduates, Dr
G told us the following…"At least 15/60 were unemployable. Most of the rest found it very hard to show that they knew something about academic psychology. By and large, candidates were unable to demonstrate a disciplined, scientific or even systematic way of thinking through a problem. There was a significant proportion who didn't listen to the question or who were determined to answer a different question. It made for a very frustrating week of interviews, especially knowing how keen, enthusiastic and well qualified the candidates were".
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School of Psychology
Background at Lincoln“The LearnHigher Award: Psychology”• 15 credit point additional, optional, short course offered to all level
2 Psychology students.• Series of core and optional workshops run over the calendar year• Students work on independent & group tasks within Learning
Circles• A requirement of 40 hours volunteering embedded within the
programme• Assessed by portfolio and simulated job interview• 61 students enrolled (about 1/3 of cohort, £80)
Careers Seminar Series for Yr3 Students• Delivered through Semester A of final year• Features range of psychology/non psychology speakers including
alumni
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School of Psychology
Our Aim
• To provide a resource to be used by staff, students and graduates in prep as well as in workshop activities
• To focus in on how to make the most of your psychology degree at interview
• To highlight how to do this in directly related and related job interviews
• To help avoid the problems highlighted by the feedback
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School of Psychology
The process• 4 students + 1 new graduate were interviewed for
either– Clinical psychology assistant post– Research assistant (any discipline: needing
skills gained from psychology degree)• They were given the job spec and asked to prepare
as they would for ‘the real thing’• Questions a mixture of typical interview questions
and some provided from clinical training interviews• All candidates were actually interested in careers
in the jobs chosen
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School of Psychology
Feedback on filming
• Two experienced employers watched some of the footage and were filmed giving general tips to psychology students
• This feedback will be incorporated into the final package alongside that of our Careers Advisers
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School of Psychology
What we found
• A great learning process for us• Obvious enthusiasm for subject• Needed help linking degree
knowledge and job needs• General answers – particularly on
dissertation and transferable skills• Underselling experience – Specialist
degree, Summer Project, Voluntary experience, Research project
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School of Psychology
A students experience• Preparation and research for the interview was a
valuable exercise. The project was also fantastic practice for a real life interview.
• The tips and feedback given were very practical and have helped me personally to improve my interview technique.
• Finding information on the internet can be confusing for students and new graduates, but this resource will bring both simple and complex questions into context.
• Focusing on particular questions with professional feedback, will aid individuals in identifying their strong and weak interview performance.
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School of Psychology
The final product: Coming Soon
• Web resource, featuring clips from the filming with advice and feedback from the ‘experts’
• Available as one film or as bite size parts focussing question by question
• With job specs provided• Cover talking about: degree, experience,
research projects• Focus on relating degree knowledge to the
interview
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For more information on the project or other projects at Lincoln
• Dr Rachel [email protected]
• Paul [email protected]