Mastering the Job Market: Career Issues for Master's Level Industrial-Organizational Psychologists

Mastering the Job Market: Career Issues for Master's Level Industrial-Organizational Psychologists is the definitive source for practical advice and evidence-based recommendations for the development of successful careers in professional I-O psychology. Authors from top-ranked I-O master's programs address topics such as the job search, applying for jobs, on-boarding, organizational roles, salaries, career transitions, and maintaining professionalism throughout the I-O master's career. Drawing from a large nationwide survey of I-O master's practitioners and their employers, this volume brings together critical insights into the nuts and bolts of conducting a job search and other specific strategies to enable job seekers to land one or multiple job offers within six months of graduation. Key competencies for success, professional development opportunities for I-O master's graduates, and the three best practices for maximizing mentoring relationships are also discussed. This book will be essential reading for recent graduates and anyone undertaking a career transition in I-O Psychology.

About the Author

Elizabeth L. Shoenfelt is University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Western Kentucky University and has directed the WKU Industrial-Organizational (I-O) Psychology Graduate Program for more than 25 years. She received her Ph.D. in 1983 from LSU in I-O Psychology with minors in Sport Psychology and Statistics. She is a licensed I-O Psychologist, a Certified Mental Performance Consultant®, a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and the Association for Applied Sport Psychology, and a member of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee Sport Psychology and Mental Skills Registry. Her I-O work focuses on selection, EEO issues, organizational justice in team settings, performance management, and pedagogical issues. In sports, she works with teams and individually with coaches and athletes at the intercollegiate, Olympic, and professional levels. In 2013, she received the SIOP Distinguished Teaching Contributions Award.