“Your are not entitled to a good reputation.”

Unsure about your next step in your career development? Every path is different. In today’s episode, I share my own experience working in healthcare for the past 27 years since completing graduate school. I also provide advice on the importance of going through a post-secondary program, how to navigate the realities of your first job, and core strategies for developing yourself as a professional.

FMP 85 – Career Development

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   • Advice on how to develop your own career in the field of Psychology, with a focus on Health Psychology.
     
   
   
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My Own Career – Every Path is Different

1. Grad School:
   
   • Difficult to get into.
     
   • Loved every second of it.
     
   
   
2. Post Graduate Work:
   
   • Practice and research concentration in Health Psychology and Behavioural Medicine.
     
   
   
3. My First Job and What I Learned”
   
   • Acute psychiatry….a serious reality check.
     
   
   
4. My Work Since:
   
   • Professor of Psychology
     
   • Private Practice
     
   • OAT
     
   • Project Management
     
   • Operations Management
     
   
   

My Advice

1. School
   
   • It does not matter where you go – Maximize on exposure.
     
   • Your goal is grad school:
     
     • Do undergraduate research.
       
     • Get excellent grates – 3.0 and above.
       
     
     
   
   
2. Your First Job
   
3. Building Your Career
   
   • Dare to be uncomfortable.
     
   • Most Important Rule
     
     • “You are not entitled to a good reputation – I must be earned.”
       
     
     
   • Stay curious – You are always learning
     
   • Remember the people you serve.
     
   • It’s not who you know, its how well you work with everyone, regardless of how different your values may be.
     
   
   

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