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More Than Career Coaching, it’s Career Psychology®
If you want to improve your job prospects you’ve come to the right place. My name is Dr. Helen Ofosu and I will help you make the most of your skills, experience, values, and interests to build a satisfying and resilient career. I also use I/O psychology to help companies with HR matters.
How Can I/O Psychology Help Me?
Dr. Helen Ofosu uses her expertise in I/O psychology to help clients build resilient careers. She also uses this knowledge and experience to help organizations with their HR needs.
What is Industrial and Organizational Psychology?
Also known as I/O Psychology, Industrial and Organizational Psychology is the scientific study of working and the application of that science to workplace issues facing individuals, teams, and organizations. The scientific method is applied to investigate issues of critical relevance to individuals, businesses, and society.
Do I Need a Degree to Get a Good Job?
When you’re looking for work and you don’t have a university degree, your best bet is to look for positions that are being offered by smaller companies that do not use an automated / electronic resume screening system. In these situations, your resume will be reviewed by a person who can see the skills and experience that you have acquired and set your resume aside for a second look. In contrast, the automated systems may reject your resume if it does not include a degree, regardless of your other qualifications.
How to Establish Your Credibility in a New Field
Ideally, you have some talent and competence in your new area that you can use to sell yourself. Testimonials, favourable reviews, and awards can help you to demonstrate that you’re good at what you now do (or want to do). If you plan to work for yourself in your new field, you may need to offer your services at a discounted rate for a little while so that you can get some people to try your service and then vouch for you. Similarly, if you take a job in the new area, you may need to start at a more junior level to get your foot in the door.
Should I Complete a PhD?
She’s been teaching abroad for 3 – 4 years and really loves the academic lifestyle. She knows that she’d enjoy teaching in North America but she also knows that in North America, she’d need to have a PhD and plenty of publications in order to have a reasonable chance at obtaining an academic position. She admits that she’s less enthusiastic about doing academic research. This means that even if she could complete the academic research that would be required to complete her doctorate, she might not be able to sustain that effort and motivation to generate multiple publications that would help her land her dream job. Then, even if she could do what was required to land the job, it might be even harder to keep up with the ongoing demands of having enough publications that would help her get tenured while also continuing to teach full time.
I’m Graduating Soon, How Can I Apply for Jobs that Require 2 Yrs Experience?
This is a great question since it probably applies to many students who are in their final 5 – 6 months on campus. For all those students out there who have worked part time while taking classes, you may soon be perceived as “lucky.” You’ll be seen as lucky because over the past 3 or 4 years, you’ve probably worked enough hours during the summers and othRecent-Grad-for-Hireer breaks from school, and during the regular term that you probably have sufficient experience. No doubt it’s been tough to work during most of your “free time”, but you’ve probably reduced the amount of student loans that you needed, and now your resume may have more depth than it would have if you hadn’t kept working. For everyone else who only worked during the summers, you should have about one year of work experience if you add up all of your summers. That’s not a bad place to start either.
Something Isn’t Right at Work … Is it the Venue or the Vocation?
A good starting point is to identify what exactly is contributing to your sense of unhappiness or dissatisfaction at work. Are you experiencing too much friction and conflict with your co-workers and or boss? Do you believe that there’s no real chance for a meaningful promotion? Bored by tasks and responsibilities that fall below your abilities? Underpaid? These types of complaints don’t really reflect your actual career choice or vocation. If these are the types of things that are bothering you at work – over the longer term (i.e., months and months) – then it’s probably worth considering a change in venue … in other words, you might be better off working somewhere else.
