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Product Description The Biggest Misconception in Psychology: You Cannot Get a Job with an Undergraduate Degree in Psychology To help students think about planning and preparing for a career with a degree in psychology, one of the first things that must be done is to address what can be considered the biggest misconception psychology students have regarding employment opportunities with a psychology degree. The career misconception that many psychology students have is that you cannot obtain a job with just an undergraduate degree in psychology. To help dispel this misconception, The Psychology Major Career Preparation Workbook is designed to help individuals interested in the study of psychology to develop a career plan designed to maximize their probability of employment success. More specifically, instead of focusing on careers as a psychologist, which typically requires the added time and expense of obtaining a Ph.D. or Psy.D. and is achieved by only about 10% of psychology majors, the principal focus of The Workbook is to help undergraduate psychology majors make the college-to-career transition with an undergraduate psychology degree, since this is the career path most frequently taken by psychology majors. Helping You to Help Yourself: Special Features of The Workbook Instead of focusing on the psychology degree as the central element in the career decision-making process, a unique a unique feature of The Workbook is its focus on the acquisition of The Big Three Skills Set in the planning for career success. The Big Three Skills Set includes specific analytical skills, communication skills, and personal skills considered critical by employers in a wide range of career areas who hire individuals with an undergraduate degree in psychology, as well as for admission into post-graduate educational programs for those who wish to do so at some point in their career path. In this regard, The Workbook provides specific recommendation for helping students to in