Individual Assignment 04
The event that I chose to attend this semester was the School of Health Science Career Night. This event focused on the various graduate school health sciences programs that Chatham University offers. Students broke into various focus groups, based on their future goals and interests, and spoke with faculty member in related fields. Specifically, I have the chance to meet and speak to Dr. Anthony Isacco in a one-on-one discussion about the graduate psychology programs here at Chatham. Dr. Isacco is an associate professor at Chatham University and serves as the Graduate Psychology liaison to Undergraduate Psychology students at Chatham as well. He also serves as a private practitioner. During our discussion at Career Night, we talked about the various post-undergraduate schooling opportunities that I have as a psychology student and what each career path entails. He also gave me information about the business aspect of psychology, specifically the growth and pay within the field. Below is a link to Dr. Isacco’s LinkedIn page to learn more about him and his career.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dranthonyisacco
The School of Health Sciences Career Night spoke a lot about promoting and selling yourself. While applying to graduate programs, how you present yourself is extremely important, and the connections you make with people could make or break their decision. This could be related to Collins’ (2017) promotional tools to promote a product. In this case, the product is myself, which I am trying to sell to graduate programs. Collins’ (2017) “promotion mix” includes advertising, personal selling, sales promotion, and publicity. The most important form of promotion when looking at graduate schools is personal selling. This refers to one-on-one contact, such as with an interviewer. As mentioned at the Career Night, first impressions are crucial and selling yourself is important. Publicity, including public relations is another important factor that was mentioned by Collins (2017), but also applied to graduate school applications. Publicity in the form of research publications and networking relations can help build good resumes and serve as excellent recommendations when filing out graduate school applications. Collins’ (2017) personal selling and publicity tactics are not only useful for selling a product, but also for selling yourself, as was explained at the School of Health Sciences Career Night.
There are many reasons to pursue a career in psychology. Kapur’s (2017) list of eight reasons was very similar to the reasons given to me by Dr. Isacco. Kapur’s (2017) focus on interest, communication and employment opportunities were all stressed by Dr. Isacco as well. Most importantly, you must have an interest in the field you are preparing to enter. Personally, psychology is a part of my everyday life and I thoroughly enjoy learning more each day. Communication is also a key factor in psychology. Although communication is important in any context, it is especially important in psychology. Communicating and reading one’s body language and emotions is a skill that has to be practiced over time. Relating most to business is the employment factor of psychology. Not only is the field of psychology rapidly growing, but psychology is also a very versatile field (Kapur, 2017). This was very similar to Dr. Isacco’s point that psychology can fill many roles in life. It is used in business, education, and many other fields as well. Psychology is not just applied to psychology; it is applied to business as well.
During the School of Health Science Career Night, I was able to talk to Dr. Isacco about my future in the field of psychology. Not only is psychology its own path, but it can also be applied to other career areas. Specifically, Dr. Isacco and I talked about the personality traits of being a psychologist. After reading Chamorro-Premuzic’s (2017) article about personality, I had a better insight of how personality effects any career path. Each career requires a specific set of traits and characteristics that act as the “best fit” for the job. But, about two decades ago, psychologists Robert and Joyce Hogan developed the 11 “dark side” traits. Each of these traits appear to be beneficial in different settings, but each has a “dark side” that is too extreme and may cause issues in any workplace. Some examples of these traits include being cold, diligent, reserve, or excitable. As mentioned in the article, these “dark side” traits are not meant to be eliminated, but should be used as an advantage. The most difficult part is knowing when these traits are useful and when they are detrimental (Chamorro-Premuzic, 2017). Each of the 11 “dark side” traits have good qualities when used in a certain way. As I discussed with Dr. Isacco, building a good reputation and a solid career, in any subject, is knowing when to use your personality traits to your advantage. For example, when working with different clientele, you have to flexible and optimize or retract certain traits to best fit your patient’s personality and needs.
References:
Chamorro-Premuzic, T. (2017). Could your personality derail your career? Harvard
Business Review, September-October Issue, 138-141. Retrieved from
https://hbr.org/2017/09/could-your-personality-derail-your-career?referral=00060
Kapur, A. (2017, September 29). #8 reasons for pursuing a career in psychology.
Entrepreneur India. Retrieved December 4, 2018, from
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/301086
Collins, K. (2017). Exploring Business. Boston, MA: FlatWorld
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dranthonyisacco
The School of Health Sciences Career Night spoke a lot about promoting and selling yourself. While applying to graduate programs, how you present yourself is extremely important, and the connections you make with people could make or break their decision. This could be related to Collins’ (2017) promotional tools to promote a product. In this case, the product is myself, which I am trying to sell to graduate programs. Collins’ (2017) “promotion mix” includes advertising, personal selling, sales promotion, and publicity. The most important form of promotion when looking at graduate schools is personal selling. This refers to one-on-one contact, such as with an interviewer. As mentioned at the Career Night, first impressions are crucial and selling yourself is important. Publicity, including public relations is another important factor that was mentioned by Collins (2017), but also applied to graduate school applications. Publicity in the form of research publications and networking relations can help build good resumes and serve as excellent recommendations when filing out graduate school applications. Collins’ (2017) personal selling and publicity tactics are not only useful for selling a product, but also for selling yourself, as was explained at the School of Health Sciences Career Night.
There are many reasons to pursue a career in psychology. Kapur’s (2017) list of eight reasons was very similar to the reasons given to me by Dr. Isacco. Kapur’s (2017) focus on interest, communication and employment opportunities were all stressed by Dr. Isacco as well. Most importantly, you must have an interest in the field you are preparing to enter. Personally, psychology is a part of my everyday life and I thoroughly enjoy learning more each day. Communication is also a key factor in psychology. Although communication is important in any context, it is especially important in psychology. Communicating and reading one’s body language and emotions is a skill that has to be practiced over time. Relating most to business is the employment factor of psychology. Not only is the field of psychology rapidly growing, but psychology is also a very versatile field (Kapur, 2017). This was very similar to Dr. Isacco’s point that psychology can fill many roles in life. It is used in business, education, and many other fields as well. Psychology is not just applied to psychology; it is applied to business as well.
During the School of Health Science Career Night, I was able to talk to Dr. Isacco about my future in the field of psychology. Not only is psychology its own path, but it can also be applied to other career areas. Specifically, Dr. Isacco and I talked about the personality traits of being a psychologist. After reading Chamorro-Premuzic’s (2017) article about personality, I had a better insight of how personality effects any career path. Each career requires a specific set of traits and characteristics that act as the “best fit” for the job. But, about two decades ago, psychologists Robert and Joyce Hogan developed the 11 “dark side” traits. Each of these traits appear to be beneficial in different settings, but each has a “dark side” that is too extreme and may cause issues in any workplace. Some examples of these traits include being cold, diligent, reserve, or excitable. As mentioned in the article, these “dark side” traits are not meant to be eliminated, but should be used as an advantage. The most difficult part is knowing when these traits are useful and when they are detrimental (Chamorro-Premuzic, 2017). Each of the 11 “dark side” traits have good qualities when used in a certain way. As I discussed with Dr. Isacco, building a good reputation and a solid career, in any subject, is knowing when to use your personality traits to your advantage. For example, when working with different clientele, you have to flexible and optimize or retract certain traits to best fit your patient’s personality and needs.
References:
Chamorro-Premuzic, T. (2017). Could your personality derail your career? Harvard
Business Review, September-October Issue, 138-141. Retrieved from
https://hbr.org/2017/09/could-your-personality-derail-your-career?referral=00060
Kapur, A. (2017, September 29). #8 reasons for pursuing a career in psychology.
Entrepreneur India. Retrieved December 4, 2018, from
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/301086
Collins, K. (2017). Exploring Business. Boston, MA: FlatWorld
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