Resources for Early Career Psychologists

• Resource Guides for Early Career Psychologists (PDF, 211KB)opens in new window
• Indeedopens in new window
• Career Builderopens in new window
• Psychology Jobsopens in new window
• So you landed a job—What's next? Advice for early career psychologists from early career psychologistsopens in new window

• American Association for the Advancement of Scienceopens in new window (AAAS)
• American Educational Research Associationopens in new window (AERA)
• American Psychological Association Congressional Fellowship (APA)
• American Psychological Association Executive Branch Science Fellowship (APA)
• American Psychological Association Jaquelin Goldman Congressional Fellowship (APA)
• American Public Health Associationopens in new window (APHA)
• Society for Research in Child Developmentopens in new window (SRCD)
• Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issuesopens in new window (SPSSI)

• Information about referrals—use other email lists or monitor the ECP yahoo groupopens in new window
• A Guidebook for Starting and Operating an Independent Practice in Psychology (PDF, 257KB)opens in new window
• Running start…to a great career: Insurers
• How to Get On Insurance Panels as a Preferred Provider—Part 1opens in new window
• Transitioning into Practice
• Malpractice Insurance 101: Claims-made vs. occurrence coverageopens in new window
• Malpractice & Licensing Pitfalls for Therapists: A Defense Attorney's Listopens in new window
• APA Office of Continuing Education in Psychology
• DiLillo, D., DeGue, S., Cohen, L. M., & Morgan, R. D. (2006). The path to licensure for academic psychologists: How tough is the road? (PDF, 95KB)opens in new window Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 5, 567-586.

• Whole workplace healthopens in new window
• Self Care Tools
• Work-Life Booklets from the Psychology Foundation of Canadaopens in new window
• Work-life balance as an assistant professor from UCLAopens in new window

• Salary Data and Negotiation Tools
  APA's Early Career Psychologist Committee provides information on popular data sources and skill development tools available to early career psychologists 

• Negotiating a Faculty Job Offeropens in new window
  APA's Center for Learning and Career Development presents an interactive online program on five critical steps on negotiating a job offer to work as a professor.

• How to Get The Salary Package You Really Needopens in new window
  The APA's Monitor on Psychology has an article on salary negotiation for people in academia.

• Slate's Negotiation Academyopens in new window
  Slate Magazine has a 10-part podcast on salary negotiation for people in all kinds of fields.

• Div. 37 Diane J. Willis Early Career Awardopens in new window
• Div. 37 Mark Chaffin Early Career Research Award
• Div. 37 Early Career Psychologist Service Award

To join the Early Career Psychologists (ECP) email list, or if you have questions or comments regarding ECP resources, please contact the member-at-large for early career professionals.