Resources for Early Career Psychologists

• Resource Guides for Early Career Psychologists (PDF, 211KB)
• PsycCareers
• Indeed
• Career Builder
• Psychology Jobs
• So you landed a job – What's next? Advice for early career psychologists from early career psychologists
• ZipRecruiter Jumpstart Your Career
• Your complete guide to the perfect resume

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• American Educational Research Association (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 Association (APHA)
• Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)
• Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)

• Information about referrals – use other email lists or monitor the ECP yahoo group
• A Guidebook for Starting and Operating an Independent Practice in Psychology (PDF, 257KB)
• Running start…to a great career: Insurers
• How to Get On Insurance Panels as a Preferred Provider – Part 1
• APA's Resources for ECPs starting to practice
• Malpractice Insurance 101: Claims-made vs. occurrence coverage
• Malpractice & Licensing Pitfalls for Therapists: A Defense Attorney's List
• 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) Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 5, 567-586.

• Whole workplace health
• Tips from Practitioners on Finding Work-Life Balance

• Negotiating Skills to Help You Thrive in Your Next Job (PDF, 415KB)
  Kate Brown, PhD, past chair of APA's Committee for the Advancement of Professional Practice, share slides for a skill-based way to approach salary negotiation, regardless of the job.

• Negotiating a Faculty Job Offer
  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 Need
  The APA's Monitor on Psychology has an article on salary negotiation for people in academia.

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

• Div. 37 Diane J. Willis Early Career Award
• Div. 37 Mark Chaffin Early Career Research Award
• Div. 37 Early Career Psychologist Service Award

• Paul Shawler (chair), Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
• Elizabeth Ahern, University of Cambridge
• Cheryl Arndt, KidsPeace
• Sarah Cleary, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
• Angelique Day, University of Washington
• Kristi Geissler, Oceanside School District
• Helen Masland Milojevich, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Sonia Rubens, Santa Clara University
• Rebecca Kanine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
• Jennifer Lovell, Cal State Monterey Bay

To join the ECP email list or if you have questions or concerns about the ECP Committee, please contact Paul Shawler.