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Psychology Teachers, Postsecondaryresume guide.

Teach courses in psychology, such as child, clinical, and developmental psychology, and psychological counseling. A strong Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary resume shows learning strategies, instructing and reading comprehension, and names the tools you have worked with, such as SAS, The MathWorks MATLAB and IBM SPSS Statistics.

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01Also called

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Adjunct InstructorAssistant ProfessorAssociate ProfessorClinical Psychology ProfessorFaculty MemberInstructorLecturerProfessorPsychology InstructorPsychology Professor

02Skills employers expect

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Importance is how much the skill matters to the job; level is how much of it the job demands. Both are worth naming on the resume, in this order.

SkillImportanceLevel
Learning StrategiesVery highAdvanced
InstructingVery highAdvanced
Reading ComprehensionVery highAdvanced
SpeakingVery highAdvanced
Active ListeningVery highAdvanced
WritingVery highAdvanced
Active LearningHighAdvanced
Critical ThinkingHighAdvanced
Complex Problem SolvingHighIntermediate
Judgment and Decision MakingHighAdvanced

03Knowledge areas

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  • Psychology
  • English Language
  • Education and Training
  • Sociology and Anthropology
  • Mathematics
  • Therapy and Counseling
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Communications and Media
  • Biology
  • Administration and Management

04Common responsibilities

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Ordered by importance. Each one is a bullet waiting for a result and a number.

  1. Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as abnormal psychology, cognitive processes, and work motivation.
  2. Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
  3. Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory work, assignments, and papers.
  4. Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
  5. Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
  6. Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
  7. Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
  8. Recruit and hire new faculty.
  9. Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
  10. Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.

05Software and tools

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44 tools across 16 categories. The six largest categories are below; Hot marks a hot technology, In demand a tool employers ask for most often.

Analytical or scientific software16
  • SASHotIn demand
  • The MathWorks MATLABHotIn demand
  • IBM SPSS StatisticsHotIn demand
  • Minitab
  • Scientific Software International HLM
  • Empirisoft MediaLab
  • Cedrus SuperLab Pro
  • Empirisoft DirectRT
  • FreeSurfer
  • Millisecond Software Inquisit
  • Multivariate Software EQS
  • Psychology Software Tools E-Prime
  • Psychology Software Tools MRI Simulator
  • Psychophysics Toolbox
  • PsyScope
  • PsyScript
+ 11 more
Computer based training software9
  • Learning management system LMSIn demand
  • Blackboard Learn
  • Desire2Learn LMS software
  • Course management system software
  • Sakai CLE
  • Moodle
  • Cengage Learning Sniffy the Virtual Rat
  • ePsych
  • PsychSim
+ 4 more
Word processing software3
Data base user interface and query software2
  • Blackboard software
  • Qualtrics Research Suite
Electronic mail software2
Information retrieval or search software2
  • DOC Cop
  • iParadigms Turnitin
Graphics or photo imaging software1
  • XNAT
Internet browser software1
Medical software1
  • Biomedical Imaging Resource Analyze
Object or component oriented development software1
  • RHotIn demand
Office suite software1
Optical character reader OCR or scanning software1
  • Image scanning software
Presentation software1
Project management software1
  • Sona Systems Experiment Management System
Spreadsheet software1
Web page creation and editing software1
  • SurveyWiz

06Education and preparation

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Typical education
Doctoral Degree
55% of surveyed workers. Others report Post-Doctoral Training (31%) and Master's Degree (15%).
Preparation level
Job Zone 5 · Extensive preparation
Usually a graduate degree and extensive related experience.

07Putting it on your resume

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BEE · How to show it

Lead with what you built. For a Job Zone 5 role, hiring managers and parsers both look for outcomes before credentials. Put two or three results at the top of each job entry, with the scale or effect stated plainly.

Name the tools exactly. This occupation is heavy on named software. A skills section that says "SAS, The MathWorks MATLAB, IBM SPSS Statistics, Microsoft Word" matches more job descriptions than a general phrase. Use the spelling employers use.

Show instructing and reading comprehension, not just learning strategies. Instructing and reading comprehension rank close to learning strategies for this occupation. One bullet per role that shows a decision, a tradeoff or a result covers them.

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