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27-07-2015 12:43 PM
Unregistered It is strange for those who claim an interest, and further, an education, in psychology to publicly discuss themselves in relation to the MBTI with such excitement. The issue is that the MBTI has been largely discredited by contemporary researchers, and has poor validity coefficients with real-world outcomes.

Anyway, it shouldn't be a black-and-white Money VS Passion thing going on here! Rather, there should be an in-between zone where both money and passion can be pursued simultaneously at their optimal levels. Often, what you get paid most for is going to be what you perform best at, and that's going to be informed by where your passions truly lie. Having said that, TS, my concern is that what's tying you down now isn't your passion, but some kind of a misdirection, or a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Passions are feelings, and they should lead you to personal growth and learning new competencies, and not encase you in a mould. It probably was the case for why you were excited on psychology in the first place, because you wanted to help people, and that led to your pursuit of a degree and volunteering and all that. But now, what it seems to me is that it's evolved into some sort of a feel-good crutch, and constraining you from acquiring new experiences.

I feel that it's great that you have the heart to help people. But that's not going to be enough. Rather, examining it properly, helping people is the vision; there's still going to be work to be done before that vision can be fulfilled, and it's what you call your passion actually that's what's going to help you get there and sustain you against the odds. In your case, identifying gaps in your profile one might suggest to work further on extraversion - we are working with people! We can't shun the objects of our study, we must show interest in them not just academically but on a personal level. No one is saying to go out and club, but to say that you exclusively want to sit behind a computer all day is a sign of a problem.

Also, as others have mentioned, further studies for professionalisation will demand quantitative proficiency - this has applied value too. Knowledge is constantly being produced from journals and cutting-edge operational research. You need to be able, as a practitioner, to understand and critique new research in their raw form years before they make their way into textbooks, if at all. That way, for your clients you can always ensure that your methods are relevant and incorporate the latest findings in psychology, to be ethical. Don't just say you can't do it! That's what passions are for - to help you get there.

Ultimately, your learning ability is going to be what determines your success, and your passion moderates that. Not your personality. Good luck with your job search.
19-07-2015 04:23 PM
moonlightlover Hey ambivalent, pm me. Psych major here too, and well what I'm doing now is totally irrelevant. Would love to connect with you and discuss further about the opportunities. I can't seem to pm you though idk why :/
05-07-2015 04:53 AM
Unregistered link doesn't work but you can search for "archivist" in the jobs bank
05-07-2015 04:51 AM
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I'm not TS but I also want this kind of job. But cannot find leh. I have a FASS general degree but also don't want to do comms or hr. Where to find your kind of sit around desk type email use computer job? What's the job title, for example, in public sector? I'm sincerely asking because I really don't know..the job descriptions all don't sound like what you said.
here's an example of one....
s://.jobsbank.gov.sg/ICMSPortal/portlets/JobBankHandler/SearchDetail.do?id=JOB-2015-0238514
04-07-2015 09:56 PM
Unregistered You say that you are:

"Weak and little interest in numbers/math/engineering"

So why are you even considering Masters degree where it is ALL about numbers/maths/statistics?

Even if you get a Masters (distance learning), its totally useless:

://.singaporepsychologicalsociety.org/2011/?page_id=42

"The Singapore Psychological Society does not and has not accredited any offshore psychology programs that are conducted in Singapore. Several local companies have falsely claimed that the Singapore Psychological Society accredits their offshore psychology programs. One such company was asked to publish a Notice of Apology to the SPS for falsely claiming that their offshore psychology programme is accredited by the SPS ( The Straits Times , January 31, 2001, page C25).B: by the Singapore Government"
04-07-2015 08:34 PM
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[B]Online blog-shop management (Ever tried my hands at selling apparel online - similar to what those blog-shops are doing)
Do you have HTML/photoshop/CMS experience?
You can consider going into e-commerce management, web content management, online community management.

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Writing (guest writer for a psych blog - voluntary. I'd welcome any opportunities to write, be it ad-hoc or paid).
Beef up your writing portfolio.
Volunteer - ://.creativesforcauses.com/
Freelance work - s://.facebook.com/groups/119326031532307/

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Outreach Work (pertaining to children & communities like PA/the likes)
You can consider civil service jobs in MCCY and National Youth Council.

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Outreach work - Career counseling, volunteer management
Most of the universities here have career counseling teams.
04-07-2015 07:41 PM
Unregistered You might be interested in some of the jobs posted in this Non-Profit jobs sg facebook group - s://.facebook.com/groups/119735201555/

If you want to try out private sector jobs, you can consider finding an internship - ://.*************/jobs/latest

If you are willing to consider HR, you can consider courses such as -
://.smu.edu.sg/programmes/professional/hrgradcert
://.londoninternational.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/birkbeck/organizational-psychology-msc-postgraduate-diploma
://.londoninternational.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/birkbeck/human-resource-management-msc-postgraduate-diploma

There's a specific thread on HR matters too - ://forums.salary.sg/income-jobs/1768-hr-related-jobs-how-much-you-earning-13.html
04-07-2015 02:07 PM
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My gut sense is TS has no intention of really stepping up. He seems enamored with the idea of spending more money & years studying for additional degrees and just hoping someone here will justify his decision for him.
makes sense for him. dun forget he admit he come from rich family, so just ask lao peh to pay easy peasy.
03-07-2015 11:14 PM
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Don’t waste your time in explaining what you like to do or not.
You can come here together with fellow anonymous and stroke each other’s’ egos in flaming those corporate losers.
At the end of the day, the one that is still at the crossroad is still you.

Can’t believe that you still have that luxury to pick when you don’t have that privilege.
Just go out there and apply for a corporate job- doesn’t mean that you apply = getting the job.
You know that you are not good enough to get those specialized psych-related jobs so why still hiam?
Trust me there are a whole lot of fresh grads out there and I don’t have to put in much effort to get 1 diligent one.

Just curious, what do you want TS? Fishing for some compliments that you can apply for any job you want and you can excel in them.
My gut sense is TS has no intention of really stepping up. He seems enamored with the idea of spending more money & years studying for additional degrees and just hoping someone here will justify his decision for him.
03-07-2015 04:28 PM
Unregistered Don’t waste your time in explaining what you like to do or not.
You can come here together with fellow anonymous and stroke each other’s’ egos in flaming those corporate losers.
At the end of the day, the one that is still at the crossroad is still you.

Can’t believe that you still have that luxury to pick when you don’t have that privilege.
Just go out there and apply for a corporate job- doesn’t mean that you apply = getting the job.
You know that you are not good enough to get those specialized psych-related jobs so why still hiam?
Trust me there are a whole lot of fresh grads out there and I don’t have to put in much effort to get 1 diligent one.

Just curious, what do you want TS? Fishing for some compliments that you can apply for any job you want and you can excel in them.
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