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Industrial-Organizational Psychologists

Human Services
Apply principles of psychology to human resources, administration, management, sales, and marketing problems. Activities may include policy planning; employee testing and selection, training, and development; and organizational development and analysis. May work with management to organize the work setting to improve worker productivity.

What an industrial-organizational psychologist does

Become an industrial-organizational psychologist

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good industrial-organizational psychologist

  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
  • Reading work related information.
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
  • Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

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Education needed

Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

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