Industrial Organizational Psychology vs International Business

blondboinsd · #1 01-29-2007, 01:36 PM

OK so I have a major issue, I'm currently a psychology major but I keep finding that psychology jobs really don't pay, looking at salary data I have found that WITH a masters degree Industrial Organizational Psychology (the only kind I care about) pays (without a PHD which I REALLY don't want) 40,000-60,000, that here in So Cal does NOT go far and I could far surpass that if I kept working in insurance like I do now, that being said while I'm great at sales (or feel I am) I really want a degree and a job I feel I worked hard to get (sales is experiance based vs college based) so I have always loved retail (still do) and I know I could get a job in retail as a manager etc with an International Business Degree making quite a bit more (85k area) and those discounts too! I just don't know what to do because I love psychology but I don't want to end up with a useless degree AND take a paycut, that is not where I want to be at all and I also know I'm quite smart and If I put my mind to anything I can get a 3.5easy, what do you guys think?

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PersonaNonGrata · #2 01-29-2007, 01:55 PM

A bachelor's degree in psych on its ow is pretty much useless in the real world . (I was a psych major.

) I'd imagine that with a masters in org psych you could work in HR or something like it. How about working in HR management for a major retailer, say maybe Saks or Nieman's.

If you get a job at Sak's you have to hook up my with with your discount for a Gucci purse she's been wanting.

You need to do what you enjoy and what is important to you. I don't think any extra degree is a bad thing. It certainly won't hurt you. It's just up to you to find a good way to take advantage of it.

blondboinsd · #3 01-29-2007, 02:05 PM

Yeah I would get a masters in both, I really value education for a variety of reasons, I just know I could be a buyer or store manager for Saks or Neimans (my friend Ryan (same name) just became the store manager for H&M South Coast Plaza with his international business degree, I love psych because it teaches me so much about myself and insecurities etc, but I love retail and how fast paced it is, so either way I'm not losing is how I view it, just can't decide which to nudge in

Quicksilver · #4 01-29-2007, 03:09 PM

While money is important from the aspect of providing for your needs it would seem that people who have the most fulfilling lives do what they love,(whatever that is) When you do what you love to do the money will come. So the moral of the story is DO WHAT YOU LOVE and there will be no regrets when the years have passed.

SANguru · #5 01-29-2007, 04:50 PM

your major should have nothing to do with how much you make unless you are going into a technical field such as medicine or certain part of the tech field.

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Originally Posted by blondboinsd

OK so I have a major issue, I'm currently a psychology major but I keep finding that psychology jobs really don't pay, looking at salary data I have found that WITH a masters degree Industrial Organizational Psychology (the only kind I care about) pays (without a PHD which I REALLY don't want) 40,000-60,000, that here in So Cal does NOT go far and I could far surpass that if I kept working in insurance like I do now, that being said while I'm great at sales (or feel I am) I really want a degree and a job I feel I worked hard to get (sales is experiance based vs college based) so I have always loved retail (still do) and I know I could get a job in retail as a manager etc with an International Business Degree making quite a bit more (85k area) and those discounts too! I just don't know what to do because I love psychology but I don't want to end up with a useless degree AND take a paycut, that is not where I want to be at all and I also know I'm quite smart and If I put my mind to anything I can get a 3.5easy, what do you guys think?

Eric5273 · #6 01-29-2007, 05:00 PM

If you are good at sales, then you are going to earn more money doing that than just about anything else you can do. But as has been said already, do you enjoy it? If so, then stick with that.

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