Becoming an intern can give those considering a career in psychology and counseling valuable, hands-on experience of working in the profession. Psychology junior Nick Pawlowski is spending his summer working as an intern for a hospital. He said although this is not a requirement for studying a bachelor's degree in the field, the experience will be essential if he wants to progress to graduate school, asuwebdevil.com reports. Mr Pawlowski added that in addition to looking "really good on my resume", the internship is also providing him with real-world experience - something many employers rate very highly. "It's one thing to read it in a book - it's another thing to actually do it," he commented. Getting as much experience in the field as possible could prove invaluable for psychology graduates as, according to the US Department of Labor, competition for jobs in the sector is keen. It adds there are number of areas in which psychologists can specialize, including clinical psychology, which deals with individual, family or group psychotherapy; counseling psychology, which is concerned with helping people through various career and personal problems; and developmental psychology, which looks at the physiological, cognitive and social development that occurs throughout life.  |