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All Psychology Schools Spotlights Industrial Organizational Psychology - PR Web (press release)

Posted: 16 Mar 2011 12:25 AM PDT

Seattle, Washington (PRWEB) March 16, 2011

Acknowledging the emergence of industrial organizational psychology as a growing and highly desirable psychology career, All Psychology Schools has launched a guide to Industrial Organizational Psychology degrees, salaries and jobs.

According to an article in the American Psychological Association's magazine Monitor, membership in the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology grew 11 percent between 2000 and 2008, and student membership grew a whopping 63 percent. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects the average rate of growth for industrial organizational psychology careers at 26 percent—far above the national average for other types of professions.

This comprehensive guide includes an in-depth industrial organizational psychology job description, master's and graduate program requirements and salary data for this exciting psychology subfield. For students seriously thinking about entering the industrial organizational psychology workforce, this resource guide will provide insight into the many opportunities that are available within the career field—and reinforce your decision to make industrial organizational psychology your chosen path.

No matter if you're just beginning your psychology education, or moving on from within the industry, All Psychology Schools' Industrial Organizational Psychology guide will help you learn everything you'll need to know to succeed in your new career.

About All Psychology Schools
All Psychology Schools (http://www.AllPsychologySchools.com) is an Internet site dedicated to helping people interested in counseling and psychology careers find the traditional classroom and online training they need to succeed. Users can search for psychology and counseling schools, get information about education requirements, find degree programs and read articles about various specialties.

About All Star Directories
All Star Directories, Inc. is one of the Internet's fastest growing publishers of online and career school directories, matching millions of highly qualified prospective students with the schools that best meet their education needs. Recently, Inc. Magazine ranked All Star among the fastest growing companies in the country, and the Puget Sound Business Journal has recognized the company as one of Washington State's fastest growing companies for five consecutive years. From leading research institutions to fast-growing online and for-profit schools, nearly 6,000 featured schools trust All Star Directories as the authority in online student recruitment. The All Star network of sites focuses on a wide range of fields, including All Allied Health Schools, All Art Schools, All Business Schools, All Education Schools, All Psychology Schools, All Criminal Justice Schools, All Computer Schools and All Nursing Schools. Please visit http://www.allstardirectories.com or call 1-888-404-8043 for more information.

Press Contact
Jason Standifer
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Central Falls students receive career advice - Providence Journal

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 07:04 PM PDT

01:00 AM EDT on Wednesday, March 16, 2011

By Jennifer D. Jordan
Journal Staff Writer

Ernest Almonte, former auditor general of the State of Rhode Island, offers career advice to student Bryan Dominguez as Leadership Rhode Island visited Central Falls High School. Below left, Junior Jabbie, sales manager at Banneker Industries, meets with students.

The Providence Journal / Mary Murphy

CENTRAL FALLS

Bryan Dominguez, a high school junior, brought a visitor to his world geography class at Central Falls High School Tuesday morning.

A tall figure in a dark suit and polished shoes, the guest listened intently as the class discussed the creation of Israel after World War II.

Afterward, as he and Dominguez walked down to the cafeteria, he told the young man he was a certified public accountant with a firm in Warwick.

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Central Falls High School

What It Takes

The mile-square city of Central Falls drew national attention this year when every teacher at its high school was fired in a battle over education reform.

For four Sundays in May, The Providence Journal explored the challenges facing dropouts, parents, students and teachers at Central Falls High School.

Ernest A. Almonte did not mention that until last year, he was Rhode Island's auditor general for 15 years, serving as the state's chief financial watchdog.

Instead, Almonte told Dominguez, who moved to this country with his parents and two younger siblings from Mexico four years ago, that his father, too, was an immigrant, from Italy.

Almonte grew up in a three-decker in Providence. He was the first person in his family to go to college.

"You need to develop your own skills and network with people," Almonte said, pulling out one of his business cards as they talked at one of the cafeteria tables.

He flipped the card over, pointing to four words.

Integrity. Reliability. Independence. Accountablity.

"If I were you, I'd develop your own business card, even for an internship," Almonte said. "Put your core values on the back. It will help you to differentiate yourself from other people."

Dominguez, who hopes to study mechanical engineering in college, said he hopes to keep in touch with Almonte.

"I thought it would be a good experience, and it was," Dominguez said later. "He told me I should make my own values and stick to them."

Almonte was one of 25 past and present members of Leadership Rhode Island who visited the high school Tuesday. The 30-year-old organization connects people from business, education, government and nonprofits to make them better leaders.

Their visit was designed to help students translate their interests and aspirations into future careers, said Leadership R.I.'s executive director, Mike Ritz.

"We have over 1,600 alumni, and we asked people to volunteer to come," Ritz said. "We hope they bring the students inspiration."

Among the participants were small-business owners and executives with large companies such as CVS. They included commanders from local police departments, lawyers, hospital directors and heads of organizations such as Teach for America, the Girl Scouts and Habitat for Humanity.

The adults met with 120 students for brief, five- to seven-minute interviews over a two-hour period that Deputy Superintendent Victor Capellan compared with "speed dating" sessions. Some conversations were one-on-one, while others were in small groups

"I started my career really by volunteering," Robert Ferreira, assistant vice president for alumni relations at Providence College, told junior Brianna Cooley. "It teaches you what you like and what you don't like."

Ferreira, who attended PC, volunteered for his alma mater after graduation. He used his catering experience to help the college plan events, and that connection eventually led to him working full-time for the college as a fundraiser.

Cooley, an honor roll student, came prepared, with a set of four questions for the three adults she met with. She took notes.

She told Scott DiChristofero, vice president of finance for Gateway Healthcare Inc., that she is interested in psychology and the medical field. Her mother is a certified nurse assistant who wants to make sure her daughter goes to college.

DiChristofero, who chairs Leadership R.I.'s board, told Cooley he would try to find an internship for her, and told her to keep in touch.

"I think all of them could be mentors to me," she said later. "They all gave me advice I can really use."

"I think they need role models," DiChristofero said. "They need to know there are folks out here who know about them, who care about them and we want to see them succeed. When else would these kids have the chance to talk to Ernie Almonte? Maybe they'll walk away thinking, 'I could be like them.' "

For Jeshua Zapata, 28, Tuesday's visit was a homecoming.

He graduated from Central Falls High School in 2000, seven years after he arrived in the city as an ESL student from Colombia.

Zapata now runs his own marketing agency, Xzito, based in Johnston.

"I wish they had this kind of program when I went here," Zapata said.

"These kids need more than a classroom. They need to see more of life."

jjordan@projo.com

Psychology Careers

Wednesday, March 16, 2011