March 2010 | Vol. 8 No. 2

COVER PACKAGE: Job tips for tough times

Landing a job in a tough market
Experts offer psychology students tips for job-search success.
Elevator speeches made easy
Connect with potential collaborators, employers and colleagues in two minutes or less.

Preparation for board certification can begin in graduate school.

Demand is high for psychologists who can develop, administer and interpret psychological tests.

An increase in enrollment and funding at two-year institutions is opening up opportunities for psychologists and psychology students.

For Yahoo postdoc Dr. Winter Mason, relationships really are work.

Researchers share tips for collecting data more efficiently.

What do you do when your adviser changes schools? Here's some insight from students who've gone through it.

Your adviser is human, and so are you. Here are ways to navigate the common problems that crop up.

A newly formed APAGS science committee will improve resources for science-oriented graduate students while minimizing the science-practice gap.

By participating in student groups, you can build your contacts, create academic opportunities and refresh your mind.

New GRE will better reflect students' skills
The revised Graduate Record Examination, set to debut in 2011, is expected to be a more valid test and, ultimately, improve graduate departments' ability to select students who best fit their programs.
Psychology education: A comparative bargain
Master's students in the social and behavioral sciences pay less tuition than students from any other field, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
Attend a political psychology institute
Graduate student participants attend lectures and discussions, and network with top researchers.
Media picks: Sonja Lyubomirsky, PhD
Happiness researcher Sonja Lyubomirsky, PhD, has long known what keeps her content: reading.