Business Psychology

Business psychology might be very helpful to business, but is it helpful as a sustainable career? The job’s of those business psychologist will most likely entail them to being an adult. Is this career field a place where someone might want to go as an adult? According to research done by the Population Reference Bureau, the past years have shown approximately 50 percent (fluctuating hear and there by a very small percentage) of adults getting married. With this data, it is understood that at least half of adults need to provide and take care of a family. The real task in this paper is to find out if business psychology is a career field that is a goal worth working toward, can it sustain a family, and how does one benefit from it?

The career of business psychology is more vast than what meets the eye. There are a lot of jobs and career fields that a person who is already in business psychology could fall into. For example, a business psychologist could work with advertising and/or marketing. Understanding psychology will improve the effectiveness of an advertisement, not to mention with the business savvy knowledge, it can be marketed fast and efficiently. Another example of the opportunities business psychology brings is a human resource specialist. With all the recruiting, screening, interviewing and hiring of employees, all the experience and information gained from business psychology can really narrow down who the best people are for the job. These, among many others, are all the opportunities business psychology can be a career worth working toward. However, even though this field has many opportunities and beneficial aspects to it, there has been a voice against psychology. A big reason psychology has not always held a g...

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...s are extremely high, not to mention diverse, both culturally and in ethnicity. The people who engage with are the best part of the job.

The kind of career fields to follow is a topic that emerging adults and parents are trying to figure out. Business psychology is a field not widely known, but definitely has a big impact on business success, but just as important, benefit the individual in that career. This career is a field that offers plant of opportunity that is worth pursuing as a career. Business psychology is a career that is successful enough and has enough opening to sustain a family, and is reliable. This career has a lot of benefits to the individual, like personal satisfaction from helping others. Business psychology has the job stability to maintain a family’s household, it has personal benefits to the individual, and is a career that is worth pursuing.