Practice Days

Every year, the BFO and the Chair for Organisational and Business Psychology, together with the student association PWM (Psychology in Business and Media), host a work and occupational psychology practice day. This day is an opportunity for students to learn about the various job possibilities that exist in the field of organisational psychology. Here, psychology graduates talk about their occupational career and their work in organisational practice. Speakers from the fields of e.g. personnel selection, human resource development (for example for leaders), coaching, human resource management, market and innovation research or marketing, are invited.

The talks of the practitioners give the students an idea of the different occupational fields that may be pursued by work and organisational psychology graduates. The content of the speeches may be useful to all psychology students, since it paints a more precise picture of second largest employment market for psychologists. Workshops with work and organisational psychological relevance will be held in addition to the speeches. Previous workshops have been on job application training, Burnout, coaching or self-management. Over and above the speeches and workshops, students have the opportunity to get their job application portfolios checked by experienced practitioners. Our work and organisational psychology practice day has proofed to be a good platform for the networking and procurement of internships or potential final theses topics.