The Department of Psychology, the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and various University of Northern Iowa offices try to keep track of our graduates and where their careers take them. Unfortunately not all UNI alumni keep in touch or respond to university mailings, so no one has a complete picture of what former Psych majors are doing. The following list (a work in progress) is based on the responses we have received from alum. These are some of the places Psychology majors have found employment (of course not all employers have websites). Some sites include specific information on employment (E), internship (I) and/or volunteer (V) opportunities. If you find this information interesting or useful, please remember to let us know where your future takes you!
 

Employers Hiring UNI Psychology Majors

Child, Youth and Family Service Providers Big Brothers Big Sisters - Marshal County Chapter Boys and Girls Clubs of Omaha, Inc. Boys and Girls Home and Family Services, Inc. (Iowa and Nebraska) E Central Baptist Family Services (Lake County, IL) E V Children & Families of Iowa (Des Moines) E V Family Resources, Inc.(10 sites in Quad Cities area) E Family Service League (Waterloo) Four Oaks of Iowa Francis Lauer Youth Services (Mason City) E Hillcrest Family Services (Dubuque) E V Hope Haven Center Welcome to La Petite Academy E Lutheran Social Services E Mithelman Meadow (Lee County Youth Services) (Montrose, IA) Operation Threshold Orchard Place - Child Guidance Center - PACE (Des Moines) Polk County Youth Services I V Quakerdale - (4 Iowa locations) River Oak Center for Children E Salesmanship Club Youth and Family Centers (Dallas area) E Tanager Place - a nonprofit child and family service agency (Cedar Rapids) E I Woodland Hills - Duluth E Youth Homes of Mid-America Youth Shelter and Services (Ames) I V Youth Villages (13 locations in Tennessee, Arkansas & Mississippi) E I Cedar Valley Day Care Providers Organizations Providing Services and Advocacy for Those With Disabilities Alternative Services (6 locations in Iowa) E The Association for Individual Development E V Bethphage - (almost 40 locations around country) E Black Hawk Center for Independent Living V Comprehensive Services Courage Center Job Openings (Minneapolis) E V Exceptional Persons Inc.(Waterloo) E G&G Living Centers, Inc. (Guttenberg, Garnavillo, Edgewood) E Goodwill Industries(locations across the country) Handicapped Development Center (Davenport) E Hope Haven (Rock Valley, IA) E Mary Lee Foundation - Non-Profit Agency (Austin, TX)  Marshall Habilitation Center (Marshall, MO) New Choices, Inc. E REM - (Edina, MN) E Related resources Therapy/Respite Camps: Kids with Autism and other Special Needs Shelters Black Hawk County Youth Shelter Divorce Source: Iowa Domestic Violence Shelters Iowa Women's Shelters Roswell Refuge for Battered Adults YWCA: Domestic Violence, childcare, volunteer, rape, women, children Youth Shelter Care of North Central Iowa County and Community Services Allamakee County Social Services  Benton County Community Services Bremer County Case Management Buchanan County Community Services Cedar Valley Community Services Cerro Gordo, Worth and Hancock County Community Services Emmet County Attorney's Office  Fayette County Human Services Iowa County Community Services E V Iowa Department of Human Services 6th Judicial District Correctional Services Johnson County Community Services Jones County Community Services Linn County Continuum of Care Linn County Programs E V Linn County Home Health Program E Linn County Iowa Government: Youth Services In-home Services E Olmstead County Community Services Scott County Extension V Washington County Social Services ISU Extension Services E Waterloo Iowa Social Security Office Community Resources Hospices  Cedar Valley Hospice V Welcome to the Hospice of Central Iowa Homepage Nursing Homes; Veterans Homes Care Initiatives (45 Iowa nursing homes) E Cedar Falls Lutheran Home E Good Shepherd Lutheran Home, Nebraska Iowa Veterans Home E LaPorte City Nursing and Rehabilitation Life Care Services (in several states) E Panora Nursing & Rehab - A Care Initiatives facility Welcome to Western Home Communities E Related Resources: Location of Nursing Homes by City Make Your Move-Licensed Nursing Home Information Top Nursing Facilities in Iowa Senior Care Network - Iowa Listings Nonprofit Humanitarian Positions Alzheimer's Association East Central Iowa American Diabetes Association E V Community Lead Education and Reduction Corps Easter Seals of Iowa Habitat for Humanity Int'l E      Habitat for Humanity Int'l -- Current Salaried/Hourly Positions Available Iowa Charities Directory Iowa Statewide Organ Procurement Organization Peace Corps: The Toughest Job You'll Ever Love! V Points of Light Foundation V Planned Parenthood E V American Red Cross Central Iowa Chapter, Des Moines V  Welcome to United Way of Massachusetts Bay  Mental Health Agencies Abbe Center for Community Mental Health- An Abbe Affiliate E Cedar Valley Mental Health Center Community Alliance Crisis Connection Helping Associates, Inc Janet Wattles Center: Mental Health Services in Rockford E I V Uta Halee Girls Village (psychiatric residential treatment facility) E New Directions Behavioral Health E North Central Human Services (4 locations in Iowa) E Schuyler Counseling & Health Center (Illinois) Substance Abuse Treatment Area Substance Abuse Council Arizona Community Treatment and Protection Center Clermont Recovery Center  Pathways Behavioral Services Residential Care Facilities Bremwood Lutheran Services   Waverly, Mason City Gerard Residential Treatment Programs Prairie Park Res Care, Muscatine Savio House Residential Facility Human Resource Agencies or Offices Creative Options EHS Merit Resources - a human resource agency providing services to businesses E Hewitt Associates - A human resouce agency consulting with businesses Iowa Workforce Development Office Human Resource Department , Square D Company, Cedar Rapids Society for Human Resource Management Human Resources, Central College Procter & Gamble - Human Resources E I  Sprint- Human Resource Department E  Waterloo Work Force Development Office City of West Des Moines Human Resource Office  Wyoming A&I Human Resources E Law Enforcement City of Aurora, Colorado Police Dept. City of Cedar Falls Police Dept. Cedar Rapids Police Department E Denver, Colorado Police Department Department of Correctional Services-1st Judicial District, Iowa Florida Department of Corrections E Iowa Community Based Corrections E Juvenile Court Services (Illinois) Iowa Department of Corrections E Department of Public Safety Iowa Counties - Law Enforcement In Iowa Iowa Judicial Branch - Official Site of the Iowa Courts-Juvenile Court Subsystem Kansas City Police Dept. Middle District of Florida Probation Office Missouri Law Enforcement Page North Iowa Juvenile Detention Services Omaha Nebraska Police Department Web Page E City of Urbandale - Urbandale Police Department Rock Island Arsenal Others became commissioned officers in US Military Insurance, Finance, Real Estate and Investment Industry AEGON Life Investors E I Allied Insurance - Career Opportunities E American Express Financial Advisors American National Insurance Company E     Opportunities With the American National Family of Companies AmerUs Group E The CBE Group (collection agency) Continental Western Insurance Copeland Insurance Agency Cottingham & Butler Inc A Partner of Assurex International E CUNA Mutual Group E Diversified Investment Advisors Dun & Bradstreet Dymacol Corp. (collection agency) MB Beitler: Property Management E  Farmers Insurance Group  GMAC Mortgage Hartford Insurance - Services Property Casualty Life Health Hartford, CT  Hayes Appraisal Associates Heartwell Mortgage - A Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio Mortgage Lender E Iowa Title Company Landmark Credit Union New York Life Principal Financial Group E Progressive Insurance - Welcome! E I Careers With Mutual of Omaha Index E I  Seabury and Smith Insurance Selective Insurance Company State Farm Insurance  Wellmark K-12 Education  Ames High School  Des Moines Public Schools, Iowa Ed Cody Elementary NISD San Antonio TX Dunkerton Schools Galena Schools Hillsboro City Schools Iowa City Schools Isaac Fox Elementary School, Illinois Lenox Elementary School  Mid-Prairie School District   Newton Community Schools: NHS  Norwood Community Schools, Colorado Osage Schools Ottumwa Community Schools  Sac Community Schools Spring-Ford Area High School, Pennsylvania  Spring Hill Schools Saint Paul Public Schools  Turkey Valley Community School  Urbandale Schools Wentzville School District Other Instruction UNI Tae Kwon-Do Club, San Antonio Gymnastics Instructor, The Little Gym Lifetime Fitness Loy Norris HS Swimming Coach Metro Youth Football Assocation Swimming Coach. Ames City Pools Teaching English in Peru Paraeducator for Autistic Children Art History Instructor, UNI Communications Instructor, Clarke College Healthcare Allen Hospital E Aurora St. Luke's Healthcare Blank's Childrens Hospital Broadlawns Medical Center   Central Iowa Health Care Clarinda Regional Health Center Covenant Medical Center E V County HeathcareAdvocates, St. Paul Emma Goldman Clinic Homepage Genesis Health System E Gold Cross Ambulance Service Iowa Foundation for Medical Care E Kaiser Permanente Madison Center and Hospital Mercy Medical Center E Norrell Health Care E Novartis US: US Foundation Parkland Health & Hospital System (Texas) E Protek Medical Products Saint Anthony Medical Center E  Taylor Physical Therapy Trinity Regional Medical Center, Fort Dodge, Iowa E Student Affairs/College Administrative Offices Registrar's Office, Allen College Black Hawk College Admissions, Illinois Human Resources, Central College  Hawkeye Community College- Advising; Career Center Admissions Services, Kirkwood Community College Residence Life, New York University Academic Advising, Northern Arizona University Pacific College - Student Activities Student Development Center, University of Kansas International Student Center, San Diego State University Financial Aid Office, UNI Institutional Research, UNI Business/Management Positions Amana: Built Better Than It Has To Be  City of Hampton City of Waterloo Illinois Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce Iowa Sports  Microsoft Corporation The Maytag Home - Our Company Order Fulfillment for John Deere Pei's Mandarin Restaurant Local and State Government Positions Elected Officials, County US National Archives and Records Administration Rogers-Lowell Chamber of Commerce Research Market Facts: United States Offices - Marketing Research Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, ISU Institute for Social and Behavioral Research, ISU Technology Communications Data Services, Inc. E DataJunction DynCorp E Northeast Community College Webmaster (Nebraska) St. Louis Community College Instructional Technology Telegroup Telecommunications Job Information E UNI Instructional Technology Religious Orchard Hill Church Faith Temple Baptist Church The Navigators  Miscellaneous KWWL Job Opportunities Bristol Myers Squibb Sylvan Learning Center E   Schumacher Elevators

Also check out the  "Where Are They Now Webpage" - a list of links to former Psychology students (primarily those who went on for additional training) we were able to locate on the web. Additions or Corrections? Contact Dr. Linda Walsh, Department  of Psychology, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0505. Last update 8/16/06.

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