Future Profession Interview
When assigned an interview in my freshman level English class, there was no doubt in my mind that Clint Selman, my honors psychology professor, would be my first choice. Professor Selman is by far one of my favorite professors and I, coincidentally, hope to someday have his exact career. Selman works as a professor of psychology at Tyler Junior College as well as a part-time counselor at the Samaritan Counseling Center of Tyler. He has a lot of experience in the field of psychology, so I figured he was my best option to learn how to get the most out of my education as well as help me better understand the career that I want and how to get it.
This interview was conducted in Mr. Selman’s small corner office on the …show more content…
While Selman was appreciative of this opportunity, he did not think it was the best work environment due to the fact that the position was a psychologist for the prison system. His job was essentially to determine if the prisoners had actual mental disorders or if they were feigning them in order to get moved to a different facility. After being employed at this job for exactly 5 years, Selman moved on to work at East Texas Medical Center’s Behavioral Health Clinic for another 5 years. He was able to excel quickly in this job and soon became a manger although he did not particularly enjoy it. Wanting to find work elsewhere, Selman heard from one of his coworkers at BHC that a new clinic called Samaritan Counseling Center of Tyler was opening soon. Samaritan’s principles which are demonstrated in their mission statement, “Samaritan Counseling Center of Tyler is an interfaith community based service that seeks to improve the health of mind, body and spirit through counseling, psychotherapy, research and education”, interested Selman, so he decided to apply for a psychologist position there. Soon after starting work at Samaritan, Selman was told by a friend about an open teaching position at Tyler Junior College. Although he had no experience teaching, he was very interested in it and applied for the position as a part-time professor. The interviewers were impressed by his enthusiasm and knowledge about psychology and hired him. Now his typical day consists of preparing for his classes for about two hours, lecturing and teaching for about four hours, and then counseling in the evening for two or three hours. The median salary for someone of this occupation is not well known because it is not a common profession, but Selman would guess at least $40,000 per year. Someone in this career would be paid both salary and hourly due to
When assigned an interview in my freshman level English class, there was no doubt in my mind that Clint Selman, my honors psychology professor, would be my first choice. Professor Selman is by far one of my favorite professors and I, coincidentally, hope to someday have his exact career. Selman works as a professor of psychology at Tyler Junior College as well as a part-time counselor at the Samaritan Counseling Center of Tyler. He has a lot of experience in the field of psychology, so I figured he was my best option to learn how to get the most out of my education as well as help me better understand the career that I want and how to get it.
This interview was conducted in Mr. Selman’s small corner office on the …show more content…
While Selman was appreciative of this opportunity, he did not think it was the best work environment due to the fact that the position was a psychologist for the prison system. His job was essentially to determine if the prisoners had actual mental disorders or if they were feigning them in order to get moved to a different facility. After being employed at this job for exactly 5 years, Selman moved on to work at East Texas Medical Center’s Behavioral Health Clinic for another 5 years. He was able to excel quickly in this job and soon became a manger although he did not particularly enjoy it. Wanting to find work elsewhere, Selman heard from one of his coworkers at BHC that a new clinic called Samaritan Counseling Center of Tyler was opening soon. Samaritan’s principles which are demonstrated in their mission statement, “Samaritan Counseling Center of Tyler is an interfaith community based service that seeks to improve the health of mind, body and spirit through counseling, psychotherapy, research and education”, interested Selman, so he decided to apply for a psychologist position there. Soon after starting work at Samaritan, Selman was told by a friend about an open teaching position at Tyler Junior College. Although he had no experience teaching, he was very interested in it and applied for the position as a part-time professor. The interviewers were impressed by his enthusiasm and knowledge about psychology and hired him. Now his typical day consists of preparing for his classes for about two hours, lecturing and teaching for about four hours, and then counseling in the evening for two or three hours. The median salary for someone of this occupation is not well known because it is not a common profession, but Selman would guess at least $40,000 per year. Someone in this career would be paid both salary and hourly due to