The skills listed above are valuable to any employer. In addition, there are opportunities to specialise as clinical psychologists in the health professions, or organisational psychologists in public and private sector organisations. Clinical Psychologists work in hospitals or government departments such as Corrections, Social Welfare or Education. They also work in private practice or for other private organisations. Recommended courses are abnormal and therapeutic psychology, assessment, developmental psychology, social and community psychology, whanau and psychology and brain and behaviour.
Postgraduate study is required.
Personnel and Organisational Psychologists work for either government or private organisations in the areas of personnel placement, training and development, performance assessment and organisational development. They may also work as private consultants. Appropriate courses are organisational psychology, personnel psychology, assessment, psychological research, social psychology, and principles of learning and behaviour. Researchers are employed by all government departments for evaluation and assessment projects or by private research organisations, aviation training, or industrial design firms. Courses that are directly applicable include psychological research, assessment, community psychology, social psychology, and psychology of women.