How to become a Industrial Psychologist / HR Professional
Works on people at work - hiring, wellbeing, performance, organisational design.
What does a Industrial Psychologist / HR Professional actually do?
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Applies psychology to the workplace – hiring and selection, training, performance management, organisational culture – for corporate HR departments or as an independent consultant. Distinct from clinical psychology, which treats mental illness and needs a different, clinical-track degree and registration.
Where this degree can take you
HR Business Partner
Talent / Recruitment Specialist
Organisational Development Consultant
Training & Development Specialist
This is our general description of the role and related jobs, not from an official source – it’s here to give you a fuller picture, not as a careers-counselling guarantee.
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Subjects that usually help
Mathematics
Life Sciences (helpful)
This is our general guidance about which school subjects suit this career. It is not an admission requirement and not from an official source – the real requirements are on the degrees below.
Every Stellenbosch programme is a selection programme. The figures shown are the published minimum requirements - the actual selection threshold is usually higher.