Industrial-Organizational Psychologists

What Does a Industrial-Organizational Psychologists Do?

Apply principles of psychology to human resources, administration, management, sales, and marketing problems. Activities may include policy planning; employee testing and selection, training, and development; and organizational development and analysis. May work with management to organize the work setting to improve worker productivity.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Provide advice on best practices and implementation for selection.
• 2Develop and implement employee selection or placement programs.
• 3Analyze data, using statistical methods and applications, to evaluate the outcomes and effectiveness of workplace programs.
• 4Develop interview techniques, rating scales, and psychological tests used to assess skills, abilities, and interests for the purpose of employee selection, placement, or promotion.
• 5Observe and interview workers to obtain information about the physical, mental, and educational requirements of jobs, as well as information about aspects such as job satisfaction.
• 6Facilitate organizational development and change.
• 7Analyze job requirements and content to establish criteria for classification, selection, training, and other related personnel functions.
• 8Advise management concerning personnel, managerial, and marketing policies and practices and their potential effects on organizational effectiveness and efficiency.

Required Skills

• Active Listening
• Reading Comprehension
• Writing
• Critical Thinking
• Speaking
• Monitoring
• Active Learning
• Science
• Learning Strategies
• Mathematics
• Adobe Acrobat
• Assessment Systems Corporation XCALIBRE
• Google Sheets
• Human resource information system (HRIS)
• Hypertext markup language HTML
• IBM SPSS Statistics
• Learning management system LMS
• Mentimeter
• Microsoft Access
• Microsoft Excel

Industrial-Organizational Psychologists Salary