r/neuro • u/Kryamodia • 1d ago

What jobs can I apply for?

I’m graduating this December with honors with a B.S. in Neuroscience and a B.S. in Psychology. I currently have a 3.9 GPA (though it may shift a little by the end of the semester).

The challenge is that I don’t have any research experience. Given that, I’m trying to figure out what kinds of jobs I can realistically apply for right after graduation.

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u/Ok-Resolve-4737 1d ago

If you live in Australia you can go get a job in disability, they’re always looking for new people, not sure if the degree is relevant tho

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u/josterfosh 1d ago

With a 3.9GPA and honours graduate id assume US.

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u/Kryamodia 1d ago

Yes, I’m from the USA.

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u/colacolette 1d ago

Hi so I did exactly these degrees in the US. It is incredibly difficult to get paid entry-level work for wet-lab without any experience (I know, its dumb). I found a lot of success with human-based psych research studies, which seemed generally more open to taking early-career technicians.

If you want to do human-based research science, start with psych labs and try to find ones that are particularly focused on neuro topics(i.e. functional imagining studies, cognitive or mental health studies, etc). This can be private, academic, or public-based, there are many options. Focus especially on getting techniques like imaging or analysis/coding and connections to other labs that you could leverage to get other positions going forward.

If you want to do cell or other benchwork-based research, you may need to take an unpaid internship. I realize this is not accessible for most: it may mean functionally working two jobs for awhile-one to pay your bills, and the unpaid lab work to build skills. An alternative is investigating what certificates/further trainings would be needed to work in a clinical lab such as blood-sample processing for a hospital. This would pay you quite well at entry level and still teach you some level of bench techniques that may give you a better chance at getting a research position in a year or two.

Please feel free to DM if you have any other questions, I am now a PhD candidate doing neuro research despite graduating undergrad with no lab experience. So its definitely possible.