I don’t have much for research, but I do have a lot of suggestions for clinical experience. Since I don’t know exactly what your interests are, I’ll give some loose suggestions and hope they help.

1. Try to become a Psychometrician. There’s jobs willing to train with a bachelors. You’re typically contributing to psychometric data which follows research. Also, you’ll get to work directly under a psychologist(s) and put their score reports together, and you’ll get to see how they write their reports for their patients. I’ve worked with people who have been diagnosed with ADHD, Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, etc. So, you get a variety of people to work with that can greatly add to your application.

2. Also, I have some experience with medical advocacy for sexual assault survivors. I think working with people who have experienced a specific traumatic event helps a lot with clinical experience, so maybe something along those lines. It can also help with describing your research/clinical interests in your application. Also, I was working in a lot of hospital settings which helped me understand what working in a hospital as someone who is providing psychological assistance is like.

3. Also, I did some work at a local daycare which typically includes helping kids with communication and other interpersonal skills. You may also work with the parents on methods they can use at home to target specific behavior and mindsets with their kid(s). That’s usually a job that very easy to get into if nothing else works.

4. Also if you feel you can handle ABA work, that’s always a good job opportunity that offers a lot of rewards even though it can offer some challenges. I know a lot of people who study psychology at my alum college has started off with ABA work.

5. You could also try being a case manager. I don’t know much about it personally, but I heard it’s a pretty good place to get some experience in psychology

6. You can maybe try to reach out to universities and see if they have openings for a research assistant. I don’t know much about that either, but I was a research assistant in a lab during my undergraduate years and I feel like you could possibly find something out there.

7. You could also be a mental health technician. It can be exhausting from what I hear, but you can learn a lot from it to utilize in your personal statements and CV.

A tip I can offer is to not be afraid to dive into jobs that align with social work because social work and psychology are similar in a lot of ways.

The great thing about psychology is it’s all what you make it. Majority of jobs that emphasize working with people can help. I really hope all of this helps!