Making yourself a good candidate for I/O Psych Programs?

[gangwarily]

So I'm in a bit of a predicament. My school, University of Washington, is an *extremely* clinically focused school. Due to this, I didn't even find out about I/O psych until pretty recently. I've asked around school including professors and counselors about what I could do to make myself a better candidate and nobody could help me. This is concerning me because I am planning on applying to master's and doctoral programs and yet my education (and potential research interests) is near zilch. What could I do to make myself a better candidate?

[honkycat1]

if you can make the research interest and experience relevant to aspects of i/o then its not hard.

I had no i/o experience but my research experience in other areas helped me. Speaking some profs, a lot of what they look for is your experience as a research, regardless of the area. Yes, i/o research experience would be a bonus but they know I/O is a small area and not an area every school has. so to rule out applicants because they didn't work on a i/o project would be unfair and overlooking a lot of great applicants. but what that said, you better have a damn good c.v in terms of research products. (papers, presentations, etc)

[ILuvPsych2013]

I am in a similar situation. I am finishing up my undergrad at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a school with no I/O program. In order to be more competitive come grad school application time, I was advised to get a business minor, try to put an I/O "spin" on any research I do, take advanced research methods courses, and (of course) keep the grades high. Hope this helps a bit!