{"id":596,"date":"2020-11-04T13:20:51","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T18:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.12.124.99\/?p=310"},"modified":"2020-11-04T13:20:51","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T18:20:51","slug":"corps-career-paths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/digitalcorps\/2020\/11\/04\/corps-career-paths\/","title":{"rendered":"Corps Career Paths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat&nbsp;do&nbsp;you want to be when you grow up?\u201d&nbsp;In elementary school,&nbsp;you&nbsp;might have answered this easily. Maybe an astronaut or a robot from a T.V. show or movie.&nbsp;Maybe a teacher or firefighter because you knew people with those jobs.&nbsp;Some of these childhood career ideas fall to the side,&nbsp;and once&nbsp;you&nbsp;begin college,&nbsp;you&nbsp;feel frantic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellucian.com\/assets\/en\/2019-student-success-survey-results.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Ellucian<\/em><\/a>,&nbsp;two-thirds of students feel stressed about choosing a major. Students might choose a major because they&nbsp;think it\u2019s interesting,&nbsp;took related classes in high school,&nbsp;or know someone with that major, but regardless of the reasoning, 51 percent are unsure about their career path when they begin college.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students may seek out experiences, such as jobs, internships, or immersive learning classes, to gain real-world experience&nbsp;and better decide if a career path is right for them. According to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indeed.com\/career-advice\/finding-a-job\/why-is-an-internship-important\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Indeed.com<\/em><\/a>,&nbsp;internships have a range of benefits, including&nbsp;helping students&nbsp;integrate&nbsp;into the industry,&nbsp;develop interests, and learn&nbsp;while making mistakes along the way.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Similarly, the&nbsp;Digital Corps has&nbsp;benefits&nbsp;because it&nbsp;offers real-world experience to students, helping them address questions they may have about their interests, majors, and careers.&nbsp;They&nbsp;gain an&nbsp;advantage&nbsp;compared&nbsp;to many other students in their field.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Where Do I Begin with Finding a Career Path?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some students join the Corps having no idea what career or major they want to pursue.&nbsp;They aren\u2019t alone because, from 2012-2014, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/pubs2018\/2018434.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. Department of Education<\/a>&nbsp;found that 33 percent of students pursuing bachelor\u2019s degrees changed their major at least once, and 9 percent changed their major more than once.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.12.124.99\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/8O5A2167-1200x1200-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-636\" width=\"157\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/03\/14195654\/8O5A2167-1200x1200-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/03\/14195654\/8O5A2167-1200x1200-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/03\/14195654\/8O5A2167-1200x1200-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/03\/14195654\/8O5A2167-1200x1200-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/03\/14195654\/8O5A2167-1200x1200-2-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/03\/14195654\/8O5A2167-1200x1200-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Viveka Melo, the Project Management Graduate Assistant, changed her majors drastically after beginning to work at the Digital Corps during her freshman year. She started college as a&nbsp;pre-medicine major and switched to&nbsp;wildlife&nbsp;biology, but she was unsure what career she wanted to pursue. When she started at the Corps, she worked on the User Experience (UX) Team, and as she began learning about designing and about conducting interviews and focus groups, she better understood how to apply knowledge&nbsp;to a job.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cIt was the first time I actually understood the details of what a job was,\u201d says Melo. \u201cI could actually see myself doing this!\u201d&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Melo thought that the&nbsp;Soft&nbsp;Skills workshops, which Corps&nbsp;students&nbsp;attend&nbsp;weekly, helped her think critically about her future.&nbsp;She learned&nbsp;about practical career-related topics, such as finances, which&nbsp;influenced her decision to change her major to&nbsp;psychology and&nbsp;to pursue a career in UX research.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.12.124.99\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_3971-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-638\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" \/><figcaption><em>Melo collaborates with other employees on a paper\u00a0prototype for a project.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Corps equipped Melo with the tools to make informed decisions about&nbsp;her education.&nbsp;Students might build an understanding about their career path by interviewing professionals or taking career quizzes, but&nbsp;nothing beats&nbsp;their&nbsp;own experiences. Through those experiences, students gain a better understanding of what they do and don\u2019t want to pursue.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What Else Can I Do with My Major?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many students are uncertain of the possibilities their majors offer. If they perform a simple Google search, they can find a few careers related to their majors, but majors can often lead to a wider variety of careers.&nbsp;Many students and alumni say their experiences at the Corps helped them realize that their career&nbsp;options exceed the boundaries of the \u201cWhat Can I Do with This Major?\u201d sites.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.12.124.99\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Maddie-Rambissoon-1200x1200-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-639\" width=\"157\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/03\/14195657\/Maddie-Rambissoon-1200x1200-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/03\/14195657\/Maddie-Rambissoon-1200x1200-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/03\/14195657\/Maddie-Rambissoon-1200x1200-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/03\/14195657\/Maddie-Rambissoon-1200x1200-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/03\/14195657\/Maddie-Rambissoon-1200x1200-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/03\/14195657\/Maddie-Rambissoon-1200x1200-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maddie&nbsp;Rambissoon, a Video Apprentice, is a TCOM Video Production major, so she thought she might want a career in post-production. When she began at the Corps, a section of her training focused briefly on color grading, which she didn\u2019t know much about.&nbsp;After&nbsp;doing&nbsp;further training with color, she hopes to pursue a career as a colorist. \u201cIt\u2019s a thing that people don\u2019t really know about,\u201d says&nbsp;Rambissoon, \u201cbut it makes such a big difference in how the final product looks.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Corps also helped&nbsp;Rambissoon&nbsp;develop greater proficiency in software. In high school, she used Final Cut Pro for video editing, but at the Corps, she learned to use Adobe Premiere Pro, which&nbsp;offers a wider range of color correction options. She recently began training in DaVinci Resolve, the industry standard for colorists.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.12.124.99\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Bailey-Ruble-1200x1200-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-640\" width=\"157\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/03\/14195658\/Bailey-Ruble-1200x1200-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/03\/14195658\/Bailey-Ruble-1200x1200-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/03\/14195658\/Bailey-Ruble-1200x1200-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/03\/14195658\/Bailey-Ruble-1200x1200-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/03\/14195658\/Bailey-Ruble-1200x1200-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/03\/14195658\/Bailey-Ruble-1200x1200-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bailey Ruble, a Design Specialist, majors in Animation, so she thought she would follow the typical&nbsp;route for her major and work in an animation studio for the film and TV industry. During her training at the Corps, she learned about graphic design&nbsp;and&nbsp;is&nbsp;interested in becoming a motion graphics designer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThere were a lot more career options that the Corps educated me on,\u201d says Ruble.&nbsp;\u201cI had&nbsp;never really thought about web design before as an option,&nbsp;so&nbsp;the training&nbsp;definitely helped&nbsp;open my eyes.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Similar to&nbsp;Rambissoon, Ruble also gained further experience with software. Ruble already used Adobe After Effects, but now, she uses it daily at the Corps, improving her&nbsp;proficiency.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.12.124.99\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/0-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-641\" width=\"157\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/03\/14195659\/0-1.jpg 594w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/03\/14195659\/0-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/03\/14195659\/0-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alex Dils, a Ball State alumnus and former Design Team member, majored in Visual Communications, so he thought he would have a traditional graphic design job at a studio or&nbsp;an&nbsp;agency.&nbsp;&nbsp;After visiting his brother, a UX designer in San Francisco, Dils realized that he&nbsp;could break out of the traditional print designs bubble and do more with his work.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When he joined the Corps, he learned how to use different media&nbsp;beyond the print&nbsp;media&nbsp;he mainly learned about in classes.&nbsp;He boosted is r\u00e9sum\u00e9 and professional skills through the Adobe Certifications offered at the Corps.&nbsp;\u201cIt definitely let me realize my level of proficiency,&nbsp;and what I was actually capable of,\u201d says Dils.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201c[The Digital Corps]&nbsp;really encouraged students to push limits and move fast.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dils continued&nbsp;to move quickly&nbsp;and harness the Digital Corps\u2019 value of \u201cbeing the best and striving to be the best\u201d&nbsp;when he began learning about augmented and virtual reality a couple years after graduating. He currently works at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/careers\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;where he&nbsp;creates&nbsp;with virtual reality design.&nbsp;\u201cA lot of the content in VR is really powerful once you\u2019re in the headset,\u201d says Dils,&nbsp;\u201cbut&nbsp;part of my job now is to capture what I would see around me and produce that into a video,&nbsp;so&nbsp;people out of a headset can start to appreciate what it might look like&nbsp;for them&nbsp;and get them excited.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a market report from&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketsandmarkets.com\/Market-Reports\/reality-applications-market-458.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Market and Markets<\/em><\/a>,&nbsp;from 2020-2025, the VR market is expected to grow&nbsp;at a compound growth rate of 27.9 percent, so Dils encourages current designers at the Corps to learn about VR.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.12.124.99\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/0-3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-642\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/03\/14195700\/0-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/03\/14195700\/0-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/03\/14195700\/0-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/03\/14195700\/0-3.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption><em>Dils wears the Oculus Quest 2 VR headset, working behind the scenes for the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5_bVkbG1ZCo&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\">Infinite Office product video<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What New Skills Can I Develop?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.12.124.99\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/EliSchapkerHeadshot-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-643\" width=\"143\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/03\/14195701\/EliSchapkerHeadshot-1.png 571w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/03\/14195701\/EliSchapkerHeadshot-1-300x282.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other students develop skills that are different from their major, and these new skills can help them find a different career path that they wouldn\u2019t have considered without the Corps.&nbsp;Alumna&nbsp;Eli Schapker&nbsp;credits the Digital Corps, along with many other Ball State experiences, as helping her prepare for her career.&nbsp;She&nbsp;majored in&nbsp;marketing,&nbsp;so&nbsp;she thought she might write blog posts or manage social media accounts at her future job. She joined the Communication Team at the Corps and began gaining real-world experiences that helped shape her career path.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Later, Schapker&nbsp;became the Junior Project Manager&nbsp;(JPM)&nbsp;for many projects, so she gained project management skills that she didn\u2019t have before the Corps.&nbsp;She currently works as&nbsp;a project manager at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kronos.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kronos Incorporated<\/a>,&nbsp;which doesn\u2019t directly relate to her major, but she&nbsp;applies&nbsp;skills from the Corps&nbsp;and background from her major to her career.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cYou can frame your experiences to allow you to take advantage of opportunities that you wouldn\u2019t think would fit in your major,\u201d says Schapker.&nbsp;\u201cThe Corps really did give me great experience of doing things I do every day at my job now, like how to work as a team, how to communicate with people who specialize in a different area than you do.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She also developed technical skills&nbsp;through her JPM role&nbsp;at the Corps. She scheduled meetings using&nbsp;Outlook Calendar, which she continues to do at her current job. She used Basecamp, a project management&nbsp;site, to assign tasks for Corps projects, and now, she uses Smartsheet, a different project management software, but says her knowledge of Basecamp was&nbsp;transferable&nbsp;to Smartsheet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.12.124.99\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_1402-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-644\" width=\"512\" height=\"342\" \/><figcaption>In summer 2017, Schapker and other Corps employees went on a camping trip at Red River Gorge.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Schapker\u00a0says\u00a0that one of the most valuable aspects of her Corps experience was learning from her peers. She would often ask people from other teams to explain what they were working on, so she encourages students to\u00a0reach out and learn about other disciplines.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cTake&nbsp;advantage of all of the&nbsp;wide-ranging&nbsp;wealth of knowledge that everyone has,\u201d says&nbsp;Schapker,&nbsp;\u201cbecause&nbsp;when&nbsp;you get out of the Corps, you don\u2019t really have that readily available to you, and you miss it sometimes.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Corps helps to address students\u2019 career-related questions\u2014sometimes questions they don\u2019t know they have\u2014through practical, real-world experiences. Students can use these experiences, along with knowledge from&nbsp;Soft&nbsp;Skills workshops,&nbsp;training, or certifications,&nbsp;to build their own idea of their career.&nbsp;The Corps&nbsp;serves as&nbsp;a steppingstone&nbsp;helping lead students toward their futures, so&nbsp;they turn \u201cI might be interested is this?\u201d into \u201cI want to pursue this!\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhat&nbsp;do&nbsp;you want to be when you grow up?\u201d&nbsp;In elementary school,&nbsp;you&nbsp;might have answered this easily. 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