What Makes A Career?

A. Attention getter: Why did the art student cross the road? Because she decided to pursue a more useful degree. I sincerely wish the cultural artifact I was here to present was a list of potential job prospects for graduating art students, but unfortunately, no such thing exists.

To further elaborate, individuals in the social aspect are the helpers on the career field. Individuals with an artistic work interest are known as the creators on the career field. Furthermore, individuals in the investigative work interest are known as the inquisitive thinkers. Each of the three work interests contribute to determine the occupations that would best suit my passions. Much to my surprise, however, I discovered that I am most suitable to peruse a career as a college professor – more specifically with a concentration in art. I can understand how my work interests equated to an art professor – after all, an individual in pursuit of this occupation would need to work well with people, acquire artistic abilities, and provide proficient teaching methods in an investigative manner – nevertheless, I do not agree that I should peruse a career in this

She spoke to a friend who was attending Sheridan College for illustration and she saw what amazing works being done by students. Life drawings, painting, all the foundational skills to becoming an artist were being covered, as well as students being permitted to use all sorts of mediums to express themselves.

Anai Harley is a Florida native and a 2015 graduate from Bennett College. Anai attained her Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing and Management. Though Ms. Harley majored in Business, she’s always been a lover of all things artistic. In high school she always took painting, fashion, and pottery classes. Fall semester of her junior year in college, she really discovered her true gift as an artist when she enrolled in a Painting and Printmaking class while studying abroad in Cyprus. In that Painting & Printmaking class her final project required her to make wall displaying with a variety on paintings. Following graduation Anai aspires to eventually open her own Art Gallery and continue to share her art

The year Gaffney joined the school, my freshman year, I signed up for his Computer Graphics class. Starting with practically no experience, I soon became proficient in tools like Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop. Though the course only lasted a single trimester, I

The computer revolution has changed a lot of how graphic design is conducted and with that came the do-it-yourself graphic designers. “Low-cost computers and software have radically challenged the working procedure of designers.” Thornton (1996). Sitting at home working on a computer receiving a paycheck is a dream that many have and would love to do, however, this is not the case for a lot of people. Most high school students get to choose from a large array of classes that teach them the basics of the Adobe Creative Suite or other software that they can manipulate images or illustrate pictures. Some get the idea that because they read some information on websites and learn some terminology that they have what it takes to get into the

Often contemplating working to earn my Bachelor Degree, and musing on the possibility of continuing my education in the field of Art, I am now taking the opportunity as my family’s business will be permanently closing our doors by the end of this year. I made the decision to return to Tidewater Community College to complete a full Associate Degree and to explore my options for moving on to a four-year program. Unsure at this time what four-year institution I will transfer to, I am looking forward to exploring the myriad of possibilities with my Advisor. My current goal is to further pursue programs in Graphic Design and a Fine Art field. Additionally, I would like to seek to receive my teaching credentials in Art after completing my Bachelor Degree. I believe furthering my education in this manor will reveal more opportunities than if I limit myself to just one

The reasoning behind this essay is to prove to The Art Institute of Pittsburgh-Online Division that I, Adriana Petoskey, have the ambition, passion, and autonomy to take on the responsibilities of what comes with obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design.

According to the 16 Personality test, my personality type is the defender. I possess the feeling trait and have excellent analytical skills. I have well-developed people skills and strong social relationships. Even though I’m the judging type, I am also receptive to change and new ideas. According to my Career Cruising results, I should become some type of counselor or therapist. Surprisingly, my suggested careers were pretty accurate to what I want to pursue. However, Career Cruising did not hint at any careers in criminal justice or forensic science as it has in previous years. For my Day-on-the-Job, I job shadowed Officer Brian Farlin and Detective Michael Neering to get a sense of working with crime since that has always interested me.

Nervous about choosing where you should pursue your education and what type of degree you want is mind racking but making sure you pick the right one is crucial. College students and their parents do not want to waste their money on a worthless degree that will get them nowhere. One of these degrees happens to be liberal art which parents and college students have varies opinions on the usefulness of the degree, but the loudest voices are the one that shows discontent with the idea of getting liberal art degree and arguing using “misconceptions” but other choose to counter those “misconceptions”. One of them being Sanford J. Ungar who was the president of Goucher College, a liberal art school (656). Ungar tackled seven misconceptions” with

Social Work is a profession concerned with helping individuals, families, groups and communities to enhance their individual and collective well-being. I chose to seek a degree in this field because I find this to be a very rewarding career choice. To obtain a degree in a career that essentially makes a difference in people’s lives is extremely important to me. I have worked as a medical assistant for over 10 years, and although I love my job I would like to work closer with the people that I serve. I realize from working with people with intellectual disabilities that my passion lies with helping and assisting individuals. It takes a special person to work in social services because this is a field where advocating and assisting are a forte. I would like to obtain my Bachelors of Art in Social Work and work with children. After, I have worked in the field for at least a year I would like to continue postgraduate studies in lure of earning my master’s in social work. My ultimate goal is to obtain both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in social work and specialize in case management assisting both children and veterans.

Furthermore, it is this perpetual drive to continue my art career that has led me to the decision of applying to the College of Fine Art at the University of Texas. Being a student at this university is the next step for me to take in order to achieve a successful career as an artist and illustrator. I plan to use my degree in Fine Arts to become a character designer and storyboard artist for an animation studio. This career entices me the most because I feel that my unique vision and artistic background suit the demand of today’s animation

As a current student at Rock Valley College, it is my goal to acquire an Associate’s De-gree within the Graphic Arts Technology with an emphasis in Mass Media Communication by the end of 2017 fall semester. Due to the economic and technological changes in the current trends of the workforce, my previous Associates Degree in Computer Aided Technology has become somewhat obsolete, which has made me re-evaluate my career path options. It is my belief that I will become a marketable resource within a broader scope of companies from graphic design into marketing.

As a visually inspired laterally thinker with creative drive, I wish to pursue a career that embraces my artistic talents and offers motivational challenges to my conceptual skills, in essence I want to shape my future with art at its heart.

The sports industry is an intense, highly competitive field of work which involves a great deal of patience, dedication, and hard work. Not a lot of people have what it takes to stay in the business for long but Mike Tomlin knows exactly what it takes. He is a wonderful role model for people looking to do something similar or to be a coach like himself. Being able to communicate properly with the players as well as other people in this area of work is what will be the determinant of a successful career. By watching how Tomlin conducts himself I can learn what I have to do in order to be a successful coach one day.