Join the Staff

Sure, classes can teach you a lot, but employers or graduate programs want to be certain that you can apply what you know in a real work environment. It’s not enough to know what you need to do — you have to be able to do what you need to do.

Whatever role — or roles — you take on, you’ll be guided and instructed by your editor or manager. He or she will not only push you to develop the skills related to your specific job but also to be comfortable working in a large organization.

Working at Rampway Online, you’ll have the opportunity to learn, in formal and on-the-job training, to:

* develop your job-specific skills — writing, photography, online development, etc.
* communicate more effectively with coworkers, subordinates, and superiors
* organize your thoughts and schedules more easily
* multi-task more naturally
* solve problems more dynamically
* effectively manage a staff of unique individuals

Many staff members leave convinced that they learned more by working at Rampway Online than they did going to classes while at Carnegie Mellon. This is the real deal.
Build your resume, portfolio, and most importantly your experience set.

Employers and grad schools need proof that you’re worth their investment. They look at your resume, your portfolio, and they ask you questions about your experience. At Rampway Online, you can build all three.

Resume — Never write that you’re dedicated, hard-working, or ambitious on your resume. Words mean nothing. If your resume shows that you wrote 29 articles as a news writer, moved up to Assistant News Editor and mentored a staff of 20 younger news writers, and then led the whole news staff as News Editor, there will be no doubt that you’re dedicated, hard-working, and ambitious.

Portfolio — Class projects can be great portfolio pieces. But why not show off by including your dynamic design for the front page of a newspaper serving a community of 12,000 students, faculty and staff? How about including the ad campaign you designed for a local company that raked in over $2,000 in revenue?

Interview — "Tell me about a time when you led a team. What did you do well, and what would you do better in the future?" You could talk about the time your project group was slacking off, so you _____. Or you could explain that you led the 18 person layout staff, using effective group facilitation skills to hold organized but creative brainstorming meetings each week, all the while managing the work schedules and making sure your staff got paid.

Working at Rampway Online, you will generate proof that you are just the person a potential employer has been waiting for.
Have fun.

We work hard. But we play hard too. Rampway Online’s staff includes nearly 175 people from all different majors, years, and backgrounds. We’ve got so much to work with that it’s hard not to have fun.