Meet Career Professionals Through Job Shadowing
This week I held Job Shadowing Orientation sessions and 60 students signed up. Job Shadowing is the perfect way to find out more about a career field and requires minimal time commitment. Once students complete an application form for the program, I will work to match them up with a college alum or professional currently working in their field of interest.
Last year we had 32 students complete the Job Shadowing Program at our college. Students shadowed alumni and professionals working in places like WCBS – TV, The Albany Times Union, NFL, Deloitte Consulting, Pfizer, Inc., UBS, Gap, Inc., Harlem Hospital Emergency Room, The Museum of Modern Art, among many others. One student was even offered an internship and one was offered a full -time job after completion of their job shadow. If your college offers a Job Shadowing Program take some time to find out more about it. Continue reading …
Article by, Penny Loretto, a career counselor at a small liberal arts college in upstate New York, has her own private career counseling practice, Career Choice, and is About.com’s Guide to Internships.
