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Job Shadowing
What is Job Shadowing?
Job shadowing is another way to gain knowledge and experience about different occupations. When you job shadow, you spend a day, a week, or some other specified/limited amount of time with someone in their workplace. Your goal, during that period of time should be to learn what's required for various jobs or careers and see which ones feel right to you.
You should observe, and ask the person you're shadowing questions to better understand the expectations of someone in that particular job. By shadowing
someone else while they do their job, you can gain current information about a career field, an occupation, an industry, and a company to help you make more informed career decisions.
In fact, you should consider job shadowing at a variety of workplaces. You'll gain a much wider assortment of perspectives, which will be useful in focusing your career decisions!
How can I find someone to shadow?
Talk to teachers, parents, coaches, and friends about your interests, and ask them if they know someone who you can shadow. Better yet, see a Career Counselor in the Career Development Center. They can assist you in identifying careers to research and resources to put you in touch with someone to job shadow!
Job shadowing is less intensive than volunteering or interning, but it can give you a sense of the choices open to you and what you need to do if you want to pursue a particular career. You can get a first-hand understanding of the relevance of academics to the world of work.
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