Remember When You Were a Kid? What Did You Want to Be? Who Did You Want to Be? How Many Career Options Were You Aware Of?
The JA Job Shadow program is a high impact, career exploration program that helps students to make connections between what they study and learn in school and how it's applied in the real world. Students also begin to connect performance in school with future career success and earning potential. The JA Job Shadow empowers students to take charge of directing their own success in life by providing them with valuable experiential, research intelligence and a head-start in building a professional network.
The JA Job Shadow program is a valuable school-to-work experience. Job Shadowing provides students with access to many different fields and occupations. In the past, students have shadowed professionals in industries such as sports, media and technology, science and medicine, law, banking and finance, advertising and marketing, among others. JA Job Shadow also provides NYC and Long Island businesses with a low cost, high value pipeline to the diverse and unlimited emerging talent pool in NYC and Long Island schools. Your business has the opportunity to connect with, develop, shape, influence and attract your future employees.
Make it your business to host a company-sponsored JA Job Shadow event in your workplace.
""As part of my business class we had to attend a trip to MTV Studios,
sponsored by Junior Achievement. When I was first introduced to JA Job
Shadow, I really did not know what to expect. I entered the building
expecting to learn about the world of marketing and promotions.
Surprisingly, I was introduced to a whole different career field. I want to
thank you for showing me different paths in life to explore...
You also made me look at Nick at Nite and TV Land in a whole different
aspect. It also helps me to better understand why it is that some things
happen on television and how one second can affect the whole day of
programming. I appreciate the time that you took out to show me around."
— Duanecia A. Evans, JA New York Student
To involve your students in the JA Job program, contact: jobshadow@jany.org.
