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JA Job Shadow Day

Students will visit a company for 3-4 hours in the morning and have lunch with their shadow hosts before returning to the school. Junior Achievment provides a guidebook to participating organizations to help facilitate and structure the day. Students prepare for the day with some in-class activities and choose "career clusters".

The goal is allowing students to see employees doing their job. We request the hosts to create some tasks for the students so that they can really experience working at each organization.

National partnerships with AT&T and a local partnership with The Academies of Nashville, an initiative of Metro Nashville Public Schools make the JA Job Shadow program a reality in Middle Tennessee.

Benefits of JA Job Shadow

To employers:

Helps prepare our future workforce.
Shows students career possibilities in different industries.
Demonstrates a tangible commitment to supporting and improving our schools and community-at-large.
Gain personal satisfaction that comes from mentoring a young person.
Promotes potential long-term mentoring relationships.

To students:

Provides an answer to the questions, "Why do I have to learn this?" and "Would I want to make this job a career?"
Gives a view into all aspects involved in a job. Students can observe not only job characteristics and responsibilities, but also what each profession requires on a day-to-day basis.
Lets students learn first-hand what it takes to make it in their fields of interest from the people who know best--working professionals.

To educators:

Helps motivate students to learn by demonstrating the tangible applications of classroom lessons.
Assists in developing relationships with business professionals.

Be a part of JA Job Shadow! Preparation of our future workforce is a key to the future success of your business.

For additional information regarding JA Job Shadow, please contact:

The JA Programs Department
615.627.1195
email: education@janash.com