Pegasus Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 DD16 has no idea what she wants to study in college or pursue as a career. I think job shadowing is a great opportunity to see what people actually do on a day to day basis. However, I am at a complete loss on how to set something like this up. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FourOaks Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Do you have neighbors or other friends in various fields? My neighbors are helping out with this for us. In fact, we just got an email from one of them this morning with the itinerary she has set up for the day for my daughter. It is FABULOUS and I am hoping will be a great experience for my dd. We are hoping the neighbors on our other side may be able to do something similar for her as they are in other fields. We are also going to try and contact some friends of friends who may be willing to allow a day of shadowing in their industry. Other than personal contacts, I have no idea how to go about getting job shadows set up. I'm all ears! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilaclady Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Some of my friends kids have done this with their veterinarians and also one boy on our local yahoo group is shadowing their dentist. He has been dong it for 4 hrs a week since he was 12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted May 11, 2013 Author Share Posted May 11, 2013 Thank you for sharing your experiences. Sounds like I need to start by asking the people we already know. I wasn't sure if people just cold called an agency/company to request a job shadowing experience for their student. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Pegasus, we get requests like that in our company, so yes you can. With a 16 yo though, you might go ahead and have them do the request. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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