Teens in Colorado and Wyoming can now find out about more than 100 different careers through a new virtual job shadow program launched today by Junior Achievement, DeVry University, and Career Corner Digital. The fast-paced, first-person videos take students behind the scenes at some of the world’s top companies, providing them with an inside look at life on the job.
The unique content is free and can be found at http://studentcenter.ja.org/. The comprehensive career profiles utilize technology to deliver an innovative job shadowing tool that helps students make informed decisions about their future. Education requirements, future job outlook and earnings potential are among the topics that are also covered with the videos.
This new resource provides an important secondary purpose as well — to make the subjects kids are taking in school more relevant by showing how they connect to real jobs. “We know that the majority of kids drop out from Colorado and Wyoming schools because they haven’t made the connection between learning and earning. This tool is perfect at making school relevant,” says Robin Wise, President and CEO, of JA Rocky Mountain.
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Job shodowing great way to get kids to see glimpse of what jobs are indemand and to inspire kids to stay in school and do better in school. Helps connect math, sciences, etc to real world. I believe its ther esponsobility of employers and recruiters to do this (schools and teachers just don’t know all the diffrence kinds of engineering jobs and how to describe them to kids….) Plus the green jobs sector is growing….