The Job Shadowing Effect on the Employment Rate
Imagine what your career would be like if you could preview occupations before going into a field or working in an industry. As a prospective employee, job shadowing prepares you for the work force, and opens doors for employment.
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Definition
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Job shadowing gives youth and adults insight into a particular career, industry or company by allowing them to follow an employee-mentor on the job for a short period.
Significance
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Job shadowing leads to employment, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. For example, when the biotechnology and health care industries began to flourish and had a labor shortage, they recruited new employees through job shadowing programs.
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Benefits to Employers And Employees
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Employers and employees benefit from job shadowing. Rather than terminate weak employees, employers save jobs by allowing under performers to work shadow co-workers to improve their skills or to retrain for a different position.
Disibilities And At-Risk Programs
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Individuals with disabilities and at-risk individuals also find jobs through job shadowing. Seven participants with disabilities at the Computer Technologies Program, of Berkeley, California, gained employment in their fields shortly after the program began.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, high school dropouts and socially disadvantaged individuals develop skills through job shadowing that employers need.
Student Program
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Job shadowing connects students and employers, according to Kathy Imhoff, finance instructor at the Academy of Finance program at the Frederick County Career & Technology Center in Maryland. "In these students, the Frederick County business community may find their next generation of accomplished leaders," Imhoff said.
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