Job Shadow Day: E-Extra!

November 2, 2004

Job Shadow 2005 kicks off on February 2, 2005!

The Job Shadow Coalition is pleased to announce that planning is underway for Job Shadow Day 2005! Starting February 2, 2005, one million young people will have the chance to see the world of work up close as they visit career mentors in the workplace. Working professionals across the country and around the world are planning to see their shadows starting February 2nd!

New “How-To” Guides are Ready!

New “How-To” Guides for Job Shadow 2005 are ready! Just go to www.jobshadow.org. You can place an order for your hardcopy version, or download a “How-To” Guide from the website. Either way, the “How-To” Guides provide a great overview of how to run Job Shadow Day for those who are new to the experience, while offering a refresher to those who have participated in the past and plan to do so again this year.

A Word for Our Sponsors!

This year, the Job Shadow Coalition is pleased to welcome Nelnet and Valpak.com as our new national co-sponsors for Job Shadow Day 2005! Nelnet is one of the leading educational finance companies in the U.S. and is focused on providing quality student loan products and services to students and schools nationwide. Valpak.com is the largest local Web site on the Internet with more than 10,000 local and national offers any time consumers need savings. We are pleased to have the support of Nelnet and Valpak.com and look forward to working with them in the weeks and months ahead!

More on the Way!

In the coming weeks we will provide you with more updates on what’s happening on Job Shadow Day 2005! Be sure to visit www.jobshadow.org periodically for news and information regarding this year’s events. As always, if you have Job Shadow Day plans you would like to share, please send them to press@jobshadow.org.

About Job Shadow Day

Job Shadow is a yearlong national effort to enrich the lives of students by acquainting them with the world of work through on-the-job experiences and a carefully crafted school curriculum that ties academics to the workplace. The effort helps young people understand how what they learn in the classroom leads to success in the workplace. National Job Shadow is a coordinated effort of Junior Achievement, America’s Promise - The Alliance for Youth, and the U.S. Department of Labor. For more information, visit ,www.jobshadow.org.