Job Shadow Day: E-Extra!
January 26, 2005
Job Shadow Day is Next Wednesday, February 2nd!
Teens Name “Business” as their Ideal Career for the Third Year in a Row
For the third consecutive year, teens selected a career in business as their ideal job, according to a new JA Worldwide (Junior Achievement) “Interprise PollTM”, which is being released in conjunction with Job Shadow Day. “Business” occupations received 9.7 percent of the responses, “doctor” and “teacher” each received 6.2 percent and “entertainer” received 5.7 percent.
Owning their own business appeals to more than two-thirds of students (68.4%). Male students are much more inclined to be entrepreneurs (74.1%) than their female classmates (62.9%). Among ethnic groups, black students indicate a greater preference for owning their own business (79.1%) and white students show the lowest preference (63.5 percent). The results reflect a survey of 1,065 teens between the ages of 13 and 18. View the complete release
Job Shadow on TV!
On Monday, January 31, JA Worldwide CEO David S. Chernow will be on a satellite media tour of TV stations across the country to talk about Job Shadow Day. He will highlight the activities of Job Shadow partners in various communities throughout the nation. For a list of stations/outlets running the January 26th radio media tour featuring ING Foundation President Rhonda Mims, visit the Hog Blog.
Did I Hear What I Just Heard?
If you were driving in your car this week and heard a traffic reporter on the radio mention Job Shadow Day, you weren’t just hearing things. Through the work of Metro Networks, local traffic reporters across the country are mentioning Job Shadow Day in their traffic reports. So far, the response has been overwhelming with record volume on the JobShadow.org website!
Job Shadow Around the Country
- Hartford, CT
- Ten students from Southington High School will experience Job Shadow at NBC 30 Connecticut. They will meet with the President and General Manager, have an opportunity to talk with morning show hosts, tour the facility and shadow employees. A second experience will take place later in the spring with ING.
- Kansas City, MO
- Junior Achievement will reach about 1000 students with Job Shadow this year. The Federal Reserve Bank is involved, as are Best Buy, the Westin Crown Center and Marriott.
- Minneapolis, MN
- Junior Achievement plans to reach 20,000 students this year, hosted by Best Buy, Carlson Companies, Amex and ING.
- Quad Cities
- Approximately 3,500 JA students are participating in Job Shadow Day. Prominent JSD hosts include Moline’s city government, where students will shadow the City Hall and will sit in a Town Hall Meeting. Also, students will have the chance to shadow Jim Victor from Smith Barney, who provides local business analysis on KWQC-TV 6 during the Morning News Show.
- South Carolina
- South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford and Lt. Governor Andre Bauer will be shadowed by a set of twins from Richland Northeast High School. Drew Yoos will shadow Gov. Sanford and his sister, Kristi Yoos, will shadow Lt. Gov. Bauer. In Columbia, JA estimates the number of students participating in JSD will be 11,000. In the state of SC, more than 35,000 will participate.
- Stamford/Norwalk, CT
- Alex Knopp, the Mayor of Norwalk, will have a JA student shadow on February 2nd. Several area companies, including GE and Pitney Bowes, are planning Job Shadow Days in the weeks ahead.
Get on the List!
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A Word for Our Sponsors!
This year, the Job Shadow Coalition is pleased to welcome ING as our new National Title Sponsor! ING is a world class leader in providing financial products and services to its customers across the globe. We are excited to have them on board for Job Shadow Day 2005!
In addition, Nelnet and Valpak.com are the new national co-sponsors for this year’s event! Nelnet is one of the leading educational finance companies in the U.S. and 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.
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, the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Labor. For more information, visit www.jobshadow.org.