It is important not to start job shadowing until after students have had some career testing. Consider having each girl's first job shadowing experience in something in which she is already interested. But successive ones should be increasingly random so that she gets exposure to a broad variety of worksites and areas of responsibility.
Career fairs are valuable when they provide personal interaction with career professionals .
Consider scheduling a lunchtime program with female students once per month and inviting four different professionals to share their experiences. With nine potential career luncheons during the school year, girls will have experiences with 36 different careers and will gain a better understanding that this is not a once a year or once in a lifetime learning experience. But they should not be used until students have some career awareness and career exploration activities. If a girl's knowledge base is not expanded prior to testing, her choices will reflect that limited knowledge and are likely to perpetuate limited horizons.