Tim is a freshman at the Kirksville Alternative School and is completing a job-shadowing assignment at Buck's Auto Body in Kirksville. Every Wednesday afternoon, the students spend two hours job shadowing in a business they requested. The students will job shadow at two places of business, spending nine afternoons in each one. Many schools offer job shadowing activities in different forms.
Students are excited to job shadow, and business people feel job shadowing is a worthwhile activity.
By experiencing careers through job shadowing, students are better able to make long-term decisions about their futures.