Programs :: JA Job Shadow
2006 HIGHLIGHTS
Students from New York City and visiting students from JA
Japan were able to visit the CBS
Early Show
during their Job Shadow experience.
On Capitol Hill, students from 11 JA areas job-shadowed the
offices of nearly two-dozen members of Congress and federal
agency personnel. Shadows are seen here with Sen. Lamar
Alexander (R-Tenn., left) and Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev., right).
Check out these remarks from students who had
the opportunity to participate in Job Shadow Day on the Hill.
2005 HIGHLIGHTS
More than 550 students participated in this year's Job Shadow
Day on February 2 in New York City. The students pictured here
had the opportunity to participate in the taping of CNN's
American Morning with Bill Hemmer and Soledad O'Brien.
During last year’s Job Shadow events, JA of Poland reached
nearly 16,000 students, and involved more than 6,000
companies. They plan to surpass those numbers with the many
events and activities planned for 2005. A JA of Poland student
is seen here shadowing a consultant of Intersource Holding on
Job Shadow Day.
2004 HIGHLIGHTS
Among the more than 700 students who
participated in this year’s Job Shadow Day in New York City,
the students pictured here had the opportunity to participate
in the taping of NBC’s Today Show, with Al Roker.
Before shadowing employees at The Carter
Center in Atlanta, students from Chesnut Elementary School
attend Junior Achievement's Groundhog Job Shadow Day Kick-Off
Event.
More Past Events
In 2002, Jeff Taylor, CEO of Groundhog Job Shadow Day national sponsor Monster.com and NBC's Katie Couric joined two student shadows at the 2002 Winter Olympics. For details, click on Utah below.
- "San Diego Sunny" was interviewed on NBC 7/39 promoting job shadowing during 3 segments while students in the background waved signs. FOX 6 News went LIVE with San Diego Sunny during 2 segments at the Careers in Hospitality Breakfast thanking the hospitality industry for committing to host 500 job shadows.
- In Monterey County (a part of JA Santa Clara County, Inc.) students shadowed Superior Court Judge Robert Moody, and Monterey County Sheriff Gordon Sonne.
- News from the Orange County Burrow... Shadows appeared at Disneyland and the Coast Guard.
- Participants included: Frontier Airlines, Pepsi Bottling, Denver Broncos, Best Buy, Pikes Peak International Raceway, KUSA, KCNC and Fox 31 News.
- Stamford, CT had a very successful job shadow day on February 1st. More than 132 students visited companies that included: Pitney Bowes International Headquarters, Mott's, Xerox, Factset, Meta Group, UBS Warburg, the Westin and Sheraton Hotels. Job shadowing made the front page of "The Advocate" newspaper with a picture of 2 students shadowing the chef at The Westin.
- Career professionals from all occupations hosted over 1,200 students and over 80 businesses in Delaware. A full-page story on Groundhog Job Shadow Day made Delaware Business published by the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce.
Orange County
- Central Florida Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association -- Three students will accompany Rich Maladecki, president, and learn firsthand not only about the effects that the tragedy of September 11 has had on the local hospitality industry, but what the local tourism businesses are doing to recover and attract even more visitors to the Central Florida community.
- The Orlando Sentinel -- Two students, one from Winter Park Tech/Digital Design and one from Lake Mary High, will "shadow" Kathy Waltz, publisher, participate in an editorial meeting, tour the facility, and spend time with other senior staff and writers.
- Orange County Public Schools -- Two students, one from Winter Park High School and one from Edgewater High School, will shadow Ron Blocker, Superintendent of Orange County Schools. The students will experience what it's like to be the superintendent of a large school system and also receive an overview of how the department is managed.
- City of Orlando -- Two students, one from Dr. Phillips High School and one from Apopka High School, will shadow Mayor Glenda Hood and experience "a day in the life of the Mayor." They will attend a ribbon cutting for a new distribution center opening and meet with other members of the mayor's staff.
- Hyatt Grand Cypress Resort -- Seventeen students from Oak Ridge High School will tour various departments including food and beverage, sales, reservations, front desk, engineering, banquets, recreation, human resources, housekeeping, marketing and security, learning everything that it takes to make a resort an operational success.
Osceola County
- Celebration Health -- Eleven students who are dual-enrolled in collegiate-level courses with Valencia Community College and high school courses at Gateway High School will tour the patient care facility, the state-of-the-art physical therapy center, the hospital pharmacy and nursing stations. At approximately 10:30 a.m., the students will dress in scrubs and observe a surgery.
- Seminole County Buca di Beppo -- Fourteen students from Winter Springs High School will go through orientation, participate in pre-opening activities, and assist in serving a family-style lunch to patrons. Buca di Beppo is normally closed for lunch but is opening especially for these students in Job Shadow, donating 10% of the lunch proceeds to the high school.
- Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. -- Twenty-nine students from the Finance Academy at Lake Brantley High School, a longtime partner of Junior Achievement, will observe the business of financial services offered at Charles Schwab & Company.
West Central Florida
- Home Shopping Network -- 10 students spent the day shadowing at HSN, Tampa Bay's major Job Shadow Day sponsor. Each student auditioned for one on-air spot to sell gourmet delights on the 2PM live broadcast 2/1/02.
- Daytime at News Channel 8 -- A Tampa high school student co-hosted Tampa Bay's hour long, live, morning entertainment show Daytime.
- Clear Channel -- 9 Tampa Bay students spent the day at Clear Channel Radio, visiting on air 970 WFLA, 93.3 FLZ, 620 The Sports Animal, 98 Rock, Star 95.7 and 100.7 Mix.
- WFLA News Channel 8 (NBC Affiliate) -- Student shadowed morning news anchor Gayle Guyardo.
- Bay News 9 -- Student shadowed Business reporter Sandra Guffey.
- WFTS Channel 28 (ABC affiliate) Evening News -- Students shadowed Anchor, Brendan McLaughlin and Meteorologist Denis Philips FOX 13 - Good Day Tampa Bay - Student shadowed spot news reporter Brian Goff
- FOX 13 -- Good Day Tampa Bay (2) Students shadowed Russell Rhodes, Fox 13's "Roving reporter"
- Fox 13 LIVE from HSN featuring Russell Rhodes with shots airing 7:55, 8:10, 8:35 and 8:55 AM.
- Magic 94.9 Morning Show with Chadd & Kristi -- (2) Students to shadow on air from 6:15-9:00 AM
- Four students will get an up close and personal look inside WTSP Channel 10 (CBS affiliate) as they spend the day from 9:00 AM-2:00 PM
- Former Miss Hawaii, Billie Takaki, was on hand with her shadow on February 1 as the Governor of Hawaii signed a proclamation for Groundhog Job Shadow Day in Hawaii. The Lieutenant Governor Mazie Hirono also hosted a shadow.
- The Honolulu Star-Bulletin published two great photos of job shadow kids, Saturday 2/2 and Sunday 2/3.
- JA Chicago, Chicago, IL, had a live broadcast on the local Fox morning show from the Sheraton Hotel (Starwood Resorts). Students dressed in hotel attire. WMAQ telecasted the event and Cory McPherrin, the Fox sports anchor addressed all the students together in the grand ballroom of the Sheraton for lunch.
- Monster.com kicked off Groundhog Job Shadow Day by hosting 75 Junior Achievement students in their Maynard headquarters. CEO Jeff Taylor hosted fourteen-year-old Courtney Martin of McLean, Virginia, niece of Claire Martin, who is newly elected to the Board of JA International.
- Springfield Postmaster John Steele presented Ken Green, President of JA of Western Massachusetts, with an enlargement of the Postal Service's new Mentoring a Child stamp. Six eighth-graders from Duggan Middle School shadowed Springfield postal employees during the day. The 34-cent commemorative stamp, issued in February, pays tribute to the thousands of volunteers who offer friendship, guidance, and support to young people through mentoring.
- Junior Achievement of Maine matched 500 local employees from Diversified Communications, Idexx Laboratories, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and the cities of Portland and Westbrook, with 1,000 students on February 1.
- Many businesses participated in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. American Express hosted 125 students from three area high schools. Best Buy Corporate hosted around 110 students from Richfield Middle School. The Four Points Sheraton in Minneapolis took a class of 4th graders. The students had a glimpse of all areas of the hotel business; kitchen, hosting, housekeeping and engineering.
- General Mills hosted abut 50 students from Cedar Manor Intermediate School. The students got the chance to tour the Betty Crocker Kitchens as well as spend time in the IDEA ZONE, a creative brainstorming for marketing ideas.
- JA Mississippi, Jackson, MS Lanier students shadowed Eaton employees on February 5th. The students seemed really interested and involved. It seemed that everyone - students, Eaton employees, Lanier counselor, Lanier teacher, etc. - was very pleased and had a GREAT time!
- JA of Northwest North Carolina, Winston-Salem, NC, established a partnership with students at High Point University and administration at Thomasville Middle School to compliment their Job Shadow experience. (Thomasville is the home of Thomasville Furniture. The school wanted to encourage the students to explore many career options other than furniture and GJSD fit the bill.) The story appeared in the Thomasville Times February 19th edition.
- JA of Northwest NC also received coverage in the Winston Salem Journal, March 6 edition for its involvement at Truliant Federal Credit Union's headquarters in Winston-Salem on March 5.
- Working with New Hampshire International Speedway and Junior Achievement of New Hampshire, Fox Sports Net arranged for JA student, John Miller, 14, of Merrimack, NH, to travel to one of the largest NASCAR events of the year, the Daytona 500. Miller shadowed the television production teams from Fox Sports Net's NASCAR This Morning and participated in practice television interviews with Supercuts (Busch Series) race team Kerry Earnhardt and owners Terry Bradshaw and Armando Fitz.
- Katie Couric was also joined by Matt Lauer, Al Roker, and Ann Curry of NBC's "Today" show as part of a second job shadow experience, including almost four minutes on-air with the students. Student shadows also appeared on CBS's "Early Show" and ABC's "Good Morning America."
- Participants included: NBC's "Today Show," CBS' "Early Show," WNBC-TV, WABC-TV, Z-100, WKTU-FM, Viacom, Arthur Andersen, Bank of NY, Gap Corporate, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase Bank, Money-Time Inc., Money Magazine - Time Inc., Morgan Stanley, New York Life Insurance, Prudential Securities, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Random House, Inc. and Time Out New York.
- Junior Achievement of Central New York kicked off job shadowing at the Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce Business Show January 24.
- JA of Greater Cincinnati/Northern had Job Shadow exposure on Channel 12 WKRC and Channel 9 WCPO. Over 2300 students participated and 111 companies.
- Nashville hosted a "Music Row Groundhog Job Shadow Day," where students shadowed at major music companies, the Ryman Theatre and the Grand Ole Opry. A kickoff event downtown allowed students to meet musicians, hear a performance and participate in a Q&A session.
- Former President George H.W. Bush helped launch Groundhog Job Shadow Day 2002 by hosting Junior Achievement of Houston student Anibeth Turcios from Smiley High School in Houston. The president has cheerfully hosted shadows for three years in a row now.
- On January 31, seven Junior Achievement students from Austin, Texas shadowed the meteorologist and anchors at the local Fox affiliate. They were on air almost the entire 5 hours, one student got to read the top stories at noon
- Jeff Taylor, president and CEO of Monster.com and TMP Interactive, hosted two JA of Utah students during the 2002 Olympic games. Pictured with them is Katie Couric of NBC's "Today" show. The students also got to shadow Taylor while he was being interviewed on "Today." No word yet on new agents for the shadows.
