Student Roles & Expectations
Informational Interview, Student Role & Expectations
Informational Interview, Student Role
- Research the career field and business before your informational interview.
- Complete any classwork you miss due to participating in the interview.
- Complete required program paperwork, student schedule, student role & expectations, questions for your informational interview mentor, signed parent or guardian permission form, informational interview student experience, a thank you note for your mentor or site, student survey.
- Dress appropriately, follow the standards of the site you visit.
- If you cannot attend at the scheduled time, call your informational interview mentor before the appointment.
- Arrive a little early or on time, introduce yourself, act professionally, thank your mentor for their time.
- No cell phone use, unless you first ask your mentor if you may use it to take pictures.
- Check in with the program director after the informational interview.
Content adapted from district handout for informational interviews.
Informational Interview, What can I expect to learn?
Review these objectives and decide which are most important to you, rank each 1 to 5.
- See how what I learn in school is used on the job
- Observe what people do all day in this work
- Understand the skills needed to get a good job
- Learn about employee compensation besides a paycheck
- Find out more about the workplace I am visiting
- See how technology is used in this job, explore new career ideas for myself
- Understand the career outlook in this industry
- Learn how to prepare now to be successful in a career
- Learn how much education I will need for the job I want
- Understand how learning and earning are connected
Any objectives to add
Adapted for web from district handout.
Job Shadow, Student Role & Expectations
Job Shadow, Student Role
- Research the career field and business before your job shadow.
- Complete classwork you miss due to participating in the job shadow.
- Complete required program paperwork, student schedule, student role & expectations, questions for your job shadow mentor, signed parent or guardian permission form, job shadow student experience, a thank you note for your mentor or site, student survey.
- Dress appropriately, follow the standards of the site you visit.
- If you cannot attend at the scheduled time, call the job shadow site before the appointment.
- Arrive a little early or on time, introduce yourself, act professionally, thank your mentor for their time.
- No cell phone use, unless you first ask your mentor if you may use it to take pictures.
- Check in with the program director after the job shadow.
Content adapted from district job shadow handout.
Job Shadow, What can I expect to learn?
Review these objectives and decide which are most important to you, rank each 1 to 5.
- See how what I learn in school is used on the job
- Observe what people do all day in this work
- Understand the skills needed to get a good job
- Learn about employee compensation besides a paycheck
- Find out more about the workplace I am visiting
- See how technology is used in this job, explore new career ideas for myself
- Understand the career outlook in this industry
- Learn how to prepare now to be successful in a career
- Learn how much education I will need for the job I want
- Understand how learning and earning are connected
Any objectives to add
Adapted for web from district handout.