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INTERVIE
JOB SHADOWING

Student’s Name Career Life Education Teacher

Date of Interview

How long was the job shadow? hrs.

Name of person being interviewed

Their title

Company Name

Phone Number Email (Optional)

For Student and Sponsoring Employer to complete together:

A. Education

1. Which type of education is necessary for your job?

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up to the 10 or 11 grade Undergraduate University degree
High School Graduation Professional Certification
1 year Post-Secondary Graduate University degree
2-3 years Post-Secondary

2. What special training or education do you need for your job?

3. What influenced you to go into this particular type of career?

 4. To prepare for this job, would I find it helpful at secondary school to study:

Sciences Physical education

Music Social studies
English Economics
Foreign language Art
Mathematics Computer skills

Other

5. If you could change some things you did to reach your present position, what would you change?

B. Job Choices/changes

1. How did you choose the kind of work you are in now? (E.g. childhood dream, careful
planning, chance, family business)

2. Have you held any other jobs before obtaining this current
one?
If so, what were they?

b) Explain if they helped you to obtain another job?

3. Is a career in your job…

Increasing in demand?

Stable in demand?
Declining in demand?
 4. What other employment choices could your job lead to?

5. Is there anything that you did that led to your success in obtaining your job?
(Volunteer work, Persistence, special training)

C. Activities

1. Do you spend most of you time at your job (select one or more)

using tools and machines?

using computers?
thinking about and organizing facts?
counselling people about personal, money or job problems?
using your creative ideas and imagination?
analyzing and testing?
supervising others?
doing a specific repetitive task?

2. As part of your job do you…

travel?
do research
do much reading and writing?
do accurate paperwork?
face danger?

3. Do your paid work hours include…

regular day hours?

rotating shift work?
irregular hours?
evening hours?
weekend hours?
overtime hours?
seasonal work?
overnight travel?

4. How many paid hours do you work per week?

D. Lifestyle

1. Do you take work home and do it on your own time?

seldom
often
regularly

2. Do you think your work affects what you do in your free time?

If so, how?

3. Does what you choose to work at have anything to do with where you chose to live?

If so, how?

4. Have you ever moved because of work?

If yes, would you do it again?

What impact did the move have on you/family?

5. Are any of your close friends also co-workers?

6. Do you do, or have you done, any volunteer/charity work? How has it benefitted you personally?
E. Summary

1. Is there anything you wish you had studied more about in school?

2. Will your type of job exists in 5 to 10 years?

3. If I wanted your type of job, what advice would you give me?

4. What skills are the most important to have for your type of job?

Student Signature:
Date:

SPONSORING EMPLOYER FILLS IN:

Would you please?

1 Take a quick look at how this student answered the above questions.
2 Take a few minutes to comment on this student’s performance while they were job shadowing you.

Sponsoring Employer Signature:

Date: