Job Shadow Program

The Job Shadow Program provides individuals with the opportunity to learn about a job by walking through the work day as a shadow to a competent worker. The job shadowing experience is a temporary, unpaid exposure to the workplace in an occupational area of interest to the individual. Participants witness firsthand the work environment, employability and occupational skills in practice, the value of professional training and potential career options.

Individuals 15 years of age and older can job shadow a Children’s Hospital Staff Member for up to 8 hours in one or more departments. The job shadowing experience is strictly observation only.  

All job shadowing experiences must be pre-approved by the Volunteer Coordinator and the department where the shadowing is scheduled to occur.

Job Shadow Program Requirements:

• Completion of an Information Sheet
• Signed Confidentiality Agreement
• Signed Consent Form for Minors, if applicable
• Completion of a Health Screening Questionnaire

Download a Job Shadow Information Packet, which includes the required forms.

Informational Interviewing

An Informational Interview is an interview with an individual involved in the career you’re exploring or for high school students who are on a specific career path. Informational interviewing is designed to meet one or more of the following goals: to meet a class requirement to obtain information on specific career or job path, to make a career or job decision, or to obtain specialized data about a job, a firm, or an industry before you are a job applicant. It’s a short (20-30 minute) meeting, scheduled at your initiative, to ask for information. Since you are initiating the action for the interview, you are in control of how it goes; it is not a job interview.

Download more information about Informational Interviewing, courtesy of CONCERN: EAP.

If you would like additional information about the Job Shadow Program, Informational Interviewing or would like to schedule an appointment to speak to the Volunteer Coordinator, please call (559) 353-5040.