The Vox Box

Thu., Aug. 14, 2008

Job Shadowing

Tomorrow, I'll be job shadowing a Microsoft employee. It's going to be a great opportunity. I have done a little bit of research on job shadowing, and there is lots about it online.

Students, recent graduates and even adults can job shadow. The Yahoo hotjobs website has a page about job shadowing, here.

Multiple places of employment offer job shadow programs for teens, including Valley Medical Center,and the Attorney General's office.

Have you ever job shadowed? Would you consider it if it weren't required for school? Who would you like to shadow? Do you think it would be beneficial to you?

Posted Aug. 14, 2008, 10:43 a.m.

In 2006, then-editor Steve Smith of The Spokesman-Review had the idea of starting a publication for an often forgotten audience: teenagers. The Vox Box was a continuation of the Vox, an all-student staffed newspaper published by The Spokesman-Review. High school student journalists who staffed the Vox made all content decisions as they learn about the trade of journalism. This blog's mission was to give students an opportunity to publish their voices. The Vox Box and the Vox wrapped up in June 2009, but you can follow former staffers' new blog at http://voxxiez.blogspot.com.