Junior Acheivement of Greater Miami

Click HERE for the Registration Form for the JA Career Day with the Miami HEAT!



Beginning every February and continuing through the year, Junior Achievement of Greater Miami hosts a series of “Groundhog Job Shadow” opportunities for our students...and we hope you'll agree to be a Job Shadow Host!

Job shadowing is a yearlong national effort to enrich the lives of students by acquainting them with the world of work through on-the-job experiences and a carefully crafted school curriculum that ties academics to the workplace.

Things get off to a rousing start on February 2nd (Groundhog’s Day!) as local students begin shadowing some of South Florida’s best-known businesspersons. We hope you'll agree to being one of them.   However, your Job Shadow Day can happen anytime it is convenient for you.


Here’s how you can help:

Agree to allow up-to-25 students to visit your place of work. The students, split into groups of 5, can then move from department to department in 30 minute cycles, learning the duties and functions of each. Students would arrive at about 9:00AM and leave by 1:00PM.

We know the students will learn immensely from you and you'll have a memorable time hosting them. Call or email JA if you need additional information or if you have questions.


Here are the Job Shadow Hosts currently available.  If your school is interested in participating with one, please email Scott Galvin at sgalvin@jamiami.org.

  • State Farm Insurance (25-30 Students) - West Miami
  • Banco Popular (10-15 students) - Miami Lakes Drive West
  • U.S. Army Military Entrance Station (10-15 students) - Doral
  • Bell South - Opa-locka
  • Miami Mayor Manny Diaz (2 students) - Miami City Hall, Coconut Grove
  • Miami International Airport (5 students)
  • Jobing.com (10-15 students) - Miami Airport area
  • Greenberg Traurig Law Firm (10-15 students) - Brickell Avenue
  • Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton Law Firm (10-15 students) - Coral Gables

We're also working on additional exciting Job Shadow opportunities, so please continue to check back with this website!

 

Activities for Hosts, Teachers, & Students

Junior Achievement provides some great support material for anyone participating in "Job Shadow" or Career Fair events.  Here's a quick synopsis that you can forward to your Job Site Hosts, Classroom Teachers, and Students!

 


For Classroom Teachers:
Want your students to ask constructive questions of their job hosts?  Want them to learn useful skills that will help them get a job?  Using the Junior Achievement material, you'll be able to help your students do the following:
  • Conduct mock-interviews with other students
  • Prepare your own resume'
  • Learn work-readiness skills that will prepare you to get a job
  • Prepare questions to ask when you visit the job site
  • After the visit, complete your own Personal Action Plan
 
For a link to the Junior Achievement Teacher Guide, click here:
 
 
For Students:
You might be trying to get a job in a few years from your same job host!  Want to show how prepared and knowledgeable you are?  Using the Junior Achievement material, you will be ready to do this, and more!
  • Conduct mock-interviews with other students
  • Prepare your own resume'
  • Learn work-readiness skills that will prepare you to get a job
  • Prepare questions to ask when you visit the job site
  • After the visit, complete your own Personal Action Plan
For a link to the Junior Achievement Student Workbook, click here:
 
 
For Businesspersons/Job Shadow Hosts:
Ever wondered what to do with a group of students who are visiting your workplace?  Have no fear!  Junior Achievement provides you with constructive activities to conduct with children, including:
  • Worksheets for students to record their experiences
  • A list of "work-readiness" skills that students should be prepared to use in a work environment
  • Student-led interview questions, designed for students to ask each other about their background and job-readiness
  • Host-led questions for you to ask the kids (How do you handle conflict?  What do you see yourself doing in five years?)
For a link to the Junior Achievement Job Host material, click here:
 
 
Certificates of Achievement:
You can also give your students a great Certificate of Achievement by which they can remember your fun day!