Tomorrow is Job Shadow day at BCG…and everywhere else in the country
Wouldn’t it be cool to job shadow the Shadow!? Not as cool as what we have in store for Xavier & Cortez tomorrow!
Ok, maybe our design studio can’t compete with crime fighting, danzal undistressing experience they might have with the Shadow but it will be fun and informational for the guys to hang out with the crew at BCG.
Below is the press release for the kick-off of Nat’l Job Shadow Day. We have volunteered on a few occasions in the past 2 years, teaming up with Prep-KC and the OneKC initiative to aid in the development of our high school students in Kansas City. I love working with them because everyone whom I have met: staff, other businesses and the students (check out our previous blog about when we had Jerry & Katrina in the studio) have all been very professional, fun and easy to work with.
I have personally performed over 1000 hrs of community service in the past 5 yrs, (none of which were judge mandated) and there is nothing better than partnering with an organization that is just that, organized! Vist Prep-KC (whom has a nice website btw) and check out OneKC for more info on how our town has come together to bring up the whole, despite state lines.
February 1, 2010
District kicks off national career & technical month with Job Shadow Day
KANSAS CITY, MO. – Twenty-seven high school students are geared with questions and resumes as they look forward to National Job Shadow Day, Feb,. 2, 2010. They will be following resident professionals and hiring officials for a full day to see what a “dream career” is like in real life.
Tuesday will see aspiring leaders in business, the arts, and science careers off to their first day of observational work. Their assigned professionals are associates at Barkley Advertising, Brockton Creative Group, BalancePoint, City of Kansas City, Kansas City Star, Mazuma Credit Union, Optimal Health Center, T2, and Vedros Photography.
Job Shadow 2010 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. “We encourage young people to explore their futures through career awareness and mentoring opportunities,” said Tineka Fips, KCMSD College and Career Specialist. “They learn about great jobs, but most of all, they will form relationships to encourage them to pursue the education that will make these careers possible.”
National Job Shadow includes America’s Promise, Junior Achievement, the U.S. Department of Education, and the U.S. Department of Labor.
The Kansas City, Missouri School District (KCMSD) offers a world class education to approximately 17,000 urban students (PreK-12) under the leadership of J. Wm. Covington, Ed. D. We are culturally and intellectually diverse, featuring quality neighborhood schools, arts and science signature schools, Montessori, a career & technical center, free early childhood education, and language immersion in Spanish or French.
For more information please contact Andre Riley, District Communications Specialist, (816) 442-9337, or Mary Spencer, Sr. Media Relations Specialist (816) 560-7337.
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