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internships |
part-time, on-the-job learning experiences that reinforce classroom instruction. Interns can experience a career from the inside, and sometimes parlay the experience into full-time emloyment. |
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mentoring |
establishes long-term relationships between students and mentors in business designed to teach good work habits, work ethics, and other foundational skills. These "soft skills" are as important as technical proficiency in landing and holding a job. |
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service learning |
volunteer service projects give students useful work experience while benefiting the community. Many students ,for example, have been involved in service learning while building homes for Habitat for Humanity, raising funds for charitable organizations, or other community service projects. |
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cooperative education program |
this is an arrangment in which teachers coordinate classroom-instructions with students part-time work in the field. Students half of their day at school and half of the day honing their career skills. |
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apprenticeships |
on-the-job training coordinated with courses of academic study leading to certified mastery of particular skills. Certification can lead directly to employment, or may be part of larger strategy of building a set of certified skills to the workplace. |
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job shadowing |
an experience in which students seeking a better understanding of a particular job follows experienced workers through the courses of a work day. |
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exploratory interview
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a short, informal talk with someone who works in a career that one finds interesting |
