Want to spend time learning first-hand what a typical workday is like for alumni and parents in various career fields?

Offered every January during winter break, job shadowing provides one-day experiences in which students shadow alumni or parent volunteers in the workplace as they go about their day's work. Job Shadowing is open to students of all class years! Students must apply to participate and will be matched based upon their top selections and relevant career interests.

January 2014 Job Shadowing

Applications Available: October
Applications Due: November
Students Notified: Late November/Early December

Mandatory Job Shadowing Session for Participants: TBD, following student notification
*Students who are studying abroad at the time of the session will be sent information via email.

Sampling of Previous Shadowing Sites

• AT&T Operations- Bedminster, NJ
• Liberty Mutual- Weston, MA
• N.F.L. - New York, NY
• NBC Universal- New York, NY
• U.S. Senate Legal Counsel - Washington, DC
• Reading Hospital & Medical Center - West Reading, PA
• Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains - Bedford, NH
• Secondary & Higher Education - Various locations

Funding Assistance

Funding assistance is available to help with transportation costs for participants of the program. Students must apply for funding by submitting the Transportation Reimbursement Request Form and appropriate receipts to Tammy Shaffer in the Center for Career Development following their participation. Funding is limited to those students who have traveled greater than 35 miles from their residence.

Questions? Contact Tammy Shaffer, tshaffer@gettysburg.edu, Administrative Services Assistant.

Alumni, Parents and Friends - Volunteer!

Share your workplace and career insights by volunteering to be a job shadowing host! Contact Tiffany Kurzawa, tkurzawa@gettysburg.edu, Assistant Director for the Center for Career Development, to learn more about the program.