Job shadowing is a great opportunity for Southeast Missouri State University students to explore their future while working towards a professional career after college. Thats why Southeasts Academic Support Centers and the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce are teaming up again this fall to offer their Connect Cape: Job Shadow program.This is the second semester the program has been offered, giving students access and connections to area employers to help them explore their career field of interest and gain information, knowledge and skills essential for the workplace. Students are placed with professionals in their field of interest with companies participating in the Job Shadow program. The experience is designed to give students an up-close look at the day-to-day operations in various area workplaces.Eligible students must have a 2.75 grade point average, have completed at least 30 credit hours of course work and be enrolled full time at Southeast. Some companies also require that students be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Applications are being accepted through Sept. 18. Students may apply online at http://semo.edu/academic-support-centers/outreach/students.html .Orientations are scheduled for Sept. 26 and 28, with job shadowing to begin in October.Last year, students with the following majors were paired with professionals in these partnering organizations. This year, the Chamber of Commerce has started early recruitment and will add even more organizations to the list for students to shadow:Engineering: Buzzi, Manufacturer of CementPre-Medicine/Neurology: Cape Neurological AssociatesMass Communication: TV and Film: KFVS12Multimedia Journalism: Southeast MissourianHuman Services: Dietetics: Chateau GirardeauMicrobiology and Medical Lab Science: Saint Francis Medical CenterBiology Pre-Physician Assistant: Saint Francis Medical CenterBusiness Administration: Element 74TV/Film: KBSI-FOXCommunication: Advertising Minor: BOLD MarketingPolitical Science: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, Chief of StaffHuman Resource Management: City of Cape Girardeau Human Resources DepartmentStudents who participated in the program last spring say they recommend Connect Cape.Darryeon Bishop, a senior mass communication major, TV and film option, from St. Louis, Missouri, participated in the program last spring, shadowing the Assistant News Director at KFVS12. He said, learning what each person does in the newsroom and getting the chance to see the work behind the scenes and how its done was extraordinarily beneficial.Crystal Beckman, a senior biology major, biomedical sciences option, from Highland, Illinois, job shadowed a neurologist at Neurologic of Cape Girardeau.My host company truly cared about me learning everything there is to know about neurology, and that was really refreshing, she said.For more information on the Connect Cape: Job Shadow program, contact Kei-Shae McCrary in the Academic Support Centers at Southeast Missouri State University at (573) 986-6135 or email jobshadow@semo.edu.
Connect Cape: Job Shadowing Giving Students Insider’s View on Career Fields
Continue to main contentJob shadowing is a great opportunity for Southeast Missouri State University students to explore their future while working towards a professional career after college. Thats why Southeasts Academic Support Centers and the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce are teaming up again this fall to offer their Connect Cape: Job Shadow program.This is the second semester the program has been offered, giving students access and connections to area employers to help them explore their career field of interest and gain information, knowledge and skills essential for the workplace. Students are placed with professionals in their field of interest with companies participating in the Job Shadow program. The experience is designed to give students an up-close look at the day-to-day operations in various area workplaces.Eligible students must have a 2.75 grade point average, have completed at least 30 credit hours of course work and be enrolled full time at Southeast. Some companies also require that students be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Applications are being accepted through Sept. 18. Students may apply online at http://semo.edu/academic-support-centers/outreach/students.html .Orientations are scheduled for Sept. 26 and 28, with job shadowing to begin in October.Last year, students with the following majors were paired with professionals in these partnering organizations. This year, the Chamber of Commerce has started early recruitment and will add even more organizations to the list for students to shadow:Engineering: Buzzi, Manufacturer of CementPre-Medicine/Neurology: Cape Neurological AssociatesMass Communication: TV and Film: KFVS12Multimedia Journalism: Southeast MissourianHuman Services: Dietetics: Chateau GirardeauMicrobiology and Medical Lab Science: Saint Francis Medical CenterBiology Pre-Physician Assistant: Saint Francis Medical CenterBusiness Administration: Element 74TV/Film: KBSI-FOXCommunication: Advertising Minor: BOLD MarketingPolitical Science: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, Chief of StaffHuman Resource Management: City of Cape Girardeau Human Resources DepartmentStudents who participated in the program last spring say they recommend Connect Cape.Darryeon Bishop, a senior mass communication major, TV and film option, from St. Louis, Missouri, participated in the program last spring, shadowing the Assistant News Director at KFVS12. He said, learning what each person does in the newsroom and getting the chance to see the work behind the scenes and how its done was extraordinarily beneficial.Crystal Beckman, a senior biology major, biomedical sciences option, from Highland, Illinois, job shadowed a neurologist at Neurologic of Cape Girardeau.My host company truly cared about me learning everything there is to know about neurology, and that was really refreshing, she said.For more information on the Connect Cape: Job Shadow program, contact Kei-Shae McCrary in the Academic Support Centers at Southeast Missouri State University at (573) 986-6135 or email jobshadow@semo.edu.