Stag Job Shadow Program

September: Alumni receive an e-mail containing a link to the online registration page.

October: Alumni complete a profile form and register to host 1-3 students at their organization. 

November: Matched alumni are notified of the student(s) who have requested to shadow them. Alumni who are not matched are also notified. 

December: Alumni and students make arrangements to connect.

January: Job Shadow occurs. 

To help ensure a successful job shadow experience, we recommend alumni and parent hosts share, in advance, an itinerary of what students should anticipate the shadow day to be like.

You may choose to have the student(s) in person for a full-day, half-day, or lunch meeting.  You can also schedule a virtual meeting or a series of meetings. 

You can follow these suggestions for topics of conversation:

• Share how you decided on your major and career direction
• Talk about the courses and activities that helped prepare you for your career
• Review your career path since graduating from Fairfield
• Discuss potential career paths within your organization and the industry
• Schedule time with Human Resources to talk about future opportunities and hiring trends
• Present a typical workday
• Talk about some of the projects and tasks you are working on
• Have the student join you for client and internal meetings
• Tour your organization’s facility or talk about your hybrid work environment
• Review the student's resume
• Assign a brief project relevant to their career interests or major
• Schedule time for Q&A

Students are interested in learning about opportunities in:

• Advertising
• Counseling/Psychology
• Engineering*
• Finance*
• Marketing*
• Media Production
• Medical Professions
• Nonprofit
• Nursing*
• Public Health
• Public Relations
• Publishing
• Sports Management/Marketing

*Alumni are needed in these fields. If you have a position in the field, please consider registering to be a mentor.

September: Students receive an e-mail from the Career Center with a registration link.

October: Interested students complete the application that matches students based on career interest and location.

November: Students who request a match must review the orientation materials to learn about the program goals, procedures, and preparation for the experience.

December: Contact the assigned mentor to arrange for your Job Shadow experience. 

January: Job Shadow occurs. 

The format and schedule of each experience varies, but a typical Job Shadow day may include:

• In-person or virtual opportunities to learn about employees’ activities during their workday
• Informational interviews with the Fairfield alumna/nus host and other employees
• A tour of the workplace
• An opportunity for a resume review with the alumna/nua