Students Get a Taste of Working at an Agency
Monday, 23 February 2009 by Jessica
As part of Junior Achievement’s national Job Shadow Day on February 6, 2,400 students in Greater Cincinnati went out into the community to experience real businesses first-hand. Students from Taylor High School’s business management class visited Willow Creative Group, a full-service marketing agency in Over-the-Rhine.
At the agency, students heard from employees about their roles, participated in a tour of the office space and took part in a brainstorming session. During the interactive session, students were asked to come up with a name for a tennis shoe for seniors.
“NikecAir” called out one student.
“SilverSneaks or maybe GoldenToes,” his classmate chimed in.
“These could be the marketers of the next generation,” said Debbie Dent, president of Willow Creative Group. “Whatever their future career might be, we loved having the students with us for the day. We’ve hosted students for job shadow day for the past four years, and their energy is always contagious!”
“After four years of participating in the event, this was by far the most engaging and interactive job shadow experience my students have had the benefit of being part of,” said Aaron Bradley, business management instructor at Taylor High School.
JA Worldwide is the world’s largest organization dedicated to educating students about workforce readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy through experiential, hands-on programs such as Job Shadow Day.
