(Marietta, Ga. – April 28, 2015) Chattahoochee Technical College is introducing a new tool to help prospective and current students navigate the daunting and challenging course of career exploration with VirtualJobShadow.com. The system, which was purchased by the Technical College System of Georgia for all 23 of the state’s technical colleges, uses three to four-minute videos to capture a day in the life of workers in different career fields. Professionals featured in the videos provide advice to job seekers on topics that range from educational requirements, needed skills, working conditions and personal comments about the joys and challenges of the work.
“Virtual Job Shadow is a free online career planning and career exploration resource that provides all the tools and resources for charting a career path by choice, not chance,” said Chattahoochee Technical College Career Services Coordinator Annette Davis.
According to Davis, the tool offers job seekers more than the ability to watch the videos that are available. Other features include employment outlook/earnings information, a post-secondary school search, career search, job and internship search, career assessments, interactive features such as pop quizzes, playlists, and interactive career videos and a link to Chattahoochee Tech’s Twitter feed.
More than 3,000 students utilize the resources of Career Services each semester. From taking assessments to figure out the best career path and program of study to finding internships and job opportunities related to that career path near graduation, Career Services provides information, events, and advice to better prepare students and graduates. This new tool by Strivven Media will help make that process more useful and relatable, according to Davis.
“Job and career searches continue to update and grow with technology,” she added. “Trends now include applying online, networking and attending related events. However, it’s still always important to have a general idea of your goals for a career. This can be done via career assessments, informational interviews, meeting with career advisors, research, and job shadowing.”
For more information on Career Services at Chattahoochee Technical College visit www.ChattahoocheeTech.edu/career-services/. Non-CTC students and graduates can send an e-mail to Career Services at career.services@chattahoocheetech.edu for access to the Virtual Job Shadow program.