August 2013
Welcome back to a brand new school year!  We hope you enjoyed a relaxing summer, and are excited that the new academic year is upon us. We've spent the summer months upgrading many existing features, and are thrilled to share the brand new resources we have added to VirtualJobShadow.com!

VirtualJobShadow.com continues to be the best online resource to prepare for College and Career! Our new offerings include:
  • the JIST Career Exploration Inventory - EZ, a tool that helps students assess their interests to see what careers can be a good fit
  • A Moodle-based Career Exploration course (available for purchase next month)
  • fun, new  Pop Quizzes for each digital job shadow experience!
  • an expanded set of online magazines covering critical workforce development topics like soft skills, and job interviewing tips
  • New messaging system
This issue of the newsletter also highlights our newest digital job shadow that profiles a Physical Therapist.

And, in what is proving to be a popular feature, we've curated some interesting and strange-in-a-good-way science articles that you and your students will enjoy!
 
Sincerely,
Your friends at VirtualJobShadow.com
VirtualJobShadow.com News and Updates
New JIST Career Exploration Inventory - EZ!
 
Our recent partnership with JIST Publishing has enabled us make available for purchase a great new resource exclusively for VirtualJobShadow.com users! Now individuals can access the Career Exploration Inventory - EZ Online! 
 
This fun and interactive self-assessment asks users about 96 different activities to gauge past, present, and future interest in them. The Career Exploration Inventory - EZ automatically totals the results, and connects individuals' interests to the 16 career clusters. With this information, they can begin creating a plan for three major areas of life - work, leisure, and education. 
Coming September - Our New Career Exploration Course!

We are very excited to release our new Career Exploration Course next month! It is an interactive, comprehensive career guidance and counseling resource perfect for middle and high school students. The course guides individuals to make clear and informed choices for college and career readiness in the areas of personal interests, goal setting, career planning, and post-secondary options. Students get to explore a broad range of careers, evaluate the rewards of different career pathways, and review the skills needed in the 21st century workplace.

This 15 module course is based on CTE and Common Core Standards, and is SCORM-compliant using the Moodle platform. To learn more, please contact Candace at [email protected] or call 888-908-4924 ext 2.
 
New Pop Quizzes!

We are in the process of upgrading and adding new features and interactive functionality to VirtualJobShadow.com. A brand new feature we are pleased to introduce is our job shadow quizzes.

Now, after watching the videos and checking out the career info, students can take a quick 5 question quiz that checks how well they were paying attention. Keep in mind that these aren't tough SAT questions or anything like that!  It's just a fun way to get students thinking about what they've learned, and help determine whether they want to dig in and learn more about each career.
Expanded Online Magazine Offerings!

We've created some great new online magazines that help prepare students for college and career! Our expanded offerings cover a wide range of critically important topics like Job Shadowing, Soft Skills, Creating a Resume, Interviewing Tips and many more!



There are now 12 different magazines available, updated constantly with fabulous content. Instead of having to spend time sorting through hundreds of sources, you and your students can log in and find the magazines right on the Dashboard, or easily subscribe and get the latest updates automatically sent via Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn. Let us do the work!
New In Box Messaging System Is Here
Educators can now send direct messages to students on the VirtualJobShadow.com website. This new feature makes it easy to assign job shadow playlists, or the new CEI- EZ Assessment (see above for more info). Login to see how it works!

 

Check out our Latest Blog Post

VirtualJobShadow.com is dedicated to helping young people make informed education and career decisions. Our blog is another way to get the word out that STEM and STEAM education is important. Our latest blog entry focuses on the critical importance of career exploration. Click here to access the blog.
From the Web

Science and technology are the drivers of our economy. And sometimes it can be downright strange (but very interesting!). For fun, check out these recent news articles you might have missed.

 

New Digital Job Shadow
Physical Therapist - Eli Day

Our newest digital job shadow profiles Eli Day, a Physical Therapist who sees many patients each day. Watching him work with his patients proves that a career helping others can be challenging yet extremely rewarding. Click this link to check out the video!

All of our digital job shadow videos engage students in learning about careers.  The most popular vary from month to month. Here are the top five most-watched career profiles from the summer:

 

1. Occupational Therapist  
2. Radiologic Technologist  
3. Physical Therapist 
4. Mechanical Engineer 
5. Pastry Chef 



 
Visit our demo page to check out other examples.
Social Media and Website Links
Twitterverse
VirtualJobShadow.com is now on Twitter! Please follow us to receive info on workforce statistics, STEM & STEAM news, cool educational trends, CTE happenings, useful classroom technologies, the occasional musing within 140 characters, and breaking news related to VirtualJobShadow.com. You can't beat the tweet! 
 
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VirtualJobShadow.com
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Asheville NC, 28813

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In This Issue
New JIST Career Exploration Inventory - EZ!
Moodle-based Career Exploration Course Rolling Out in September
New Pop Quizzes!
Expanded Online Magazines
From the Web
New Digital Job Shadow!
Educators
 
Find out why Educators love our Product! Contact
Candace Zlotnick [email protected]

Coming Soon
 
Job Shadows in Development:  

CNC Machinist
GIS Specialist- Climate Science
- EMT
- Many more!
Employers 
 
Find out how your employees can be featured on VirtualJobShadow.com!
Contact Dawn [email protected]
Request a Quote 
 
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Link to Us
Educators can make it even easier for parents and students to access VirtualJobShadow.com by adding a link to your school's homepage.  Click here to access a webpage containing the HTML code, or give this information to your school's webmaster.