Job shadowing
Job shadowing is a career development and growth opportunity program for an employee of the company to learn about job in other teams or departments. The idea of the job shadowing is that an employee that requested shadowing has a chance to work with an employee who conducts a shadowing for one day. This program allows emploees to learn more about job in other departments, broaden their existing knowledge about other teams and acquire new skills. Many companeis provide job shadowing opportunities in their organisations.
Job shadowing
In order to get a job shadowing employee has to agree the details with his line manager and share his interest with the manager of the team, where a shadowing will be conducted. This allows the team, which will be hosting shadowing session to better prepare for the session and allocate people for this activity. It is also common, that more than 1 person can be the host of job shadowing program. Once the host team is ready, the employee, who requested job shadowing is invited to the team on an agreed day. It is worth to mention that an employee who is going on a shadowing does not have to perform his or her job duties while one is not at the desk.
Benefits of job shadowing
Below you can find the benefits from job shadowing:
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References
- Alexander E. C., Mader D. R. D. and Mader F. H. (2017), Job Shadowing Experiences as a Teaching Tool: A New Twist on a Tried and True Technique. Atlantic Marketing Journal, volume 5, number 3.
- Buzzeo J. and Cifci M. (2017), Work experience, job shadowing and workplace visits. What works?.The Careers & Enterprise Company.
- Morell B. L. (2016), Bringing clarity to job shadowing.Nursing Management
- Rony Z. T., Lubis M. F. and Rizkyta A. (2019), Job Shadowing as One of the Effective Activities in the Promotion Process Creates Quality Managers. International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering, volume 8, issue 2S.
Author: Nikita Shtemenko
