Shadowing

After completing your self-assessment and career research activities, you are now ready to shadow an individual who is in your chosen occupation. Here are some links to help you find an individual to shadow:

STEP ONE:	Shadowing Resume	Prepare your resume. You will need to send your resume with your letter of introduction. Make sure your resume states that 'You want to obtain a shadowing opportunity in the (name) career.
STEP TWO:	Local Networking	Ask friends, teachers, and relatives. Check our school's alumni database at http://alumni.smithtown.k12.ny.us
STEP THREE:	Telephone Book	Use your local Yellow Book or Superpages from Verizon.
STEP FOUR:	Business Organizations	There are many local business organizations which publish their membership list on the Internet: Smithtown Chamber of Commerce Hauppauge Industrial Association Smithtown Rotary Long Island Association LISTnet - computer/internet group. Education
	Career Strategies from Career Jump Start	Accounting Advertising Biotech Computers Electronics Entertainment Sports/Hospitality
STEP FIVE:	On-line Newspapers	Newsday - Choose a sector lists. LI Business News
STEP SIX:	Colleges	We may find your shadowing contact at our local colleges. Go to our College Connect page to find a professor to shadow.
STEP SEVEN:	Professional Associations	LI has many professional associations with on-line membership listings.
STEP EIGHT:	Other local Resources	LI Works Coalition - Review present internship connections. Internship page. Corporate Research page
STEP NINE:	National Contacts	Hoovers Vault Reports
STEP TEN:	Introduction/Contact letter	Create a list of 5 - 10 companies. Create and send an introduction letter. You must address the letter to an individual. You may have to call the company to get a name. Wait 3 days and then call employer.
	Shadowing Questions Parent Permission Letter LI Zip Codes	These questions are to be answered during your shadowing experience.