{"id":3013,"date":"2011-10-27T15:16:33","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T19:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/career\/?page_id=3013"},"modified":"2026-03-30T16:42:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T20:42:03","slug":"job-shadow","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/purposeful-work\/job-shadow\/","title":{"rendered":"Purposeful Work Job Shadow Program"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mo Al-jabry ’29, Zach Louvat ’28, and Mary Parker ’28 shadowing Charis Loveland ’02 at Amazon Web Services in April 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Through the Purposeful Work Job Shadow Program, students connect with Bates alumni and parents to learn about professional options, personal perspectives, and how others have navigated pathways toward purposeful work. This is a smart first step in the exploration process, allowing students to test the waters in roles, industries, and organizations that might align with their interests and skills before committing to an internship, job, or advanced degree. The Purposeful Work Job Shadow Program also builds lasting bridges to professional contacts for Bates students, regardless of their inherited family networks, and creates important connections around work experience and identity.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2025-26, the Purposeful Work Job Shadow Program will offer both virtual and in-person shadows<\/strong>.<\/span> As such,  job shadow sponsors will have the option to design a shadow that is virtual, in-person, or either (depending on student’s location and availability to travel). <\/span>Our complete list of 2025-26 Job Shadow Opportunities, organized by industry, is viewable here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students from all four class years<\/strong> may apply for up to three job shadows<\/strong> each year. Shadows take place anytime between December and the end of May.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The job shadow experience will support the following goals for students:<\/p>\n\n\n\n