Career exploration days offer a great introduction to specific career fields and allow you to explore a broad scope of careers within that industry, all in one shadow experience.
Job shadow opportunities from Kirkwood can show you how to succeed in these competitive, in-demand roles. You'll learn what it takes to set yourself apart for roles in business accounting, financial services, and management.
Explore the opportunities listed below, when you find the career exploration event you'd like to attend, write down its name so it is handy when you fill out your application.
Do you enjoy solving problems, servicing customers, and working with fellow employee-owners? Explore the growing fields of supply chain and warehouse logistics while learning how Van Meter’s culture and employee-owner experience makes it a fun place to work! Join the team for a tour of the facility and meet with operations and automations staff to learn about a variety of careers such as project management, distribution center team member, traveling construction coordinator, engineering, sales, marketing, and finance. Cap of 20. Held on Thursday, February 27, 2025 from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Discover all the jobs available within the credit union and get answers to any questions you may have. Explore retail branch positions including teller, loan officer and branch manager; in addition to a career path in web services, IT, legal, learning & development, human resources, marketing, and so much more. Find out as well how Veridian Credit Union goes the extra mile to make sure employees feel like they belong and why it is consistently voted a top workplace. Cap of 25.
The Jacobson Institute presents DesignDash, a one-day, fast-paced entrepreneurial startup simulation. Participants work in teams to solve problems they face using entrepreneurial solutions that drive innovation forward. Entrepreneurs and local industry partners are onsite mentors. If you’re interested in problem-solving, developing solutions and starting your own business, this shadow is for you. Full-day job shadow, lunch provided. Held on Friday, April 25, 2025 from 8:15 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Are you interested in becoming an entrepreneur, or thinking of starting your own company? Don’t miss this opportunity to spend time with successful local entrepreneurs in the area and learn from the professionals. Tour the facility and participate in 1 Million Cups and a one-hour roundtable with entrepreneurs in Cedar Rapids. Held on Wednesday, December 11, 2024. 8:45 - 11:00 a.m.
Go behind the scenes of one of West Branch's largest fundraising events during a job shadow with the Main Street West Branch team. Get a first-hand look at preparation for the annual Sweets for Success Live Auction and social event and assist with event planning tasks. You will also hear from members of the Hoover Foundation on non-profit fundraising and from a local business owner on what it is like to own an event venue. Scheduled for Friday April 11, 2025. Cap of 8.
If you are interested in a career within the tax industry, accounting, finance, and business analytics, you will want to attend this group job shadow. Tour one of our local offices and have the opportunity for conversations with tenured tax professionals and leaders about the industry and their experience and opportunities at H&R Block. Held in early March 2025. Cap of 20.
If you are interested in business and/or starting your own company, join us for this great day. We will attend a One Million Cups meeting where entrepreneurs come together to share their business ideas and get support. You will meet real entrepreneurs and learn the good, the bad, the ugly and how they started their business. It will be a panel Q and A discussion. You will meet with Alex Taylor, Managing Director of the Iowa Startup Accelerator and part owner of Woofables and he will give a presentation on "Shark Tank: The Questions and Answers, and Why They Matter." Get the inside scoop on the questions the "Sharks" ask during Shark Tank and learn what they are looking for. Knowing the questions and answers helps entrepreneurs be more successful raising money (venture capital), and growing their startups.
Do you dream of opening your own boutique, restaurant or small business? Spend a day behind the scenes with area entrepreneurs to see what it takes to keep a small business up and running! You'll get to witness a few types of business models, tour businesses and meet with Main Street West Branch entrepreneurs to hear real life experiences and ask questions about owning a small business and e-commerce. Cap of 7.
Come to TrueNorth to learn more about this privately held insurance brokerage firm that offers insurance and financial services. In this job shadow, you will get the opportunity to have a tour and participate in a Q&A with a panel of employees specializing in insurance services, general business, financial analysis, human resources, and business development. You will learn more about the overview of the company, the divisions, services, and the educational career path journeys of the employees. Discover why TrueNorth is continuously rated and recognized as one of the Top Workplaces in Iowa. Cap of 20. Held in April 2025.
Use your creative powers for good! The goal for successful content and design is for people to respond and take action. Get a positive reaction to a product and - boom! That’s marketing. Chat with a graphic designer, content writer and web designer from RNL (Ruffalo Noel Levitz, a leader for 50 years in helping colleges, universities, and non-profits attract and retain students and donors. Discover how they use their creative abilities to help you make one of the most important decisions of your lives - where to go to college. Learn how they build successful relationships with donors, who fund hospitals and universities. Bring your curiosity and your questions!
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