How to Submit a Job Shadowing Proposal on Handshake

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Note: A Job Shadowing proposal should only be submitted once you have made arrangements with the site—this includes contacting the site, identifying a site supervisor, completing onboarding/clearance documents (if required), and scheduling shadowing hours. You must also identify a SUNY Potsdam advisor or faculty mentor who will approve of this experience.

1. Click on Career center in the left-hand menu.
2. Click on Experiences →
3. Click on the Submit an Experience button.
4. Click on the Experience template dropdown menu.
5. Click on Job Shadowing
6. Choose the appropriate term from the dropdown menu.
7. Enter the name of the job shadowing site (organization).
8. Enter the physical address for the job shadowing site (location).
9. Enter the phone number for the job shadowing site/site supervisor.
10. Enter the email for the job shadowing site/site supervisor.
11. Enter the type of job shadowing for this experience.
12. Enter the email address for the advisor or faculty mentor who will approve this job shadowing proposal. You may have to enter their name and other contact information or it may auto-populate
As a reminder, an advisor/faculty mentor will only approve of the experience (they are not responsible for any supervision during your job shadowing hours). Faculty are involved in order to provide an extra set of eyes during proposal review.
13. Enter the email address for the site supervisor where your job shadowing will occur. You may have to enter their name and other contact information or it may auto-populate
14. Enter the physical address for the job shadowing site.
15. Enter how many job shadowing hours you plan to complete.
16. Enter the start and end dates for this job shadowing experience.
17. Enter the specific times you plan to be on site.
18. Select whether or not this site requires onboarding/clearance documents to complete a job shadowing experience.
19. Select whether or not you have a plan for completing onboarding/clearance documents (if applicable).
20. Select any SUNY Potsdam program to which you currently belong.
21. Enter any additional information you wish to share with the Lougheed Center for Applied Learning.
22. Click on the Submit an experience button.

How to Submit a Job Shadowing Proposal on Handshake

Handshake

1. Click on Career center in the left-hand menu.

2. Click on Experiences →

3. Click on the Submit an Experience button.

4. Click on the Experience template dropdown menu.

5. Click on Job Shadowing

6. Choose the appropriate term from the dropdown menu.

7. Enter the name of the job shadowing site (organization).

8. Enter the physical address for the job shadowing site (location).

9. Enter the phone number for the job shadowing site/site supervisor.

10. Enter the email for the job shadowing site/site supervisor.

11. Enter the type of job shadowing for this experience.

12. Enter the email address for the advisor or faculty mentor who will approve this job shadowing proposal. You may have to enter their name and other contact information or it may auto-populate

13. Enter the email address for the site supervisor where your job shadowing will occur. You may have to enter their name and other contact information or it may auto-populate

14. Enter the physical address for the job shadowing site.

15. Enter how many job shadowing hours you plan to complete.

16. Enter the start and end dates for this job shadowing experience.

17. Enter the specific times you plan to be on site.

18. Select whether or not this site requires onboarding/clearance documents to complete a job shadowing experience.

19. Select whether or not you have a plan for completing onboarding/clearance documents (if applicable).

20. Select any SUNY Potsdam program to which you currently belong.

21. Enter any additional information you wish to share with the Lougheed Center for Applied Learning.

22. Click on the Submit an experience button.