The Panther Job Shadowing Program matches students with employers to gain benefits and insight into their prospective career and job field. Employers provide the students an opportunity to shadow a professional from your company for one day. The company or employer sponsors a chance to guide students into a hands on professional experience in the field.

Employer Benefits:

• Give students direct exposure to your organization
• Opportunity to have first contact with talented and dedicated students
• Increase brand and presence at UWM
• Individual opportunity to identify talent
• Develop your employees’ mentoring, coaching, and leadership skills

Program Dates:

• Contact Olivia Cross at orcross@uwm.edu for more information

Selection Process:

• Employers post a job shadow position on Handshake.
• Students apply for position
• Students are then ranked based on major, career interests and qualifications, and resume
• Selected students complete a mandatory workshop prior to the selected shadow date

Employer Job Shadowing Schedules:

It is the responsibility of an employer partner to create the schedule of the shadow day.  Examples of what employers can do for the day:

• Tours of the organization
• Observing a particular job role
• Attending engaging meetings
• Participating in events
• Lunch and networking events

If you have questions or an interest in participating, please contact Olivia Cross at orcross@uwm.edu