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5.3 Job

Shadowing

Job shadowing is a useful activity that allows • discuss, share and compare daily guidance
people either to explore a career that they are work with their Estonian peers;
interested in or to learn from other experts in • acquire an overview of the world of educa-
their own fields. As a method of learning and tion, labour market and lifelong guidance in
professional development, job shadowing pro- Estonia;
vides more insight than just reading about a job. • practice professional terminology and partici-
With job shadowing, there is the possibility to ask pate in discussions in a foreign language;
questions and experience the day-to-day activi- • widen professional network and cooperation
ties of another expert, including the professional opportunities;
approaches used, the necessary cooperative • learn, practice and reflect on new methods.
models, standard operating procedures and the The internship, with a strong job shadowing as-
tools that are needed to perform the job success-
fully. On some occasions job shadowing has been pect, was an inspiring experience both for guests
and hosts. The evaluation of learning outcomes
used by the national Euroguidance Centres as
reported in the following cases. showed that the students greatly appreciated
the opportunity to visit and actually practise
Euroguidance Estonia hosted foreign interns for guidance in different educational institutions. The
the first time, when three bachelor-level students host practitioners highly valued the opportunity
from the University of Applied Labour Studies in to reflect on their guidance methods, practice
Mannheim, Germany, came onto a job shadowing professional language and learn about systems
experience. This was an excellent opportunity for and services in Germany.
a dialogue between experienced professionals
and student counsellors. The one month intern- Due to lack of lifelong learning programmes in
ship allowed them to: Slovenian for adults in Italy, cross-border coope-
ration is very important. Against this background,
• experience learning in multicultural environ- the professional exchange including job shadow-
ments and mobility; ing entitled Per un orientamento transnazionale
was organised for the Slovenian community in
Trieste, Italy together with the social cooperative
Centro cooperativo di attività sociali, consortium
members circle KRUT and the Slovenian students’
hall of residence in Trieste. The aim is to set up a
transnational lifelong guidance service with a cata-
logue of lifelong learning courses for Slovenian
speakers in cooperation with Slovenian providers
of adult education services to be delivered in Italy
or Slovenia. The professional exchange included
one week of training and job shadowing at the
Employment Service of Slovenia, Euroguidance
Slovenia and a week of training at the Sloveni-
an Institute for Adult Education to develop adult

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