shadowing
- noun
- /ˈʃædoʊɪŋ/
- The student enjoyed shadowing the doctor during her internship to learn about patient care.
- job shadowing
- job shadowing internships
- shadowing experiences
Examples
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Helen Grant was chosen by OBV to join our MP Shadowing Scheme in 2006.
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Some activities included in the program are student internships and job shadowing.
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You might try volunteering or job shadowing in some areas you think you might be interested in.
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Less formal examples of job shadowing would be "Take Your Child to Work" day sponsored by many schools and communities.
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Some may repeat or expand their knowledge of certain jobs by additional job shadowing.
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Activities with mentors range from monthly email communication to job shadowing.
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Arrange job-shadowing opportunities independently or in collaboration with other school and business personnel.
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Fourth, job shadowing opportunities should be provided to permit at-risk students workplace exposure.
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Career interests may be stimulated through short-term job tryout experiences and job shadowing experiences that include documentation of preferences and performance.
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Second, schools and workplaces should be linked to build partnerships with employers for mentoring programs, job shadowing, and possible internships.
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Synonyms
Careful, continuous watching of people or places by the police
Watching where people or things are over time
The act of secretly watching people or places to get information
Following an animal quietly to get near it before you hunt it
To follow someone without their knowledge to watch where they go
Antonyms
How Secretive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Shadowing comes from the plain word shadow, a 'dark shape' that follows a person when light shines on them. So to 'shadow' someone is to follow them quietly like a shadow, and shadowing means secretly watching or following someone.