Junior Achievement Program with the Drake House

The Rotary Club of Alpharetta led a Junior Achivement Job Shadow Program that offers teenage residents of the Drake House a unique opportunity: a visit to a professional work environment and insights into how to find and keep a fulfilling career.

Students participating in the program will acquire and apply the skills needed in demanding and ever-changing workplaces. Students will be able to recognize career clusters and potential job positions.

After the end of the month-long session, students will work on the following:

  • Researching the requirements to earn a position
  • Understand the importance of researching the requirements needed to earn a position
  • Develop job-hunting tools, such as networking,
  • Resume writing
  • Interviewing skills.

After the successful completion of the program. The students took a tour of a Siemens Manufacturing facility.