Adult & Community Education
12345 Main Street ° Your City, and State 12345
Phone 123-456-7890 ° Fax 123-456-7890

March 28, 2001

Mr. Steve Jones
Company
123 Main Street
Anytown, FL 12345

Dear Mr. Jones:

Adult & Community Education is looking for business partners to be an integral part of our job-shadowing program. What exactly does this mean? Adult & Community Education would like you to allow selected students to shadow one of your employees for an agreed upon period of time (anywhere from one day to one week). No pay is involved. These students are strictly volunteering their time. Before these students shadow anyone, they will have been introduced to important work force readiness/employability skills so that they are prepared to go into the professional field.

Part of our School-to-Work initiative is to prepare students to succeed in the working world. Our goal is to not only educate them in the classroom on these skills, but to provide them with hands-on experience as well. In doing this, the student will select the field where he or she wants to shadow and we will do our best to place them in the career they select. There are a wide range of benefits for the employers who participate. Opportunities include:

• Interaction with potential future employees
• Involvement with the educational process of future employees
• Recognition as an ACE business partner
• Help students to make informed decisions about the job market
• Help students to realize what really transpires in the workplace
• Keep potential future employees in the area by providing valuable job training

Adult & Community Education requests your support in this endeavor. Help open the lines of communication between students and businesses. Please contact us at XXX-XXXX, ext. XX to let us know about opportunities with your business or if you have any questions regarding our services.

Thank you for your consideration, we will be in touch with your business soon.

Sincerely,
John Smith
Director, Adult & Community Education
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