Forage – Virtual Job Simulations

An innovative opportunity to explore career paths and gain practical experience!

Forage is an online platform designed for students looking to gain practical experience through company-endorsed opportunities.  Forage offers job simulations from over 200 of the world’s top companies. Job simulations are self-paced online learning programs built and endorsed by leading companies.  The simulations contain a series of resources and tasks to simulate real-world experience.

What is involved?

  • No application or experience is required.
  • You can complete job simulations in your own time, at your own pace.
  • Most job simulations range from 1-6 hours.
  • Job simulations are free to students and alumni; explore as many as you like!

What do the job simulations include?

  • Video instructions from actual employees within the organization
  • Real industry tasks to develop transferable skills for workplace readiness
  • Curated resources to help you complete the tasks
  • Opportunity to compare your work with model examples from the company

What are the benefits?

  • Experience the day-to-day work of professionals in different fields.
  • Try out different simulations to explore your career interests.
  • Learn new skills and gain relevant experience.
  • Enhance your resume, LinkedIn profile, networking discussions and interview responses (Forage Referencing Guide).

How do I get started?

  • Visit the Forage website and click “Get Started” to create a free Forage account.
  • Search job simulations by career interest or company.
  • Select a simulation that matches your interests/goals and begin!

Check out the RMU Career Center’s Resource Library for additional career-readiness resources!

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