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!