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Readiness for online learning has been established asa keycomponent of student success in online classes. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has underscored how vital being prepared for online can be. Thispaper highlightsan orientation technique widely used in the business field, namely Realistic Job Preview (RJP), as a method to prepare students for what online learning might be like.Our research proposesan RJP would help students adapt to their new role as online learners.For the purposes of this study, we developed a video providing a realistic preview of online learningfollowing recommendations from RJP research. We then conducteda mixed methods study to examine student perceptions of our realistic preview video andanonline readiness self-assessment.Overall, our findings provide strong evidence for the use ofRJPas a strategy to improve student readiness for onlinelearning. Keywords:online readiness, realistic job preview, self-assessmentLatheef, Z.I., Robinson, R., & Smith, S. (2021). Realistic job preview as an alternative tool to improve student readiness for online learning.