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www.careercruising.com
AN EASY-TO-USE SYSTEM THAT WILL HELP YOU AN EASY-TO-USE SYSTEM THAT WILL HELP YOU CHOOSE A CAREER BASED ON YOUR INTERESTS CHOOSE A CAREER BASED ON YOUR INTERESTS
AND FIND SCHOOLS THAT PROVIDE THE TRAINING AND FIND SCHOOLS THAT PROVIDE THE TRAINING YOU NEED TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOALSYOU NEED TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS
1-800-965-8541 or 1-800-965-8541 or [email protected]
Prepared by D. Rose
INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION
FIND THE RIGHT CAREER
Find careers that match your interests using Career Matchmaker, the world’s best online career assessment tool.
EXPLORE CAREERS
Learn about hundreds of different careers – everything from accountant to zookeeper. Get the “inside story” on careers by checking out multimedia
interviews with real people.
EXPLORE EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Find the college, university, and apprenticeship programs you need to achieve your career goals.
BUILD YOUR OWN PORTFOLIO
Keep track of your career exploration activities, plan your future, and create a resume.
www.careercruising.com
To access the Career To access the Career Cruising website, you Cruising website, you
need a username &need a username &passwordpassword
Username =Username = * * * * PPassword =assword = * * * *
Click on the Log In Click on the Log In button to get started!button to get started!
LOG IN to CAREER CRUISINGLOG IN to CAREER CRUISING
* * Licensing restrictions prohibit posting the username and password online. Come to the Career Centre for the username & password.
CREATE/LOG IN TO YOUR PORTFOLIOCREATE/LOG IN TO YOUR PORTFOLIO
FIRST TIME LOGGING IN, click on:
Create a New Portfolio to set up your personal account
PORTFOLIO Username & Password
Use your unique information asyour username & password
Username = FirstnameLastname
Password = your Student #
On subsequent visits, enter your On subsequent visits, enter your portfolio username and password portfolio username and password at the Careercruising Home Page at the Careercruising Home Page OR here at Portfolio Login OR here at Portfolio Login
Click on Assessments to launch 3 different Click on Assessments to launch 3 different methods of evaluating your interests, skills methods of evaluating your interests, skills
and learning stylesand learning styles
ASSESSMENTS
CAREER CAREER MATCHMAKERMATCHMAKER: : start your career start your career exploration by exploration by completing an completing an interests assessment interests assessment questionnairequestionnaire
MY SKILLSMY SKILLS: : rate rate your skills & get a your skills & get a more precise match of more precise match of occupationsoccupations
LEARNING LEARNING STYLESSTYLES: : get get feedback on the feedback on the method of learning method of learning that works best for youthat works best for you
TotalTotal of 116 questions. You can of 116 questions. You can answer as few as 39. To improve answer as few as 39. To improve results, answer more questions results, answer more questions
Avoid using the yellow Does Not Avoid using the yellow Does Not Matter answer too often (it dilutes Matter answer too often (it dilutes your results)your results)
Additional details are available for Additional details are available for each question by clicking on the each question by clicking on the blue ? More Info button in the top, blue ? More Info button in the top, right-hand corner of the questionright-hand corner of the question
CAREER MATCHMAKER
RESULTS: 40 occupations RESULTS: 40 occupations ranked in order of suitabilityranked in order of suitability
Save Your Assessment Results to your portfolioSave Your Assessment Results to your portfolio
BUILD YOUR OWN PORTFOLIO
Click here if you want to
Answer More Questions
or
Complete My Skills
EXPLORE CAREERSEXPLORE CAREERS
Click here to explore careers
FROM YOUR PORTFOLIO HOMEPAGE:Assessment Results / Career Matchmaker and select a career from one of your top 10 Best Match Results
You can explore Careers without logging into your portfolio but you won’t have the benefit of starting with a “short-list” of careers based on your Career
Matchmaker interest assessment results
EXPLORE CAREERSEXPLORE CAREERS
CLICK on the blue tabs to discover:
• Job Description and Duties• Working Conditions & Earnings
EDUCATION: find out the education requirements for the career• Direct links to post-sec schools• Suggested High School courses
INTERVIEWS includes:• multimedia interviews with two people in that career – what they like or don’t like about the job & advice if you’re interested in the career
OTHER RESOURCES has links to professional associations and publications, related resources
EXPLORE EDUCATIONEXPLORE EDUCATION
Explore College, Universities and Apprenticeship Training Explore College, Universities and Apprenticeship Training (including US schools)(including US schools)
You can search by School Name or by Program (eg: Health and You can search by School Name or by Program (eg: Health and Medicine / Law and Protection)Medicine / Law and Protection)
To visit the school’s website, click on the web link provided on To visit the school’s website, click on the web link provided on the main School Profile pagethe main School Profile page
Includes direct links to ADMISSIONS webpage, KEY CONTACTS and Includes direct links to ADMISSIONS webpage, KEY CONTACTS and a complete listing of all programs offered at that institution!a complete listing of all programs offered at that institution!
Detailed information about individual programs is available in the Detailed information about individual programs is available in the PROGRAMS OFFERED section. It includes Program Costs, PROGRAMS OFFERED section. It includes Program Costs, Admission Requirements and BC Student Outcomes (to find out Admission Requirements and BC Student Outcomes (to find out what students thought of the program)what students thought of the program)
COURSE & CAREER PLANNINGCOURSE & CAREER PLANNING
CAREER PLANNING * (Click on Career Preparation)
COURSE PLANNING *(Click on Education Plan)
* Login to your portfolio to access these features from your Portfolio HomePage
CREATE YOUR RESUMECREATE YOUR RESUME
RESUME BUILDER:
Click on this button to accessResume Builder. Once you’rein Resume Builder, use thebuttons on the left to enter all your resume content information. You can then format it by clicking on the Format & View button.
After previewing it, you can print your resume or export it. If you have formatted your resume previously, go directlyto Print/Export page
EMPLOYMENT SECTIONEMPLOYMENT SECTION
The Employment Guideis a fantastic resource for job-seekers.
Click on the purple Employmenttab at the top of the page to getto it. It can help you:
• Write cover letters • Search for jobs• Prepare for an interview• Handle job offers and much, much more
Check it out ! and good luck withyour job hunting
HELPFUL INFORMATIONHELPFUL INFORMATION
Includes:Includes:
User GuideUser Guide Portfolio LoginPortfolio Login
Technical Technical SSupport upport
and other and other resourcesresources
Have a look!Have a look!
FEATURES & BENEFITSFEATURES & BENEFITS
Explore careers: job descriptions, working conditions, earnings Explore careers: job descriptions, working conditions, earnings and training requiredand training required
Access direct links to related college and university programsAccess direct links to related college and university programs
View information about programsView information about programs
Make course selections based on post-secondary pre-requisitesMake course selections based on post-secondary pre-requisites
Bookmark careers and schools of interestBookmark careers and schools of interest
Build a customized resume : get helpful tips about preparing for Build a customized resume : get helpful tips about preparing for interviewsinterviews
Complete the Matchmaker Interests Assessment and find careers Complete the Matchmaker Interests Assessment and find careers that might be right for you that might be right for you