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Career Cruising can be translated into Spanish!. 1) Identify Careers and Pathways. 2) Explore Careers in Detail. 3) Explore Colleges. 4) Create Portfolio. Exceptional Interest Assessment!. Flexible - You can complete anywhere from 39 to 116 interest-related questions,
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1) Identify Careers and Pathways 2) Explore Careers in Detail 3) Explore Colleges 4) Create Portfolio
Exceptional Interest Assessment!
Flexible - You can complete anywhere from 39 to 116 interest-related questions, and you can complete the optional My Skills component. Proven – Matchmaker is based on a system that has been the world's leading computer-based career matching tool for over 30 years.
Intelligent – Matchmaker creates customized sets of questions for each user. Interactive – Participating in the matching process creates an opportunity for learning and self-awareness.
Accessible – You can save your work and log back in from home or wherever you have access to the Internet.
Easy to understand – You receive clear feedback on why individual careers may or may not suit your interests or skills.
In-Depth Occupation Profiles: Career Cruising contains detailed information on hundreds of occupations— from Actuary to Zoologist.
Compelling – Users of all ages find multimedia (photographs, sound and video clips) more engaging than standard text descriptions.
Practical – Users get to see what occupations are really like at a very practical, concrete, and personal level.
Each career profile features two multimedia interviews with real people in that occupation.
Convenient – Career Cruising provides easy access to informational interviews for every occupation without having to arrange expensive field trips or bring in hundreds of guest speakers.
Personal Perspective – The personal insights and experiences of real working people complement the more general occupation information.
Useful Preparation – The interviews provide a useful introduction and framework for users who would like to conduct their own informational interviews.
Career Cruising provides comprehensive information on thousands of 2-year colleges, 4-year colleges, and career and technical schools across the country.
Search for schools by state
Search for schools by type
School overview (including type, location, setting, website)
Search for schools that offer athletic scholarships
Career Cruising's financial aid database includes details on thousands of scholarships, grants, awards, fellowships, and other assistance programs. Using our Financial Aid Selector, you can find financial aid programs that you qualify for based on factors such as gender, background, academic record, educational plans, and more.
Career Cruising's Portfolio Tool allows you to save and organize your career exploration activities, develop an education plan, and create a resume.
Students can review messages received from their career advisor Students can update their personal information or invite others to view their portfolio Students can enter Personal website links or view websites recommended by their advisor
Students can upload documents or images (scanned artwork, essays, etc.)
Career advisors Can create Portfolio Completion Standards they want their students to meet each year, and students may track their own progress in meeting these standards.
Students are able to save a variety of assessment results to their portfolio, including their Matchmaker results.
Students may record their thoughts about a particular career and why it is of interest to them. Students may save any career information that they have researched in Career Cruising.
Students may record comments about programs, costs or other important information. Students may save any school information that they have researched in Career Cruising.
Within the Portfolio Tool, students have the option to create a personalized four-year high school education plan.
View a list of suggested high school subjects for any career that the student has saved to their portfolio
Students may choose from the course listings that have been uploaded into the system
View a tally of credits for the courses they have selected Students may view their completed education plan at any time and make changes
One of the goals of the Portfolio Tool is to help students prepare for the world of work. Accordingly, the Portfolio Tool can also be used to store a number of career-related Activities such as their Post-Secondary Education Plan
Students may record any career preparation activities and also attach reports.
Students have the option to enter a variety of additional items into their portfolios. These items include: »Extracurricular Activities »Hobbies & Interests »Skills and Abilities »Awards & Certificates