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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 support@careercruising.com

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