Career Cruising can be translated into Spanish!

1) Identify Careers and Pathways

2) Explore Careers in Detail

3) Explore Colleges

4) Create Portfolio

Exceptional InterestAssessment!

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 canreview messages

received from their career advisor

Students can enter Personal

website links or view websites recommended by their advisor

Students can update their

personal information or invite others to

view their portfolio

Students canupload documents

or images (scanned artwork,

essays, etc.)

Career advisors Can create

Portfolio Completion

Standards theywant their

students to meeteach year, and students may

track theirown progress

in meetingthese

standards.

Students are able to save

a variety of assessment results

to their portfolio, including their

Matchmaker results.

Students may save any career information that they have researched in Career Cruising.

Students may record their

thoughts about a particular career and why it is of

interest to them.

Students may save any school information

that they have researched in Career Cruising.

Students may record comments about programs,

costs or other important information.

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

Students may view their completed

education plan at any time

and make changes

View a tally of credits for the courses they have selected

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 theirPost-SecondaryEducation 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

The Portfolio Tool also contains a Resume Builder

that allows students to produce a

customized resume using the information

they have stored in their portfolios.

Choose the order in which the

various sections of the resume will

appear

Students may choose which sections of the resume they

wish to include

Students may print their resume directly from

their web browser

Students may also export the resume

in Word, text, or html formats

Our Career Advisor Management System (CAMS) can help you effectively implement and

manage the use of Career Cruising at your site.

Tailor Career Cruising to meet the needs

of your students

Communicate with your students using our

internal messaging system

Through CAMS, you have the ability

to customize the

portfolio experience for

different users.

Set portfolio completion standards

to help track your students’

progress in Career Cruising.

View accountability

reports

View individual student portfolios and resumes

to monitor their progress

Export Student Data

Help students remember how to login by exporting their

usernames and passwords to access cards

Add students to their

assigned counselors, teachers and administrators

Create customized

course lists to help

students generate their education plans

Generate accountability

reports for your students'

career and education plans

Customize your reports!

Online resources are easily available

so you may easily plan and work at school or at home!

Ready-to-use classroom activities!