Career Cruising

Activity #2 – Using Career Matchmaker

Go to: www.careercruising.com

Login: Ottawa Password: 26270

From the Main screen, click on EXPLORE ASSESSMENTS

Then choose - CAREER MATCHMAKER.

Enter your first and last names, then click on START A NEW MATCHMAKER SESSION.
Read the instructions on the Introduction page, then click START!

Answer the questions (after you answer the first 39 questions, Career Matchmaker will suggest careers that match your answers).

**** Choose Answer more questions under improve results (which is under your score).

Answer the next set of questions J and then…

Click on one of the suggested careers (those near the top are your best matches!)

1. Click on SUITABLE FOR YOU? (this should come up automatically)

a) Write the name of the career.

b) What are the Central Aspects of this career?

c) Write the Central and Secondary Aspects to which you answered “Like” or “Like very much.”

d) Write the Central and Secondary Aspects to which you answered “Dislike” or “Dislike very much” .

2. Click on and read JOB DESCRIPTION and WORKING CONDITIONS.

For each of the Aspects you wrote down above, try to find an example from either:

“Job Description” or “Working Conditions”.

Something like this….

Career / Things you like (or like very much) / Examples found within this career
Web Site Designer / Having your own creative ideas about designs and styles / ú  Designing computer web sites
ú  Deciding on colours, patterns, layout and graphics

3. Click on one of the two interviews.

Click on A DAY IN THE LIFE and BREAKDOWN OF ACTIVITIES

a) Write the person’s name.

b) Find other examples of the THINGS YOU LIKE (OR LIKE VERY MUCH) in the person’s day at work and write them down.

Save in your own server space as Career Matchmaker

Take some time to look at other careers that came up for you.