Choices Career Search

Planning 10: Career Cruising & Bridges

ACCESS TO THE PROGRAM (type in the URL )

Username: ______

Password: ______

Press “Start Career Cruising”

You will select “Explore Assessments”  “Career Matchmaker”  fill in “Start a New Session”

Next time you go to the site, select “Portfolio Login” or “Login Now!, depending on what you want to do.

You will be asked a series of questions… answer honestly, as the better your response(s), the better your career match will be. Try and avoid selecting the yellow “Does not matter” answer, as this will not really narrow your search as much as picking a red or green answer.

Press “Start” and you will begin answering the first set of questions.
Press the “? More Info” mark for each question, as this will better explain what the question is really asking. For example,“Working with children” means a lot more when you find out that it includes children up to age 18.

versus

When you are finished answering all 39 questions, a list of ‘CareerSuggestions’ will appear.

Click on ‘Answer more questions’. Continue answering questions… and do this until completion (meaning there are no more questions to be answered).

Career Search Using Career CruisingName:

Pick one career from your results list to research.

Occupation #1:

1.What are the two most important (or CENTRAL) aspects of this job?
aspect 1:

aspect 2:______

aspect 3:______

2.Click on the Job Description bar. List the five main duties of the job.Describe what will you be doing?

duty 1 duty 2 duty 3 duty 4 duty 5

3.Click on the Working Conditions bar. Describe the job site, working environment and “normal” hours of work. Describe a typical day on the job.

Job site/working environment: ______

“Normal hours”: “Typical day”: (For more info go to Green Interview Boxes, click on 'Day in a life')

4.Click on the Earnings bar.

What is the range of pay you might expect?______

Influences for increasing salary/wage?

Does this income match your lifestyle that you see for yourself? Explain ______

5.Click on the Education bar.

School Name/Institution AND
Program Name / Length of Study / What you leave with?
(Certificate? Diploma? Degree?)
1
2
3

a) List 3 post-secondary institutions that would offer training/education for that career – how long you need to attend it – what do you get upon graduating from there (diploma, certificate, degree…)

b) Besides the “core courses” (the basic ones you need to graduate), what are other courses they suggest you take during your high school years. That is, what electives might you take to help you be better prepare? ______

6.Click on the Career Path bar. Name the 3 levels of jobs that are related to this career. What is the salary/wage for that next level? What are the major added responsibilities?

Level 1:New job title:
New salary/wage:
Added responsibilities:

Level 2:New job title:
New salary/wage:
Added responsibilities:

Level 3:New job title:
New salary/wage:
Added responsibilities:

7.Click on the Related Jobs bar. List three jobs related to your chosen career.

(a)(b)(c)

8.Photos & Interviews.

Look at the photos provided to get a sense of the job and the working environment.Listen (using headphone), or read, the interviews of the two people describing their jobs. List 2 good and 2 bad aspects of the career:

GOOD ASPECTS OF CAREER / BAD ASPECTS OF CAREER

Pick one career that may have not been in your results list but that you are interested in.

Occupation #2:

1.What are the two most important (or CENTRAL) aspects of this job?
aspect 1:

aspect 2:

aspect 3:

2.Click on the Job Description bar. List the five main duties of the job.Describe what will you be doing?

duty 1 duty 2 duty 3 duty 4 duty 5

3.Click on the Working Conditions bar. Describe the job site, working environment and “normal” hours of work. Describe a typical day on the job.

Job site/working environment:

“Normal hours”: “Typical day”: (For more info go to Green Interview Boxes, click on 'Day in a life')

4.Click on the Earnings bar.

What is the range of pay you might expect?___

Influences for increasing salary/wage?

Does this income match your lifestyle that you see for yourself? Explain

5.Click on the Education bar.