1. www.careercruising.com www.careercruising.com www.careercruising.com AN EASY-TO-USE SYSTEM THAT WILL HELP YOU CHOOSE A CAREER BASED ON YOUR INTERESTS AND FIND SCHOOLS THAT PROVIDE THE TRAINING YOU NEED TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS AN EASY-TO-USE SYSTEM THAT WILL HELP YOU CHOOSE A CAREER BASED ON YOUR INTERESTS AND FIND SCHOOLS THAT PROVIDE THE TRAINING YOU NEED TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS 1-800-965-8541 or support@careercruising.com Prepared by D. Rose

2. INTRODUCTION 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.

3. www.careercruising.com www.careercruising.com To access the Career Cruising website, you need a username & password Username = * * P assword = * * Click on the Log In button to get started! www.careercruising.com To access the Career Cruising website, you need a username & password Username = * * P assword = * * Click on the Log In button to get started! www.careercruising.com LOG IN to CAREER CRUISING * * Licensing restrictions prohibit posting the username and password online. Come to the Career Centre for the username & password.

4. CREATE/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 as your username & password Username = FirstnameLastname Password = your Student # On subsequent visits, enter your portfolio username and password at the Careercruising Home Page OR here at Portfolio Login

5. Click on Assessments to launch 3 different methods of evaluating your interests, skills and learning styles ASSESSMENTS  CAREER MATCHMAKER: start your career exploration by completing an interests assessment questionnaire  MY SKILLS: rate your skills & get a more precise match of occupations  LEARNING STYLES: get feedback on the method of learning that works best for you

6. Total of 116 questions. You can answer as few as 39. To improve results, answer more questions Avoid using the yellow Does Not Matter answer too often (it dilutes your results) Additional details are available for each question by clicking on the blue ? More Info button in the top, right-hand corner of the question CAREER MATCHMAKER RESULTS: 40 occupations ranked in order of suitability

7. Save Your Assessment Results to your portfolio BUILD YOUR OWN PORTFOLIO Click here if you want to Answer More Questions or Complete My Skills

8. EXPLORE 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

9. EXPLORE 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

10. EXPLORE EDUCATION  Explore College, Universities and Apprenticeship Training (including US schools)  You can search by School Name or by Program (eg: Health and Medicine / Law and Protection)  To visit the school’s website, click on the web link provided on the main School Profile page the main School Profile page  Includes direct links to ADMISSIONS webpage, KEY CONTACTS and a complete listing of all programs offered at that institution!  Detailed information about individual programs is available in the PROGRAMS OFFERED section. It includes Program Costs, Admission Requirements and BC Student Outcomes (to find out what students thought of the program)

11. COURSE & 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

12. CREATE YOUR RESUME RESUME BUILDER: Click on this button to access Resume Builder. Once you’re in Resume Builder, use the buttons 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 directly to Print/Export page

13. EMPLOYMENT SECTION EMPLOYMENT SECTION The Employment Guide is a fantastic resource for job- seekers. Click on the purple Employment tab at the top of the page to get to 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 with your job hunting

14. HELPFUL INFORMATION Includes: User Guide User Guide Portfolio Login Portfolio Login Technical S upport Technical S upport and other resources and other resources Have a look!

15. FEATURES & BENEFITS  Explore careers: job descriptions, working conditions, earnings and training required  Access direct links to related college and university programs  View information about programs  Make course selections based on post-secondary pre-requisites  Bookmark careers and schools of interest  Build a customized resume : get helpful tips about preparing for interviews  Complete the Matchmaker Interests Assessment and find careers that might be right for you