1. How to sign up for unite-Volunteers! To begin your registration, go to www.ilunite.org,www.ilunite.org Employers and Volunteers, and click “Join Now” If you wish to volunteer independently of a company profile, click here. 2. Would you like to be a virtual career coach? A career coach is someone who is volunteering to provide general career guidance in career areas where they have expertise. Students will be given the opportunity to access discussion boards where Career Coaches offer their experience, insights and ideas. If so, enter “yes” here. If you are not planning on being a career coach, simply check “no”. Would you like to offer Career Exploration Activities? Examples are: Guest speaker in a classroom, project support, curriculum advisor, etc. Please note that any activities involving student contact do require a background check. Once the check is completed, you will have an opportunity to choose these activities. Would you like to offer Career Exploration Activities? Examples are: Guest speaker in a classroom, project support, curriculum advisor, etc. Please note that any activities involving student contact do require a background check. Once the check is completed, you will have an opportunity to choose these activities. Continue your registration by filling out the contact information that follows. After clicking “continue” at the bottom of the page, you will receive a message thanking you for registering. You will receive an email immediately with a link to continue the registration process. 1 2 2 1 3 3 4 Clicking on the link will bring you to this page. Your assigned screen name is listed, however, if you wish to be identified by a nickname, please change it here. Select and confirm your password. After reading the terms and conditions, please check the box at the bottom of the page, and continue. Clicking on the link will bring you to this page. Your assigned screen name is listed, however, if you wish to be identified by a nickname, please change it here. Select and confirm your password. After reading the terms and conditions, please check the box at the bottom of the page, and continue. 5 5

2. If you signed up to be a Career Coach or plan to offer Career Exploration Activities, your personal information is requested here. As long as we have your legal name, you do not need to provide date of birth or an ID number, but you will need to enter numbers in order to continue – please enter all 1’s, or another number of your choice. If, after entering this information, you receive an error message, please go to www.careercruising/partner, and log in using your email as your user name, and the password you just entered in the previous step. Then click on Update my Profile and complete the information requested. www.careercruising/partner If you signed up to be a Career Coach or plan to offer Career Exploration Activities, your personal information is requested here. As long as we have your legal name, you do not need to provide date of birth or an ID number, but you will need to enter numbers in order to continue – please enter all 1’s, or another number of your choice. If, after entering this information, you receive an error message, please go to www.careercruising/partner, and log in using your email as your user name, and the password you just entered in the previous step. Then click on Update my Profile and complete the information requested. www.careercruising/partner 6 6 If you are registering as a Career Coach, choose all of the careers that match your area or areas of expertise. Career titles may not exactly match your own, but please come as close as you can. Fill in your years of experience in that field, as well as a brief description of your responsibilities. If you are registering as a Career Coach, choose all of the careers that match your area or areas of expertise. Career titles may not exactly match your own, but please come as close as you can. Fill in your years of experience in that field, as well as a brief description of your responsibilities. 7 7 8 8 “My Career History” outlines your path to the title you currently hold. 9 9

3. 12 14 Once your background check is complete you may choose to offer Career Exploration Activities (CEAs). Click on “view” to see a description of the activity. As a volunteer registering independently of a company, not every CEA option is available. Please note CEAs may be added or removed at any time. You may also access CEAs from your home page by clicking on Exploration Activities. Once your background check is complete you may choose to offer Career Exploration Activities (CEAs). Click on “view” to see a description of the activity. As a volunteer registering independently of a company, not every CEA option is available. Please note CEAs may be added or removed at any time. You may also access CEAs from your home page by clicking on Exploration Activities. 10 Message: After completing the requested information, you will receive this message and your registration is complete. Message: After completing the requested information, you will receive this message and your registration is complete.