Welcome to Career Cruising Welcome to Career Cruising! Career Cruising is the complete career guidance system. With Career Cruising's exceptional assessment tools, detailed occupation profiles, and comprehensive post-secondary education information, you move seamlessly through the career exploration and planning process. At the same time, you have access to the real-time information and statistics you need to track your students' progress and achievement. The program features: »  Exceptional Interest Assessment »In-depth Occupation Profiles »Multimedia Informational Interviews »Comprehensive College, University, and Financial Aid Information »Engaging Career Portfolio Tool »Career Advisor Management System »Printable Lesson Plans, Assignments, and Worksheets

Career Cruising’s interest assessment is Career Matchmaker. »Proven - Matchmaker is based on a system that has been the world's leading computer-based career matching tool for over 30 years. »Easy to understand - You receive clear feedback on why individual careers may or may not suit your interests or skills. »Interactive - Participating in the matching process creates an opportunity for learning and self-awareness. »Flexible - You can complete anywhere from 39 to 116 interest-related questions, and you can complete the optional My Skills component. »Intelligent - Matchmaker creates customized sets of questions for each user. »Accessible - You can save your work and log back in from home or wherever you have access to the Internet.

Career Cruising’s Occupation Profiles Each profile has detailed education and training information, including direct links to related college programs. Career Cruising contains detailed information on hundreds of occupations—from Actuary to Zoologist. Each profile includes: »Job description »working conditions »Earnings »Education and training requirements »Direct links to related college programs »Sample career path »Related jobs »Other resources »Photofile »Multimedia interviews

Career Cruising’s Multimedia Interviews Multimedia interviews provide compelling, personal insight into each occupation. Each career profile features two multimedia interviews with real people in that occupation

Career Cruising’s School Profiles Explore Colleges and Universities Learn more about thousands of 2-year and 4-year colleges, as well as career and technical schools. Career Cruising provides comprehensive information on thousands of 2-year colleges, 4-year colleges, and career and technical schools across the country. The school profiles include: »School overview (including type, location, setting, website) »Admission requirements and contact information »Estimated expenses »Enrollment and freshman profile »Details on libraries, housing, and other facilities »Clubs and social organizations »Intercollegiate athletics, intramural sports, and athletic scholarships »Majors offered

Career Cruising’s Portfolio Tool Store and organize all of your career planning and development activities and turn it into a professional-looking resume. Career Cruising's Portfolio Tool allows you to save and organize your career exploration activities, develop an education plan, and create a resume. With the Portfolio, you can: »Save Matchmaker results and other assessment results »Bookmark careers and schools that interest you »Create a personalized high school plan »Develop a post-secondary education plan »Establish short-term and long-term career goals »Record career development activities, such as internships, volunteer work, career fairs, etc. »Document work experience, extracurricular activities, skills and abilities, and awards »Upload and store documents such as essays, reference letters, or scanned art work »Create a customized, professional resume

Career Advisor Management System Help your students get the most out of Career Cruising with the Career Advisor Management System. Career Cruising's Career Advisor Management System (CAMS) allows you to effectively implement and manage the use of Career Cruising at your site. »  Customize the program to suit your needs »Produce detailed aggregate reports »View work done by students at your school »Manage student and advisor profiles »Communicate with students »Create custom course lists to help students create their education plans