Planning 10: Career Cruising & Bridges
ACCESS TO THE PROGRAM (type in the URL www.careercruising.com)
Username: Gleneagle
Password: Talon
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 ‘Career Suggestions’ 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 Cruising
Name:
Pick one career from your results list
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.
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…)
School Name/Institution AND
Program Name
1
2
3
Length of Study
What you leave with?
(Certificate? Diploma?
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
9. Click on the Other Resources bar. Scroll down until you find the Job Futures website.
What is the future “employment outlook” for this career?
Why do you think this career has this ‘employment outlook’?
Click on Work Prospects (at the bottom of screen)
employment outlook
reason #1 for outlook
reason #2 for outlook
Career Search Using www.
Bridges.com
Pick a second career to explore – make sure it is different enough from the first.
Occupation #2:
Go to www.bridges.ca Site ID: 0067121 Password: eagle
 Click on ‘Exploring Careers’/click on ‘Work Page
 scroll down to ‘Find Careers By’ and click on ‘Keyword Search’
1. List the five main duties of this career
duty 1
duty 2
duty 3
duty 4
duty 5
2. List three skills are required for this career
skill 1
skill 2
skill 3
3. What is the expected salary or hourly wage (lowest & highest pay if available) and
employment outlook for this career?
salary or hourly wage
employment outlook
reason for outlook
4. What type of education is required? How many months or years of education are required?
List the high school courses you should take to prepare you for this career.
education required
high school courses
5. Read the interview. List two good aspects and two bad aspects about the job
good aspect
good aspect
bad aspect
bad aspect
6. Click on ‘Get Started’ What type of math skills are required for this job? If it’s not stated use your common
sense based on what you know about this career.
What type of communication skills are required for this job? Again … use your common sense
7. Click on ‘Related Programs’. List three jobs related to your chosen career.
(a)
(b)
(c)