Career Cruising can be
translated into Spanish!
1) Identify Careers and Pathways
2) Explore Careers in Detail
3) Explore Colleges
4) Create Portfolio
Exceptional Interest
Assessment!
Flexible - You can complete
anywhere from 39 to 116
interest-related questions,
and you can complete
the optional
My Skills component.
Proven –
Matchmaker is based on a system that has been the
world's leading computer-based
career matching tool for over 30 years.
Intelligent –
Matchmaker creates
customized sets of
questions for each user.
Interactive –
Participating in the matching process creates an opportunity
for learning and self-awareness.
Accessible –
You can save your work
and log back in from
home or wherever you have
access to the Internet.
Easy to understand –
You receive clear feedback
on why individual careers
may or may not suit
your interests or skills.
In-Depth Occupation Profiles:
Career Cruising contains detailed
information on hundreds of occupations—
from Actuary to Zoologist.
Compelling –
Users of all ages find
multimedia (photographs,
sound and video clips)
more engaging than
standard text descriptions.
Practical –
Users get to see
what occupations
are really like
at a very practical,
concrete, and
personal level.
Each career profile
features two
multimedia interviews
with real people
in that occupation.
Convenient –
Career Cruising provides
easy access to
informational interviews
for every occupation
without having
to arrange
expensive field trips
or bring in hundreds
of guest speakers.
Personal Perspective –
The personal insights
and experiences
of real working people
complement the more
general
occupation information.
Useful Preparation –
The interviews provide a useful introduction
and framework for users
who would like to conduct
their own informational interviews.
Career Cruising provides
comprehensive information
on thousands of
2-year colleges,
4-year colleges,
and career and
technical schools
across the country.
Search
for schools
by state
Search
for schools
by type
School overview
(including type, location,
setting, website)
Search for schools
that offer
athletic scholarships
Career Cruising's
financial aid database
includes details on thousands o
scholarships, grants,
awards, fellowships, and
other assistance programs.
Using our Financial Aid Selector,
you can find financial aid programs
that you qualify for based on factors
such as gender, background,
academic record, educational plans, and more.
Career Cruising's Portfolio Tool
allows you to save and organize
your career exploration activities,
develop an education plan, and create a resume.
Students can
review messages
received from their
career advisor
Students can
update their
personal
information or
invite others to
view their
portfolio
Students can enter
Personal
website links
or view websites
recommended
by their advisor
Students can
upload documents
or images
(scanned artwork,
essays, etc.)
Career advisors
Can create
Portfolio
Completion
Standards they
want their
students to meet
each year, and
students may
track their
own progress
in meeting
these
standards.
Students are able
to save
a variety of
assessment results
to their portfolio,
including their
Matchmaker results.
Students may
record their
thoughts about
a particular
career and
why it is of
interest to them.
Students may save any career information
that they have researched in Career Cruising.
Students may
record comments
about programs,
costs or other
important information.
Students may save any
school information
that they have researched
in Career Cruising.
Within the
Portfolio Tool,
students have
the option to
create a
personalized
four-year
high school
education plan.
View a list of
suggested
high school
subjects for
any career
that the
student
has saved
to their portfolio
Students may
choose from the
course listings
that have been
uploaded
into the system
Students may
view their
completed
education plan
at any time
and make changes
View a tally of credits for the
courses they have selected
One of the goals of the
Portfolio Tool
is to help students
prepare for the
world of work.
Accordingly,
the Portfolio Tool
can also be used
to store a number
of career-related
Activities such as their
Post-Secondary
Education Plan
Students may
record any
career preparation
activities
and
also attach
reports.
Students have the
option to enter
a variety of
additional items
into their portfolios.
These items include:
»Extracurricular Activities
»Hobbies & Interests
»Skills and Abilities
»Awards & Certificates
The Portfolio Tool
also contains a
Resume Builder
that allows students
to produce a
customized resume
using the information
they have stored
in their portfolios.
Students may
choose which
sections of the
resume they
wish to include
Choose the order
in which the
various sections of
the resume will
appear
Students may print
their resume
directly from
their web browser
Students may also
export the resume
in Word, text,
or html formats
Our Career Advisor Management System (CAMS)
can help you effectively implement and
manage the use of Career Cruising at your site.
Tailor Career Cruising
to meet the needs
of your students
Communicate with your
students using our
internal messaging system
Through CAMS,
you have
the ability
to customize
the
portfolio experience
for
different users.
Set portfolio
completion
standards
to help track
your students’
progress in
Career Cruising.
View
accountability
reports
View individual student
portfolios and resumes
to monitor their progress
Export
Student Data
Help students remember how to login
by exporting their
usernames and passwords to access cards
Add students
to their
assigned counselors,
teachers and administrators
Create
customized
course
lists to help
students
generate their
education plans
Generate
accountability
reports for
your students'
career and
education plans
Customize your reports!
Online resources
are easily available
so you may
easily plan and work
at school or at home!
Ready-to-use
classroom
activities!