Guided Tour of Career Cruising Online

You don’t have to use these instructions to check out Career Cruising, but they

offer one good way to discover some of the program’s most important features.

Check out the Career Cruising web site!

Step 1: Starting the Program

Start your web browser (usually Netscape or Internet Explorer). Then type in www.careercruising.com in the address/location bar near the top of the screen. When your computer gets to the Career Cruising website, enter your organization’s username and password.

Username: eastland Password: careers

Step 2: Career Portfolio and Resume Builder

• Click on the PORTFOLIO button on the menu bar near the top of the web page.
• Click on the WHAT IS A PORTFOLIO? link at the bottom of the web page to learn more about this section.
• Click on the grey CREATE PORTFOLIO button on the right side of the web page.
• Fill out the personal information and select a portfolio username and password to protect your privacy. Click CREATE PORTFOLIO .

It would take a long time fill out all the different sections of the portfolio and see all its helpful features. For the time being, simply explore the different areas where users can store and organize information by clicking on the blue buttons on the left side of the web page. Also, click on the grey RESUME BUILDER tab near the top left of the web page to view its features. To see the Career Portfolio in action, please use the “Career Portfolio Classroom Activities” that can be found through the Resources section below.

Step 3: College and University Information

• Click on the Schools button on the menu bar near the top of the screen
• Click on school selector
• Click on the blue GO button for Undergraduate Schools .
• Under type of school select Public or Private and select either 2-Year or 4-Year.
• Under location , select a state
• Click View Results
• Select one of the schools listed

Now browse through the information for this school. To visit the school’s website, simply click on the web link provided on the main School Profile page.

Step 5: Career Matchmaker (Interactive Interest Inventory)

• Click on the Matchmaker button on the menu bar near the top of the screen
• Enter a first and last name, then click Start a new Career Matchmaker session
• Read the instructions, then click Start
• Answer the first 39 questions (If you are ever unsure of the meaning of a question, click on the blue MORE INFO button on the right side of the screen)
• Optional : After you finish the first round of 39 questions and get your initial list of Career Suggestions, we strongly suggest going through the second round of questions as well. Simply click Answer more questions to improve my results – it’s the top blue button on the right hand side of the screen.

The order of the questions asked in the second round is determined by the interests you showed in the first round (typically, there are 50-70). Answer as many of these additional questions as possible , then click the grey View Career Suggestions So Far button near the bottom of the screen. Career Matchmaker will update your list of career suggestions.

• When you get to the Career Suggestions screen, click on a career to learn more about it and see how it matches up with your answers (you can use the back button at the top left of the screen to return to your Career Suggestions)

While on the Career Suggestions screen, you can browse through Matchmaker’s features using the blue buttons on the right side of the screen. For instance, you can save your results, limit your suggestions to a particular level of education, or see how careers not included in your list of suggestions match up with your answers. You can also go through the YOUR SKILLS assessment, which asks you to rate your level of skill in 45 areas. Once you complete the test, a suitability rating will appear for each career in your suggestion list.