CAREER CRUISING & EDP OVERVIEW

 

 

v   What is Career Cruising?

Career Cruising is a comprehensive career guide/resource designed for individual, self-directed use.

Ø     Purpose

To assist individuals with career matching, career exploration, post-secondary planning and EDP development

v   Career Cruising Features

Ø     Career Matchmaker

§         Interactive survey to find careers that suit your interests and see how different careers ‘match up’ with your interests

§         Begins by asking 39 questions

·         Each question has 5 response choices (Dislike Very Much, Dislike, Does Not Matter, Like, or Like Very Much)

§         There are multiple rounds of questions to narrow down careers that match your interests

§         Career Matchmaker then provides a list of 40 suggested careers

·         The careers on the list are ranked according to how well they suit your interests

·         You may learn more about a career by clicking on it

§         Matchmaker also provides suggested Michigan Career Pathways

§         Users may choose a level of education to tailor their career suggestions

§         Users may utilize other options in Matchmaker on their own time

§         SAVE WORK TO EDP after answering each set of questions

§         Matchmaker also has a ‘My Skills’ section where users may identify whether they have the skills necessary for careers that match their interests.

·         There are 45 different skills that the user is required to self-assess

Ø     Explore Careers

§         This section contains hundreds of in-depth career profiles

§         Users may get career profiles in several different ways:

·         By careers, by index, by school subject, by cluster, career selector, or by Michigan Career Pathways

§         Each career profile contains information such as: job description, working conditions, earnings, education and training requirements, etc

§         Users may view multimedia interviews of two people in each career

Ø     Explore Colleges and Universities

§         This section helps users plan the education and training that they will need to begin their career

§         Users may search for schools, programs, school selector (using factors such as location, majors offered, and admission difficulty, etc), and financial aid (scholarships, grants, loans)

Ø     EDP tool

§         EDP Tool Features

·         Users can save Career Matchmaker results and other assessment results

·         Bookmark careers and schools of interest and keep notes

·         Create high school course plan

·         Record career exploration activities (internships, volunteer experience, job shadowing, interviews, etc

·         Select Career Pathways

·         Develop a post-secondary education plan

·         Plan short-term and long-term plans

·         Document extra-curricular activities

·         Keep track of acquired skills and abilities

·         Maintain a record of work and volunteer experiences

·         Upload and store documents such as essays, reference letter, scanned artwork, etc

·         Create customized resume

§         Accessing EDP

·         Accessible from any computer with internet connection by going to www. careercruising.com

·         For district username and password contact Ginger Ortiz, 810-591-1825 or Penny Adams, 810-591-1768

·         2^nd log-in screen requires student’s personal EDP ID and password 

·        All information is confidential and secure