Career Cluster Interest Inventory UNDERSTANDING CAREER CLUSTERS 2

Career Cluster Interest Inventory UNDERSTANDING CAREER CLUSTERS 2

What is CCII? The Career Cluster Interest Inventory (CCII) is designed to help you determine which Career Cluster best fits your interests and skills. Before you begin the survey, let’s get a better understanding of the Career Clusters. 3

Understanding Career Clusters Developed by the U. S. Department of Education, the 16 Career Clusters are designed to group jobs and industries as they relate to skills needed or products produced. Basically, the clusters are a way to organize the “world of work. ” 4

Career Clusters Include • • Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources Architecture & Construction Arts, A/V Technology & Communications Business, Management & Administrations Education & Training Finance Government & Public Administration Health Science 5

Career Clusters Include Hospitality & Tourism Human Services Information Technology Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security Manufacturing Marketing Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics • Transportation, Distribution & Logistics • • 6

Career Cluster Interest Inventory COMPLETING THE SURVEY 7

Completing the Survey You will begin by reading 80 statements and choosing from the following responses regarding your interest concerning the statement. This should take you 15 to 20 minutes. • Dislike • Uncertain • Like very much 8

Completing the Survey To access the survey, simply click on the interactive link found below the lesson viewer entitled Career Cluster Interest Inventory Survey. After completing the survey, the CCII ranks and graphs your most applicable Career Clusters from a high of 15 (most interested) to a low of 0 (least interested) depending on how you responded to statements related to each Career Cluster. 9

Applying Results Let’s say your top three Career Cluster interests were as follows: • Arts, A/V Technology & Communications • Business, Management & Administrations • Marketing 10

Applying Results Now that you know your top Career Clusters, watch the corresponding career exploration video that accompanies your top three cluster results. For this example, you would watch the following videos and complete the corresponding Projects and Activities. • Career Cluster: Arts, A/V Technology & Communications • Career Cluster: Business, Management & Administrations • Career Cluster: Marketing 11

Career Cluster Interest Inventory IN SUMMARY 12

In Summary 1. Complete the Career Cluster Interest Inventory Survey 2. Watch the corresponding career exploration videos (i. e. , your top clusters from the survey) and complete the corresponding Projects and Activities 13

Let’s Begin! 14