www Career Cruising com Career Matchmaker STEP ONE

www. Career. Cruising. com Career Matchmaker

STEP ONE www. careercruising. com Log-in at the top of the page by entering your Username and Password, then click “Sign In”

Log-In � Username is your FCHS username with “fc-” in front of it, for example: › FCHS Username- 012345 › Career Cruising Username fc-012345 � Password is the same as your FCHS password without the exclamation point, for example: › FCHS Password- Aa 12345! › Career Cruising Password- Aa 12345

STEP TWO Click Here Click on “Explore my Interests” to take the Career Matchmaker assessment.

STEP THREE Click Here Click on “Start Matchmaker” to begin taking the career assessment.

STEP FOUR Name your Session “ 9 th Grade” then click “Start Now” Read the introduction and understand your choices for each question. Then, enter “ 9 th Grade” in the name for your session, and click “Start Now. ”

RESULTS List of Results will appear as a list, with the blue title as a link to learn more about the career, and allow you to save it to your account.

NARROW RESULTS 1) Education 2) More Questions 3) Skills Inventory 3 ways to narrow results- 1) Choose level of education needed. 2) Answer additional questions. 3) Complete “My Skills”. For today, choose education level, on your own go back and answer additional question and take the skills inventory.

1) Education Is it a good match? IS IT A MATCH? 2) More Questions 3) Skills Inventory Click on the name of a career to find out how your interests match the career. Review the central aspects of the career and see how your response matched what they do. Review secondary aspects as well.

1) Education Learn more! FIND OUT MORE 2) More Questions 3) Skills Inventory Learn more about the career by exploring the links on the left side of the page, including Job Description, Earnings, Education, etc.

1) Education SAVE TO “MY PLAN” Save six careers 2) More Questions 3) Skills Inventory If after exploring a career it sounds interesting, SAVE it to “My Plan”. You MUST save at least SIX careers today.

CONFIRM SAVED CAREERS Click “Career. Cruising” in the corner Click “Career. Cruising” in the top left corner and ensure that your completion bar is green and says 100%. IF YOUR COMPLETION BAR IS LESS THAN 100%, YOU MUST CHOOSE

Career Cruising � Visit on your own and take additional assessments to learn more! � We will continue to use Career Cruising throughout high school. � Great resource not only for Career Information, but college planning! � Keep your log-in information