What is Career Cruising?
**To register for your Parent Portal account, go to www.careercruising.com/Parent and enter your activation code. To receive an activation code, please contact your child’s school counselor.**
Career Cruising is an Internet-based career exploration and planning tool used by students at Campbell High School to explore career and college options and develop a career plan. Career Cruising can be accessed from school, from home, or from any computer with access to the Internet. Features of the program include:
ASSESSMENTS
World-renowned assessment tools to help students identify career interests, skills, abilities, and learning styles
CAREER PROFILES
Thorough and up-to-date information about hundreds of different occupations, including direct links between careers and related college programs
MULTIMEDIA INTERVIEWS
Interviews with real people in each occupation, which add depth and realism to career profiles
COLLEGE AND FINANCIAL AID INFORMATION
Comprehensive college and financial aid information, with a number of useful search tools to help students find the right college and the right scholarships
EMPLOYMENT GUIDE
Advice for all stages of the job search process, including developing a job search plan, networking, writing resumes and cover letters, preparing for interviews, and adjusting to a new job
MY PLAN
An online portfolio where students can develop and reflect on academic, personal, and career exploration activities, and make plans for the future
RESUME BUILDER
Integrated with the My Plan tool to help students create, format, and print professional-looking resumes quickly and easily
PARENT PORTAL
Allows parents to view the information your child has stored in his or her Plan, learn more about the careers and schools that your child is interested in, and communicate with your child’s school counselor
You can read a summary of Career Cruising features here.
**To read this information in Spanish, please click here**
(information via careercruising.com)
Career Cruising is an Internet-based career exploration and planning tool used by students at Campbell High School to explore career and college options and develop a career plan. Career Cruising can be accessed from school, from home, or from any computer with access to the Internet. Features of the program include:
ASSESSMENTS
World-renowned assessment tools to help students identify career interests, skills, abilities, and learning styles
CAREER PROFILES
Thorough and up-to-date information about hundreds of different occupations, including direct links between careers and related college programs
MULTIMEDIA INTERVIEWS
Interviews with real people in each occupation, which add depth and realism to career profiles
COLLEGE AND FINANCIAL AID INFORMATION
Comprehensive college and financial aid information, with a number of useful search tools to help students find the right college and the right scholarships
EMPLOYMENT GUIDE
Advice for all stages of the job search process, including developing a job search plan, networking, writing resumes and cover letters, preparing for interviews, and adjusting to a new job
MY PLAN
An online portfolio where students can develop and reflect on academic, personal, and career exploration activities, and make plans for the future
RESUME BUILDER
Integrated with the My Plan tool to help students create, format, and print professional-looking resumes quickly and easily
PARENT PORTAL
Allows parents to view the information your child has stored in his or her Plan, learn more about the careers and schools that your child is interested in, and communicate with your child’s school counselor
You can read a summary of Career Cruising features here.
**To read this information in Spanish, please click here**
(information via careercruising.com)
How is Career Cruising used at CHS?
9th Grade - All students complete the Career Matchmaker and then save at least 3 careers of interest to their Career Cruising portfolio. Students also complete research on the careers of interest. These activities are completed as part of a classroom lesson with a school counselor in the fall semester.
10th Grade - All students learn about College Credit Now as part of a classroom lesson with a school counselor through their English class. Students also complete research on careers and colleges of interest during this lesson.
11th Grade - All students complete the School Finder (college search) and then save at least 3 colleges of interest to their Career Cruising portfolio. Students also complete research on the colleges of interest. These activities are completed as part of a classroom lesson with a school counselor through their English classes.
12th Grade - All students complete a senior project through their English class. As part of their senior project, students complete research on careers and colleges and they save their post-secondary plan to their Career Cruising portfolio.
10th Grade - All students learn about College Credit Now as part of a classroom lesson with a school counselor through their English class. Students also complete research on careers and colleges of interest during this lesson.
11th Grade - All students complete the School Finder (college search) and then save at least 3 colleges of interest to their Career Cruising portfolio. Students also complete research on the colleges of interest. These activities are completed as part of a classroom lesson with a school counselor through their English classes.
12th Grade - All students complete a senior project through their English class. As part of their senior project, students complete research on careers and colleges and they save their post-secondary plan to their Career Cruising portfolio.