Decision Making: Career Cruising

Career Cruising is an online assessment that uses your answers regarding your interests and helps you find careers that you may be interested in. You simply answer 116 questions (they go by quickly) and it gives you your top 40 career choices. If you click on the job description you get information like:

• Job Description - a detailed description of what people in this career do, including common tasks and duties, skills and technology used on the job, and other aspects of the career
• Working Conditions - information on where people in this career work, typical hours, and other working conditions such as potential safety issues
• Earnings - general data on how much people in this career can expect to earn, related work expenses, and factors that influence salaries
• Education and Training Requirements - information on the education and training requirements for this career, including related college and university programs, suggested high school subject areas, and other suggested qualifications
• Sample Career Path - shows how titles, responsibilities, requirements, and earnings change over time as individuals progress in this career
• Related Jobs - links to related career profiles in Career Cruising
• Other Resources - links to other websites related to this career, such as government resources, professional associations, and other informational resources

 The hardest part about Career Cruising is deciphering your results. There are two important things to note.

• First, on the left-hand side after you take the assessment, it gives you your "Career Cluster Recommendations". These are key areas that you are strongly interested in and can help you narrow down a career field.
• Second, the job titles themselves may not sound appealing, but think about what you are doing in that job. Here's an example:
• Funeral Home Director
• Why does it show up? Not because you like working with dead bodies but because you like working with and helping people. You also probably enjoying organization and perhaps organizing events.

If you are having difficulty figuring out what your results are telling you, come on into Academic Advising and someone here will be more than happy to help :)  

How do you access Career Cruising?

1. Go to www.uni.edu/advising
2. On the left-hand side, click "Career Cruising"
3. Towards the top of the page, click the blue link that says "Career Cruising"
4. In the top-left, click the down arrow next to "Login" and click "Create My Plan" on the right of the "username" box
5. Enter in your information and click "Create My Plan"
6. Once you have created your plan, click "Assessments" and select the "Matchmaker & My Skills" Assessment.
7. You will initially complete 39 questions and it will give you results.
8. When you are down with those 39, on the left-hand side about partway down click "Answer More Questions"
9. Continue to do this until you have answered all 116 to get the most accurate results possible 

To understand your results, see the notes up above or stop on by Academic Advising in Gilchrist 102!