Career Information
By Karen Ruder
August 15, 2007
Horizons has career information, college information, and ways to match up students with careers.
The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. Revised every two years, the Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations.
Career Cruising is an Internet-based career exploration and planning tool your child uses to explore career and college options and develop a career plan. Career Cruising can be accessed from school, from home, or wherever your son or daughter has access to the Internet. Features of the program include:
Interest and Skills Assessment - a world-renowned career assessment tool to help people identify suitable career options based on their interests and skills
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
Electronic Career Portfolio - available online, so students can develop their education and career plans from wherever they access Career Cruising
Resume Builder - integrated with the portfolio to help students format and print professional-looking resumes quickly and easily
To find out more about Career Cruising, we encourage you to login using the school’s access information:
Login at www.careercruising.com
See the guidance office for Seneca High School’s username and password
