Slide 2 10 TH GRADE CAREER EXPLORATION Slide 3 Career
Exploration using www.careercruising.com All CHS students have an
account which must be activated: Username: CNUSD-six digit id
#Example: CNUSD-123456 Password: first initial of first name, first
initial of last name, month, day and year of birth Example Suzy
Jones April 6, 1995 Password: sj461995 Activate your account Slide
4 Read the terms and conditions check the box below and click
submit Slide 5 Explore Assessments 1. Click on the Explore
Assessments Icon along the left side of your screen 2. Next click
on Career Matchmaker Slide 6 Career Matchmaker Continued Read the
instructions and click on start now to answer the 39 questions.
Your answers to these questions will match you to a career. If you
are unsure of the meaning of a question click on the blue button
for a brief explanation. Slide 7 Career Results-Save to Portfolio
Save your career matchmaker as 10 th grade program Slide 8 Career
Results-Saving to Portfolio Read through four of your suggested
careers and save all four of them to your portfolio by clicking on
Slide 9 Filing out the Career Cruising Worksheet Once you have
chosen a career to research more thoroughly answer questions 1-7
based on that career. Question 7 asks you to write down two schools
that offer training for this career. Be sure to so you can access
this information later. Slide 10 Reality Check After you have
completed questions 1-7, Open a separate tab and log in to
www.californiarealitycheck.com www.californiarealitycheck.com Click
on Please note it is very important to have written down an answer
to 4 in order to complete the reality check effectively. Please ask
a counselor if you are unable to locate this information. Slide 11
Reality Check How will you spend the money you will be earning in
your chosen career to pay for housing, transportation, etc..???
Nowchoose a California City you would like to live in. Note: Some
cities will cost more than others to live in, for example it will
cost you more for housing in San Francisco than it will in
Riverside City. Slide 12 Reality Check Choose where you would like
to live (house, 1 bedroom apt., 2 bedroom apt., an efficiency, or
live at home) then chose next. Slide 13 Reality Check Continue this
activity by choosing which utilities you would like, then click
next. Continue through each screen choosing food, transportation,
clothing, healthcare, personal, entertainment, miscellaneous, and
savings. Slide 14 Reality Check-Student Loan Debt Dont forget, you
need to pay for your education. Choose the type of degree you need
for your career and the type of school you will be attending
(Public college, Private College, or for profit college). This will
factor in you student loan debt into your monthly expenses.
Continue to the next screen to get your GRAND TOTAL Slide 15 Can
you afford this Lifestyle???? If you annual expense is more than
your annual earnings then you will be in debt -$! Make some
adjustments to your reality check (start over and try again) until
you are spending less than you are earning. Slide 16 Survey We
appreciate your feedback please take our survey, the link can be
found through the Corona High School Website (directions for
locating this can be found at the bottom of your worksheet).
