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Soaring to the Future Graham Kapowsin High School 10th Grade Career Matchmaker & My Skills Worksheet

Name: ______Date: ______

Career Matchmaker Assessment  Go to http://www2.careercruising.com/default/cplogin/BETH. Enter your My Plan username and password in the spaces provided and click on Log In.  Complete the Career Matchmaker Assessment o On the Main page, click on the Assessments button. o Choose Start Matchmaker. Read the instructions on the introduction page, then, enter today’s date as the name for your session. Click Start Now to begin answering questions. o Answer the first 39 questions. (Do your best! The more thought you put into these answers, the better your results will be.) o You will see that Matchmaker has suggested careers that match your answers to the interest questions. We strongly recommend that you go through the second round of questions to further narrow down your results. Click on the Answer More Questions link in the Improve My Results section on the left side of the page. o Answer as many questions as possible, then, click the View My Career Suggestions button. Career Matchmaker will update your list of career suggestions.

My Skills Assessment  Under Your Saved Matchmaker Results, find My Skills and select the Start Now button.  Answer all 45 questions regarding your skills.  After answering the skills questions, you will return to the Career Suggestions page where you will notice that all of the careers on your list have been assigned a skills score.  Answer the questions on the other side of this form regarding your skills and bring it to class on Monday to add to your GK portfolio.

Don’t forget to complete the other side of this worksheet! 

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Soaring to the Future Graham Kapowsin High School 10th Career Matchmaker & My Skills Worksheet

Name: ______Date: ______

Using your Career Matchmaker and My Skills results, answer the following questions:

Look through the careers on your list and select a career that interests you.

Career: ______

What is the skills score that appears beside this career? _____ A (Very Good Match) _____ B (Good Match) _____C (Fair Match) _____ D (Questionable Match) _____ E (Poor Match)

Click on the career and then scroll down the “Suitable For You” screen until you get to the My Skills information. Look through the skills and your responses. Write down any two skills to which you answered “I Don’t Have This Skill” or “I Have Some Skill.”

1. ______

2. ______

For each of the skills you wrote down, try to think of school subjects and activities outside of school that could help you increase your skill level.

SKILL WAYS TO IMPROVE MY SKILL LEVEL

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