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Using the Career Cruising program was a great aid to me in searching for my future career. Before I
used the program, I had a general idea of what I wanted to do with my life after high school. I aspired to
be a psychologist, or neurologist. However, upon further investigation into my interests and skills, I
discovered that a career in Education or Law and Government would better suit my abilities. Last year,
during the speech project, I found Foreign Language Educator via Career Cruising. This career path
seemed to be the right one for me based on my interest in culture and languages. Learning a second
language has been an enjoyable experience for me, and I would like nothing more than to let my future
students experience the same thing.
After using career cruising a second time in the Graduation Project class, I realized that many
more careers were available for bilingual educators. Careers in local, state, and national government
are in abundance for translators and interpreters. Being a bilingual teacher could give me an edge in all
aspects of my future career possibilities. Using my visual learning style, I will be able to disseminate
information to my students in a different way. My skills showed me that I am able to speak in front of
large groups of people and command the attention of a large group. Based on the personality quizzes I
took, I have the type A personality that is necessary for me to lead and instruct. My interests in helping
others, understanding cultures, and learning languages, will enable me to be an active learner with my
students. Influencing the lives of the youth of America is something that keeps our leaders strong and
our nation’s future bright. Through the help of teachers, knowledge will always live on in the minds of
our future leaders.
Overall, this exploration into the world of Career Cruising enlightened me to the world of
Foreign Language Education. Being bilingual in today’s world will enable me to open doors to a brighter
future for myself and my future students. My love of the Spanish language will allow me to explore and
understand the diversity of the cultures around me. The more I learn, the more I want to teach. I can
only dream that one day, a student will approach me and say, “You inspired me to…” The reason I want
to educate is because knowledge gives you power, but only the strong use it wisely. Knowledge allows
people to live with an open and creative mind. As Anton Checkov once said, “Any idiot can face a crisis,
but its day to day living that wears you out.”

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Career Matchmaking Reflection
In the past, I have been lost in the search of my career path with no idea of how to find my way,
but the career matchmaking process has finally gave me hope in finding my future career. It has
enlightened me on many characteristics that make me unique and applying those characteristics to the
career that fits me. Because of this process I finally feel that my career path is unfolding. Although,
there were multiple steps that went into this process.
To begin my exploration, the first thing I did was answer the 116 questions on career cruising which then
gave me a list of careers which are most suitable to me. The next thing I did was answer questions to
find out which skills I am the best at to relate to the list of careers that were already chosen. After that I
answered a series of questions about my learning styles and thought of ways to apply them to my future
careers. I also took two personality tests not on career cruising and used the results to think of ways
they could help me in my career search. Last, I took a college survey to figure out which colleges would
be a good fit for me in the career path I want to go.
After answering the 116 questions on career cruising the list of jobs consisted of mainly business related
jobs, although this did not surprise me because it is something that I am very interested in. One of the
jobs that caught my attention on the list was inventor. I never thought about this as a career but i do
feel it would be cool to use my imagination to come up with new ideas. One of the jobs that was listed
that i didn't expect was fashion retailer. I felt it was random and I do not fit with this career. I am very
open to changing what I thought in the past about careers because I know that my interests about
careers will change over time. Not to mention that they have also changed a lot since I took the career
matchmaker test last year. After taking the skills survey, I learned that my skills related greatly to all of
the business related jobs on the list. I do feel that the skills survey accurately represents me. It was
accurate in saying how I am skilled in understanding how businesses and organizations work and how I
am able to solve problems by seeking new ideas. I believe that most of my skills will be constant
throughout my life although there are some skills that I need to develop, such as computer skills. I plan
on doing this by first understanding more about how computers work then spending more time on the
actual computer. Many of the skills that I answered I am skilled at go hand in hand with business. And

4. considering venture capitalist, which is the career I value most out of the matchmaker list, my skills
matched tremendously and It was given a rating of "A" for how good it matched. And along with my
top careers of E-business consultant, investment advisor, and venture capitalist, I was labeled an
auditory-tactile learner after taking the learning styles quiz. First of all, I feel that being a very auditory
learner fits very well with these three jobs. A lot of this is because in all of the jobs being a good listener
is key. Such as with an E-business consultant, even though the business is over the Internet, much of it
is talking and listening to other people over the phone and in meetings. And with venture capitalists you
have to be a good listener while a business representative tells you about his business in hope of you
investing. Second of all, I feel that being a tactile learner as well really doesn't fit well with these three
careers. There are not any ways that I can think of how being tactile fits at all with these careers. After
taking two of the online personality tests, It has shown that am a very calm and optimistic person, but at
the same time outgoing and sociable. I am also moderately organized while still remaining flexible and
able to have fun. Lastly it said I am a kind natured person that is also moderately intellectual and
imaginative. Every single aspect of my personality should be a great help to me in the work field. To
start, being a very calm and optimistic person is a big help to jobs that involve stress and deadlines
because when people do get stressed out it makes work a lot harder and more painful. Second, the fact
that I am moderately organized is a help to any job when trying to get work done. Next, being a kind
natured person will help you everywhere in the world, but especially in the workplace. It can help you
get a job, be liked by your fellow workers and bosses, and help you get promotion. Last, I am a
moderately intellectual and imaginative which is needed for every job because you need to be smart to
be able to do your job correctly.
I felt that all of the results from the career cruising questions and surveys, as well as the
personality tests were an accurate representation of myself. The one exception Is that I feel that I am
more of a visual learner than the learning style results stated. But maybe this shows that my learning
styles are changing and I could take advantage of this knowledge. Ultimately, the career matchmaking
process has been a definite help to me and with all the knowledge I have gained and it could quite
possibly change my life for the best.