Career Development and Employment Centre
Additional Resources
Discover Career Choices
Learn how to apply your academic studies in a variety of ways. The program of study specific profiles found here contain information such as occupational and career options, work environments, salary ranges, necessary skill sets, and more to help you in your career decision making
Career Cruising can help you:
Career Cruising is a comprehensive and interactive career guidance resource that provides the information you need to make the right career choice. It includes in-depth profiles of hundreds of different careers, detailed information on colleges and universities, and something no other resource has: multimedia interviews with real people in every career. What better way to learn about careers than from the people who know them best?
Career Cruising is available in the Ryerson Career Development and Employment Centre on CD-Rom and on the Internet. To access this program from any internet connected computer go to: www.careercruising.com or email the Career Development and Employment Centre frontdesk at career@ryerson.ca, using your Ryerson email account, to request the username and password.
Find the Right Career
- Find careers that match your interests using Career Matchmaker.
- Explore Careers
- Learn about hundreds of different careers- everything from accountant to zookeeper. Get the inside story on careers by checking out multi-media interviews with real people.
- Learn how your skills match up to particular careers.
Explore Colleges and Universities
- Plan your future using Career Cruising's guide to community colleges and universities that offer the programs supporting the careers you have identified based on your interests.
Special Features:
Career Profiles
- Multimedia interviews with real people in each and every career (over 800 interviews in total!) Each interview includes a video clip, two sound clips, photographs, charts and candid text answers to important career-related questions. What better way is there to learn about a career than to hear from the people who do the job every day?
- Career Matchmaker allows users to find careers that match their interests in terms of school subjects, education level, income, working conditions and many other important factors.
- Use the comprehensive national database of universities and colleges to find out where to get specific education and training.
Information about writing resources and cover letters, and additional helpful job searching information is heard in this section, including a job search function.
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