Fullerton College Career Planning System

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Fullerton College Career Planning System

• Powered by Kuder
• Sponsored by Vocational Technical Educational Act
  (VTEA) at Fullerton College

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http//fullerton.kuder.com
The Fullerton College Career Planning System,
powered by Kuder, Inc., is an innovative,
internet-based system combining research-based
interests, skills, values assessments with
portfolio development and comprehensive
educational and occupational exploration
resources.

• Batch codes are necessary to access to the
  system, which are available at the Career Life
  Planning Center (Rm 2023) or
• online MyGateway under Student Links.

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FC Career Planning System offers

• Research-Based Assessments
• Kuder Career Search with Person Match (Interests
  Assessment)
• Kuder Skills Assessment
• Supers Work Values Inventory-revised
• Occupational Information Database
• Educational Information Database
• Online Career Portfolio
• Resume Builder
• Job Interview Planning
• State and Federal Job Banks

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Research-Based Assessments

• Provide information on discovering ones
  interests, skills, and work values and how these
  characteristics relate to the world of work
• Are based on 70 years of valid and reliable
  research
• May be completed in 20 minutes (per assessment)
• Can be started and completed at a later time
• Feature immediate online results
• Available in English or in Spanish
• Are accessible with special Batch Codes
  available at the Career Life Planning Center
  (Rm 2023) or online MyGateway

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Kuder Career Search with Person Match (Interests
Assessment)

• Helps students discover career interests, explore
  occupations beyond job titles, and effectively
  apply personal interests to career plans
• Includes the unique Person Match feature which
  compares results to a database of approximately
  2,000 individuals working in todays occupations
• Offers students 14 career sketches of individuals
  whose interests most closely matches their own

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Kuder Skills Assessment

• Provides a highly reliable self-estimate of ones
  ability to perform work-related tasks
• Offers results that align ones skills to career
  clusters, promoting occupation selection with the
  greatest opportunity for satisfaction and success
• Presents results in an easy-to-understand format
  that allows for self-interpretation and allows
  for further education and career exploration

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Kuder Interests and Skills Composite Report

• Is automatically generated after completing the
  Interest and Skills assessments
• Provides an easy-to-understand comparison of
  ones interests and skills based on the career
  clusters
• Offers immediate information on consistencies or
  inconsistencies in the relationship of ones
  interests and skills
• Includes suggestions about the relationships and
  how to proceed with education and career
  exploration and planning

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Supers Work Values Inventory-Revised

• Assesses 12 work-related values and reports
  results immediately in order of individual
  preference
• Provides one with the characteristics or features
  of occupations and jobs that are most important
  and are likely to contribute to career
  satisfaction
• Presented in a straightforward and easily
  interpreted format

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Online Career Portfolio

• The Career Portfolio provides a gateway to
  lifelong career planning that allows individuals
  to store personal and academic information,
  search and save educational and occupational
  data, use comparison tools, build resumes, learn
  job interview tips and more for world of work
  preparation.

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Occupational Information Database

• Once students have completed at least one of the
  assessments in the FC Career Planning System,
  they will have access to comprehensive
  occupational information. Information of each
  occupation includes a description, job outlook,
  wages, typical tasks, education/training, and
  more.

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Educational Information Database

• For students interested in transferring to a
  4-year college or university, search and
  comparison features will allow for making solid
  educational choices. Students will have access
  to college contact information, campus facts,
  admission costs, majors/programs, graduations
  rates, and more.

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Resume Builder

• Students can create and store several web-based
  resumes in a Career Portfolio. With a click of a
  button, a resume can be change from a
  Chronological to a Functional format. Students
  can send employers a link of their resume along
  with a cover letter through the program.

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Job Interview Planning

• Students will have step-by-step instructions on
  what to expect and how to prepare for a job
  interview. Information includes Objectives of
  the Interview, Preparing for an Interview, Common
  Interview Questions, Stages of the Interview, and
  Following up after the Interview.

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State and Federal Job Banks

• For those who are currently seeking employment
  or who will seek employment in the future,
  students will always have access to state and
  federal job banks 24 hours a day from any
  Internet connection.

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Questions?

• Please contact the Career Life Planning Center
• Student Services Building (BLDG 2000)
• 714-992-7043