Career Cruising is an online program that allows students to explore and research career possibilities and develop plans to obtain their future pursuits. Students can login to their account and access the program through the website www.careercruising.com.
Students' login password is last name, full first name (no spaces) and password is their lunch ID number.
Pathfinder is a new online career planning tool that helps students explore different career, training, and education paths to make informed decisions about their post-secondary options. Pathfinder uses current labor market, wage and institutional data and metrics, to help students research and compare multiple career roadmaps.
No login is required and anyone can access through the website https://pathfinder.mitalent.org/
The Allegan County Area Technical Education Center (Tech Center) is a great resource for our students as it focuses on job skill training, early college credit, state and national industry certification and leadership and employability skill training. The Tech Center offers 17 programs that provide students with the opportunities to gain the skills needed to move into a competitive job market and post-secondary training and education.
More information on the Tech Center can be found through their website: www.alleganaesa.org.
You can find a list of the programs they offer here.
An apprenticeship is a program that trains a worker to become skilled in a particular trade. Apprentices are taught by experts in their field and earning pay while they are gaining the knowledge and skills of that job. Apprenticeship opportunities in the state of Michigan can be found through the website miapprenticeship.org. Additional apprenticeship programs offered throughout the United States can be found through the website www.careeronestop.org.
Many local community colleges also offer job training opportunities. Click on any of the links below to find out more information on the programs they have to offer.
Grand Rapids Community College
Grand Rapids Community College Leslie E. Tassell M-TEC
Kalamazoo Valley Community College