Tuesday, October 9, 2018

CashCrunch Careers from CashCrunch Games: A TOS Crew Review

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Cash Crunch Careers

CashCrunch Careers from CashCrunch Games

"What should I do with the rest of my life?"  This is a common question around here lately, with 2 graduates, one Senior and another high schooler, not to mention myself...  CashCrunch Careers from CashCrunch Games is a wonderful resource to help you answer that question!

Four of us, including myself, have had the opportunity to explore future job options with a simple survey called CashCrunch Careers from CashCrunch Games


 The 75 question,  online survey only takes 10-15 minutes to complete. The questions are simple, you select a choice that fits you best from pairs of words for each question.  Once you finish, you will get a detailed picture of what careers may suit you best.

Take a quick peek at this video:



Let me show you a snapshot of my report.  Each individual taking the survey will need their own login, and will get access to their individualized report - and additional resources online.

The report highlights 5 sections:

  • Career Work Style - Knowing what you can do, what you would like to do and how you are able to do it.
  • Motivators and De-Motivators - Something the provides a reason or stimulates to do or don't do something.
  • Career Attributes - The qualities or features regarded as a characteristic or inherent part of you.
  • Career Match - Jobs that are most suitable for your career.
  • Matching Jobs - a list of possible careers/jobs ranked in suitability based upon your test results


The first section is Career Work Styles - a basic summary of your personal style and approach to work and career.  I felt it was a very accurate description of me - "you excel at imposing order upon chaos" - exactly!!  My 2 college age sons, and my high school daughter's styles were also very accurate.  


The next section was the Motivators & De-motivators.  Very interesting to see how a simple survey can produce such detailed, and in our case, accurate descriptions.  This has been very useful for my students taking this survey as a way for them to begin to identify what works best for them.  


The final sections are where it gets really helpful for anyone contemplating how to translate all of this information into a practical application for a future career.  The Career Attributes section will identify how your key strengths that can become assets in certain jobs.   This information has come from years of research by the US Dept. of Labor.


Finally, the report offers a list of potential careers that best match your personal strengths.  Since we do spend a large percentage of our lives working, it's key to find a good match!  Once you have this list - you can access videos and college links in the program to get more information about careers that suit you from the online account. 

We found it very interesting to compare between us!  My oldest son is currently double majoring in Accounting and International Business.  His matching jobs included many managerial jobs, but not accounting specifically.  However, his strengths of detailed, written, communications and analytical thinking confirm this is a good match. 

My next oldest is a Freshman in college and agreed that his report truly showed his strong points of analytical thinking, and attention to detail.  His job list did not contain his future hope to become a lawyer, but once again, it did highlight important strengths he has to get to his goal.

My daughter is in 10th grade - so taking this survey early is going to be a huge bonus for her planning through high school.  I am impressed by how accurately this survey has been with the motivators and de-motivators (I guess it's the psychology major in me!).  She wants to be a nurse, which was one of the jobs on her list.

Many of the jobs listed were the same on all 4 of our lists, even though we are very different from one another.  Being able to explore each career further is a valuable tool.  Cash Crunch games also offers fun ways to learn about money.  You will want to check them out.

I highly recommend this resource for  high school, college and even beyond!  We have enjoyed learning more about each career option, and making plans for our futures!


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