2. Understanding Career ClusterS
Career Cluster Interest Inventory
Understanding Career ClusterS

3. What is CCII?
The Career Cluster Interest Inventory (CCII) is designed to help you determine which Career Cluster best fits your interests and skills. Before you begin the survey, let’s get a better understanding of the Career Clusters.

4. Understanding Career Clusters
Developed by the U.S. Department of Education, the 16 Career Clusters are designed to group jobs and industries as they relate to skills needed or products produced. Basically, the clusters are a way to organize the “world of work.”

5. Career Clusters Include
Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
Architecture & Construction
Arts, A/V Technology & Communications
Business, Management & Administrations
Education & Training
Finance
Government & Public Administration
Health Science

6. Career Clusters Include
Hospitality & Tourism
Human Services
Information Technology
Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security
Manufacturing
Marketing
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
Transportation, Distribution & Logistics

7. Career Cluster Interest Inventory
Completing the survey

8. Completing the Survey
You will begin by reading 80 statements and choosing from the following responses regarding your interest concerning the statement. This should take you 15 to 20 minutes.
Dislike
Uncertain
Like
Like very much

9. Completing the Survey
To access the survey, simply click on the interactive link found below the lesson viewer entitled Career Cluster Interest Inventory Survey. After completing the survey, the CCII ranks and graphs your most applicable Career Clusters from a high of 15 (most interested) to a low of 0 (least interested) depending on how you responded to statements related to each Career Cluster.

10. Applying Results
Let’s say your top three Career Cluster interests were as follows:
Arts, A/V Technology & Communications
Business, Management & Administrations
Marketing

11. Applying Results
Now that you know your top Career Clusters, watch the corresponding career exploration video that accompanies your top three cluster results. For this example, you would watch the following videos and complete the corresponding Projects and Activities.
Career Cluster: Arts, A/V Technology & Communications
Career Cluster: Business, Management & Administrations
Career Cluster: Marketing

12. Career Cluster Interest Inventory
In summary

13. In Summary Complete the Career Cluster Interest Inventory Survey
Watch the corresponding career exploration videos (i.e., your top clusters from the survey) and complete the corresponding Projects and Activities

14. Let’s Begin!