Career Counselling Discovering The True Self
Career Counselling Discovering The True Self
Career Counselling Discovering The True Self
Effective or Efficient?
Lipa, Batangas
Tanay, Irish P.
April 2021
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Mae Shane V. Pradela, Irish P. Tanay, Apolinario I. Zaraspe has completed a research paper in
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ABSTRACT
Effective or Efficient?
Zaraspe
Year : 2021
program?
choice?
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4. What are the perceptions of the students on the extent of
Recommendations :
career paths. With the implications that this study will generate,
primary education.
providing them the data on how the students perceived the use of a
by providing them the needed data to work on for the benefit of the
learners.
For the Parents and the community. This study will help
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potential. Once students are successful, the community will also be
progressive.
respondents.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
This research paper was made possible through the help and support from everyone,
First and foremost, we would like to thank the Almighty God who is obviously the one
that guided us throughout our research journey. Without these blessings of knowledge and
Next to him we would like to express our deep sense of thanks and gratitude to our
Practical Research and Reading and Writing teachers, Ms. Annie Rose Aboilo and Ms. Lizeth
Sambayan, whom we are greatly indebted for their full support and encouragement to this stage.
This opportunity gives us the background on how to collaborate and engage ourselves in a
serious project.
To Mr. Daniel Castor, adviser of HUMSS 101, for allowing us to conduct our survey to
Grade 11 students. And also, to Grade 11 students, especially, to their respective advisers, for
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We are feeling oblige in taking the opportunity to sincerely thanks our parents, family
and friends, who provide the advice which enabled us to notice the weaknesses of our
At last but not the least, we want to express our genuine gratitude to everyone because
they are the key which unlocks our capability to finish this research paper. We have no valuable
words to express our thanks, but our heart is still full of the favors received from every person.
The product of this research paper would not be possible without them.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter I INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study ……………………………………… 1
Statement of the Problem ……………………………………… 2
Significance of the Study ……………………………………… 3
Limitations and Delimitations of the Study ……………………… 4
Conceptual Framework ……………………………………… 5
Definition of Terms ……………………………………… 6
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BIBLIOGRAPHY ……………………………………… 17
APPENDICES
Curriculum Vitae ……………………………………… 20
LIST OF TABLES
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
The Philippine educational system has adapted Career counselling where it helps the
students to realize the importance of knowing what career they want. It is good to know first all
your strengths and weaknesses to know what job will suit you and to have an option to choose
from. Career counselling has become usual on this day but not easily accessible. According to
Jobzogoly (2019), before the late 19th century, there was very little available and very little
known about career counselling. Most people during this time found work through family,
friends, or the community. However, a rise in immigration caused a more organized and
Career counselling, also known as career guidance, is designed to help students choose or
change a career in life. A student's job is one of the most important aspects of adulthood. It can
be a stressful event, especially if you can't decide what career you want. Trait-and Factor theory
has been one of the most enduring theories of career counselling. In essence, it focuses on
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matching people's personalities with careers. This theory requires considering someone's abilities
or aptitude, personal values, and occupational interests to determine someone's personality. The
process includes three key steps: Studying individuals, surveying career options, and Using "true
Career counselling is all about opening the mind, and these are mainly needed by people
who are lost and confused about the career they want. Some people are afraid to decide on a
career, and some people are not taking it seriously. We chose this to study because it is good to
know what is best for us to be sure that we are pursuing a career that will fit our skills. They need
to be more confident to do the things they can and accept the things they cannot. They need to
have a vision of the things they want in life or the outcome they want to happen and set some
long-term goals they want to achieve in life. Taking some advice to someone on what career is
best for you is not good because it is hard for someone to recognize the child's strengths and
weaknesses, and that is why career counselors are there to help you understand it.
A career counselor can help by discussing the things you can do or your strength to have
career options, and they can help you discover a lot about yourself. They will give proper
guidance to know how important choosing the right career is and having a good decision in that
situation. The support of an experienced counselor can help a person clear their mind on what to
think first in choosing a career. Career counselling can help you to realize how important to
choose the right career path for you. It can make you put it in your mind and talk about it more
deeply to know every detail to think first. Also, we can be more prepared and have at least some
idea about the career we chose. Choosing a career will be a big part of our life, so it is better to
plan as early as possible. The students need to discuss employment and prepare for their future.
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Statement of the Problem
This study was conducted to find out the implementation of career counselling on
discovering the true self, as related to the effectiveness or efficiency of Senior High School
students in STI College Lipa, of Lipa City as a basis for career path guidelines for implementers.
5. What are the factors that affects the perspective of the students in terms of understanding
6. What are the perceived effects of the implementation of career counselling on the career
7. What is the influence of interventions roles to support students in SHS plan their career to
8. What are the perceptions of the students on the extent of utilizing the school counsellors'
This study is beneficial to the intended recipients who are the students, teachers,
For the Students. They will benefit from this study by providing them with research-
based findings on the effects of the effectiveness or efficiency of career guidance programs on
their career paths. With the implications that this study will generate, they will be helped by
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For the Teachers. This study will help the teachers by providing them the data on how
the students perceived the use of a career guidance program. In doing so, they will be aware of
the weakness and strengths of the program. In their way, they will be able to improve on the
perceived drawbacks.
For the Curriculum planners. This study will help them by providing them the needed
For the Parents and the community. This study will help them by allowing the children
or students to achieve their full potential. Once students are successful, the community will also
be progressive.
For the Future researchers. The study will provide them recommendations which they
This study looked into the perceptions of the Senior High students in the career guidance
program from STI College Lipa in Lipa City on the role of career counselling programs on their
career paths. The respondents' parameters include the career path's effectiveness or efficiency
using a career guidance program. These were correlated to their perceptions of career guidance
programs and their effectiveness or efficiency to their career paths. The researcher was thus not
able to explore gaps in the understanding of various subjects, such as Academic Track,
research to specific fileds/contents, there were a lot of career fileds provided in the organization
studied. The researcher did not consider the differences among those career tracks and the impact
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of the differences on the profile of the responsdents. The study does not cover the geographic
location of the participants. The researcher did not consider where the participants were located
as long as they had taken the interview from the researcher in which the study was conducted.
Conceptual Framework
Furthermore, the direction that this study will follow is presented in Figure 1 using a
flowchart. The figure shows the input, process, and output paradigm of the research. The input
construct of this study is the profile of the respondents, who are Senior High students, on their
Definition of Terms
The following terms were defined conceptually and operationally to understand better the
Career Counselling – In this study, the main objective of career counselling is to help
students pick a field that complements their abilities and skills the most.
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- It refers to counselling provided by career counselors who help individuals choose an
appropriate career based on their interests, skills, and abilities. (Bachler, M. 2017)
STI – STI College, formerly known as Systems Technology Institute, a training center
that delivers basic programming education to professionals and students who want to learn this
new skill. The acronym STI has been declared as an orphan initialism after their name change in
2006.
Senior High school Students – In this study, it refers to the students of the basic
Effective – In this study, it relates to the success obtained by the Senior high students by
using Career Counselling to pick a field that complements their abilities and skills the most.
effect.
Efficient – In this study, it refers to the efficiency gained by Senior high students by the
use of Career Counselling to know and understand yourself and the world of work in order to
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CHAPTER II
LITERATURE REVIEW
This chapter presents the related literature and studies reviewed by the researcher to
Related Literature
The following key concepts about the use of career guidance in STI College Lipa are
Local
According to De Torres (2021), Career counselling is something that provides direction
opportunities. Career counselling is a relief process, program, and solution for students to
consider and understand themselves. It helps get to know the workplace, prepare for the future
that corresponds to a satisfactory life term, determine correctly, make choices, and express
themselves effectively.
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Moreover, the Basic Education Curriculum (BEC) improvement to K to 12 programs
highlighted the enhancement of Philippine learners' skills and career pathways. K to 12 Students
will be trained for global competence. As specified in Sec. 11 of DepEd Recommendation, "to
properly guide the students in choosing the career tracks that they intend to pursue, the DepEd, in
coordination with DOLE, TESDA, and CHED, shall regularly conduct career advocacy activities
for secondary level students. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 27 of Republic Act No.
9258, otherwise known as the Guidance and Counselling Act of 2004, career and employment
guidance counselors, who are not registered and licensed guidance counselors, shall be allowed
to conduct career advocacy activities to secondary level students of the school where they are
On top of that, in the year 2019, President Rodrigo Duterte signed the Secondary School
Career Guidance and Counselling Act, which applies to public and private high schools. The act
aims to help students decide more wisely and accurately on their future profession. To do this,
schools institutionalized the career advice and counselling service. The act also imposed the
(CGCP) to provide students with high-quality advice and advice services. The centers, led by a
trained career and a job specialist, are managed by the guidance counselor. This decision
Additionally, the Career Information, including the program: The National Career
Assessment Examination (NCAE), also takes place on an annual basis for public and private
high school students worldwide "to test and measure their abilities, ability or tendency" in
particular. It is intended to guide students in their choice of courses or job opportunities. In line
with DepEd (2017) cited by Santos (2019), The Department of Education prepares students in
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making a great choice in their career as early as Grade 9. DepEd administers yearly to the Grade
9 students the National Career Achievement Examination (NCAE). The examination aims to
determine the learner's aptitude and occupational interest on any of the Senior High School
(SHS) tracks. Occupational interest is the learner's preference in specific vocations and career
categories. The two-day exam also aims to guide the conduct of career guidance at the school
level and ensure the development of skills and competencies required for the world of work and
career choices.
Such information may support by other programs designed to improve awareness of Career
schools helps to assist students in achieving the goals set out in three areas of one's life,
Foreign
important when ensuring self-wellbeing. Efforts to assist each individual to introspect and gain
awareness about careers and opportunities that are available before making career choices should
be intensified, Ismail et al. (2018). Hence, careful planning is crucial, especially from the ages of
15 to 18 years old because at that age range students are at a stage where they are exploring
careers, Super Theory (1971). Therefore, schools' counselling and guidance services should play
(UNESCO) elucidates that the career counselling of youth comprises of four main components:
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(a) providing assistance to the individuals to acquire greater self-awareness in areas such as
interests, values, abilities, and personality style, (b) linking individuals to sources so that they
can become more well-informed about occupations and professions, (c) involving human beings
in the decision-making process so that they can choose a career path that is well suited to their
own interests, values, abilities, requirements and personality style, and (d) supporting individuals
and balancing various life roles as well as becoming lifelong learners in the sense of professional
development over the lifetime (Career Development, n.d.), cited by Kapur (2018).
Along with it, according to Martaningsih (2018), Guidance and counselling play a role in
including in career development. Guidance and counselling can play a role through career
guidance services with various programs designed, and of course, there must be service
Over and above, a person needs to learn how to handle one's career management skills. A
career is a lifetime goal; a trade can never come to a halt. An individual should improve career
individuals in apprehension or concerned or underlined about their job chances and potential
lives are helping to ease their fears. Students will achieve a job offer or a promising future that
Over the past years, many theories and articles discuss ever-changing career development
that students may face over time and develop and determine the appropriate career path. And as
specified by Peila-Shuster (2017), the children in the twenty-first century, to a larger extent than
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previously, will live their life trajectories with unclear or blurred career-life plots. Moreover,
they will be required also to devise novel ways of surviving and thriving. As if it is not already
challenging enough to chart their path through a changing and unpredictable world, children will
in addition face numerous challenges in the form of barriers and limited opportunities. Career
counselors should help children by supporting, sustaining, and preparing them to design and live
successful lives. Here will come the role of Career consultants and career growth facilitators as
professionals offer career advice. School guidance counselors provide these resources to middle
and high school students, allowing them to get a head start on career options. Professionals and
counselors will also help students by providing career direction and counselling, and advice on
colleges and other higher learning institutions, depending on the student's achievements and
desires. Discussions with students assist in guiding them in selecting the appropriate courses
By the same token, career counselling and guidance entails speaking with people about
potential career prospects and doing a detailed review of one's talents, strengths, credentials, and
previous experience so that a mentor can lead him in the right direction. As per Holland's Theory
(1992), Holland's theory maintains that in choosing a career, people search for environments that
will let them use their skills and abilities and express their attitudes and values. Career
counselling supporting educational success for students identifies their career path and authentic
self, helping to be career readiness and career planning until career decision-making requires
routines activities, handling discipline cases in a narrow view. In line with this, the career
counselling program includes all relevant programs and resources and the coordination and
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delivery needed to best support students, teachers, parents, school administration, and the
community.
Synthesis:
In conclusion, chapter two presents the related literature and studies reviewed by the
researcher to better understand the concepts of the problem being studied. The following key
concepts about the use of career guidance in STI College Lipa are presented in this review.
Career counselling is the process of advising people about their work choices. The method of
giving people advice on their career choices It is a tool, or a curriculum, and solution that
encourages students to think about and acknowledge themselves. In appropriate educational and
occupational choices, as well as career decisions based on potential job demand and
requirements in the future. For local literature, the Secondary School Career Guidance and
Counselling Act, which extends to both public and private high schools, was signed by President
Rodrigo Duterte in 2019. The act helps to assist students in making more informed and accurate
decisions about their future careers. To do this, schools established a career advice and
counselling program. In addition, the act mandated the development of a National Secondary
Schools Career Guidance and Counselling Program (CGCP) to provide students with high-
quality advice and counselling services. For foreign literature , guidance and counselling plays a
big part in assisting individual learners in maximizing their development in a variety of areas,
including job development. Guidance and counselling plays part in career guidance systems for a
variety of programs, and there must be service quality from elementary to higher education
levels.
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Along with, this study was conducted to determine the effectiveness or efficiency of
career counselling on finding one's true self among Senior High School students in STI College
Lipa City, as a basis for career path guidelines for implementers. To consider regularly to help
their potential and finding their reason in their daily lives. Moreover, the expected beneficiaries
of this study are students, teachers, curriculum planners, parents, the government, and
prospective researchers. The impact of career counselling programs on the career paths of Senior
High students in the career guidance program at STI College in Lipa City was studied in this
application is one of the metrics used by the respondents. These were linked to their opinions of
career guidance programs and how effective or efficient they were in guiding them along their
chosen career paths. To fit better actual job circumstances in various parts of the world,
counselling theory and strategies are being developed career guidance and counselling in
educational and organizational settings, as well as for people from multiple cultural and
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CHAPTER 3
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents the research method used, the respondents of the study, the
Research Design
This study focused to find out the implementation of career counselling on discovering
the true self, as related to the effectiveness or efficiency on Grade 11 students in STI College
Lipa respectively, in Lipa City as a basis for career path guidelines for implementers.
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The descriptive research design was employed based on the given the nature of the study.
Descriptive research design as defined by Research Design Team (2016) is a study in which
Sometimes these are referred to as correlational or observational studies. Descriptive study can
provide information about the naturally occurring health status, behavior, attitudes or other
Moreover, the study utilized the qualitative approach using convenience sampling as the
This study involved a total population of 408 Grade Eleven students from STI College
Lipa specifically, Lipa City. Two percent of the total population was asked to participate in the
TABLE A
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2. Science, Technology, Engineering and 3
134
Mathematics
3. Humanities and Social Sciences 107 4
4. Information & communications 1
64
technology
Total 408 10
Instrumentation
Interview was the major instrument used in gathering data. The interview proper included
the perceptions of the Grade 11 students on the effectiveness or efficiency of the implementation
of career counselling on discovering their true self which would be the basis for career path
guidelines for implementers. To supplement the data gathered from the interview, unstructured
interview among the respondents was conducted. This was to support or substantiate the data
Data Collection
The data gathering procedure began by asking the authorities for the permission in the
conduct of the study. Once the permission was granted, the researchers personally contacted the
selected respondents in STI College Lipa to inform the Grade 11 students about the study and
also to request their help in distributing the questionnaire to the chosen respondents by random.
conducted based on the highest and lowest ratings given by the selected respondents.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Appendix A: CURRICULUM VITAE
Citizenship : Filipino
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Civil Status : Single
Age : 16
Gender : Female
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
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Age : 17
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Tanay Irish P.
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Civil Status : Single
Age : 16
Gender : Female
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Zaraspe, Apolinario I.
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Citizenship : Filipino
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Civil Status : Single
Age : 16
Gender : Female
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