Career Week 8

CAREER AND
PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT
PERDEV11
His proposition was that the purpose of developing ourselves is not just for a
successful career in the future, but also for us to become the best person that we
can ever be.
Personal development is not a tool for reaching a bigger goal. Becoming a

complete human being is already the biggest and most noble goal you can aspire
to.
A vocation is about doing what you love to do and employing all your
knowledge, inherent skills, and personal traits to fulfill your life goals.
- August Turak
CAREER
Is a profession that a person may get into either because he has found a good
match between his life goals, skills, personality, and interest with a dream job,
or it may just be a means to earn a living. While career can change through
times and this has been proven ever so often.
CAREER SELECTION AMONG
FILIPINOS
In the Philippines, education takes top priority among the majority of families
after their family basic necessities are met.
The belief that a college diploma can improve one’s life is the major factor that
drives many Filipinos to seek out the most popular courses in college that can
offer the best chance of employment, placing education as a top priority.
A college degree is usually perceived as the ticket out of poverty to a more
comfortable life. It is also perceived as a way to garner respect and pride within
one’s community.
CAREER SELECTION AMONG
FILIPINOS
The padre de familia usually selected the courses each of his children would
take up. Among roster of first choices were courses with titulo or titles such as
medicine, law, accounting, engineering and education.
The illusion of good paying job and quick employment has pushed many
students to pursue college degrees that oftentimes are not in consonance with
their interest, skills, and passions.
Filipino adolescents entering college chose the following top five discipline
groups:
1. Business Administration and Related
2. Education and Teacher Training
3. Engineering and Technology
4. Information Technology
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
THEORIES
Career development is a lifelong process that integrates all our learning
experiences through time. This life experiences include the events we go
through, the roles we play, the behavior we act out, the constant validation of
who we are as a person, what inspires and motivate us, and what
accomplishment gives us fulfillment and meaning. Living in a dynamic and
constantly changing world, our careers can also shift and adjust to the changing
times and our changing needs.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
THEORIES
As theories, these concept try to explain and explore how we choose the career
path to take. The four popular career theories are:
1. Traits and factor theory
2. Personality type-work environment congruence theory
3. Social learning and career decision theory
4. Developmental or the life span or life space theory
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
THEORIES
TRAIT AND FACTOR THEORY
 Skills
 Values
 Interest
 Personality
Are analyzed and match with job factors or an occupational profile.
Formulated by vocation experts Frank Parson and E.G. Williamson back in the
1900s and is still the basis of many career counselling and aptitude test.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
THEORIES
PERSONALITY TYPE-WORK ENVIRONMENT CONGRUENCE THEORY
Holland’s theory is centered on the notion that most people fit into one of six personality types:
 Realistic (doer) – someone who likes to work mainly with their hands by making and fixing
things, assembling or operating equipment.
 Investigative (thinker) – this group loves to study and solve math or science related problems.
 Artistic (creator) – they are admire the creative arts including writing and music.
 Social (helper) – they particularly value providing service for others and enjoy a career choice
that enables them to work closely with people.
 Enterprising (persuader) – most likely to lead and persuade, this group was born to sell and
tend to value business or politics. They are social and ambitious.
 Conventional (organizer) – this group would probably prefer a career choice where they can
work with numbers, records or machines.
People are happier and most productive when their career choice matches their personality.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
THEORIES
SOCIAL LEARNING AND CAREER DECISION THEORY
This theory is based on Albert Bandura’s theory of self-efficacy, which means
that a person may exercise control over his or her thoughts, beliefs, and actions,
and that self-efficacy is the predictor of behavior.
Self-efficacy is defined as the belief in one’s capabilities to plan, organize, and
execute a set of actions that will produce the desired result.
Bandura explains that self-efficacy is tied to motivation which is the most
important driver of one’s career development.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
THEORIES
DEVELOPMENTAL OR THE LIFE-SPAN OR LIFE-SPACE THEORY
Proposed by Donald Super who based the theory that people usually change
careers during specific life stages as the need to express their constantly
changing self-concepts occurs as their careers mature.
Super believes that persons are always in constant change and go through life
learning and doing new things while changing roles in the process.
INTERNAL FACTORS
AFFECTING ONE’S CHOICE OF
CAREER
Challenges are real for everyone. Even in ideal situations where there are
minimal challenges like financial constraints and parental approval, other
obstacle might still be present.
INTERNAL FACTORS
CAREER
Self-concept or self-identity
If your self-identity is not solid as it should be, then choosing a career or even a
course to take up in college will be difficult.
There is a need to know and understand what you want to do or not want to do.
This is tied on how you see and think of yourself.
INTERNAL FACTORS
CAREER
Personal preferences
You might have decided to take up accountancy but your mother told you that
being a nurse, like one of your aunts, will provide you with more opportunities
to earn much more money especially when you worked abroad. This usually
happens in many Filipino homes.
There are some instances when the adolescent will abide by the wishes of the
parents over what college course to take.
INTERNAL FACTORS
CAREER
Motivation
The drive to fulfill one’s fullest potentials is the best motivation any person can
ever have in living a meaningful life.
Majority of the Filipinos are motivated primarily by their desire to improve the
quality of their family’s lives.
INTERNAL FACTORS
CAREER
Self-confidence
Yes, I can “ Kaya ko to!”
The self-confident person will keep his eye on his goals, and declare to the
world that he can do it and will succeed in the pursuit of his dreams.
INTERNAL FACTORS
CAREER
Personal skills
The softer skills such as dealing with people, or the skill to communicate a
feeling or a thought nonverbally, are skills that are not thought in educational
system.
Be aware of the inherent skills that you have. Ask yourself what you like and
enjoy doing.
Have the courage to stand up and take the relevant course that will hone your
skills and be the master of your own destiny.
INTERNAL FACTORS
CAREER
Personality traits
Knowing your personality traits will definitely help you in choosing a career.
Certain traits are compatible and matched with certain types of work or
occupation according to Holland’s trait factor theory.
Are you the quiet type who would rather work alone than with a group?
INTERNAL FACTORS
CAREER
Personal health
The condition of your health is a major factor in the career choice you will
make.
In many instances, however, physical conditions or health issues did not defer
certain individuals in pursuing their dreams.
INTERNAL FACTORS
CAREER
Emotional consideration
It is difficult to make a decision when one is experiencing some strong emotions
such as anger or sadness.
Emotionally disturbed individual will end up deciding on the wrong thing.
It is always best to be level headed and calm when making these life directing
decision.
INTERNAL FACTORS
CAREER
Self sabotaging thoughts are thoughts that deter a person from developing a healthy and
wholesome self-concept.
Statements such as:
“I cannot do this”
“I will never succeed “
“ I am not intelligent enough for that course”

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