Department of Education

Personal Development
Important Component of Setting
Career and Life Goals
Second Quarter – Week 7

Niño Jose B. Games

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 After going through this module, you are expected to:

• prepare a career plan based on the identified career options to attain

personal life’s goals;
• explain the factors in personal development that may guide him/her
in making important career decisions as adolescents.

Directions: (My quick personal life survey) Read the following questions and
answer them with a simple sentence.

Question Response
1. What are my interest or hobbies?
2. What are the things I cannot do
without in a day?
3. What are my skills?
4. What are my talents and
strengths?
5. What are my weaknesses?
6. What do you prefer: to work alone
or to work with others?
7.What are my values in life?
8. What education or training do I
need?
9. Are there jobs available in this
career that I want?
10. How much money do I want to
make?
11. Where do I want to live?
12. Why do I want to pursue this
career?
13. Are you interested on animals
and plants?

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 14. Do you want to have your own
business someday?
15. What makes you happy?

Based on your previous lesson, you have learned about the importance of
career development and personal life goals to be able to achieve success in life. We
have discussed the Seven Ways to Succeed on Your Personal Life and Goals such as:
7 Ways to Succeed Your Personal Life and Goals

1. Provides A Clear Path To Sets your goals, to give yourself the steps to follow.
Success
2. Teaches Time You have to know exactly what you want to achieve
Management & and knows the steps required achieving it. Do not
Preparedness procrastinate.

3. Increases Motivation Break bigger goals into short-term goals. This

separates long-term goals into smaller, more
manageable steps to reach your goal the more you
eager to achieve it.

4. Measures Progress Setting clear goals makes it easier to track your

progress. Seeing how you to come and how much is
left to do motivate you to continue working toward
(and achieving) goals.

5. Gives Focus & Purpose Setting goals determines a clear pathway to success,
allowing you to focus on what needs to get done.

6. Boosts Self-Confidence Confidence in your abilities is important for self-

image and helps you to tackle your future goals with
less anxiety.

7. Provides Challenges When it seems your uninterested in a certain

subject or school in general, set a small goal to work
toward. This will keep you engaged in the classroom
and encourages you to think of new areas to
continue to improve.

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 It is important to come up with your career planning as it gives you the much-
needed direction and makes it clear where you see yourself in future. It makes you
aware of your strength and weaknesses and the skills and knowledge that are
required to achieve your goals in future.

A large proportion of our life is spent in achieving our career goals, thus it is
very important to make sure that right steps were taken and correct planning was
done in the early years of your life. There are very few lucky ones who are born with
a clear mind and who knows what they want to do and where they see themselves in
life ahead. But majority of us are not sure what we want from life and so it in very
important to plan out things. Thus, career planning is what gives your career and in
some way your life, true meaning and purpose.

It is never too early to learn that you can achieve everything that you want
with your personal life goals. Setting goals does not just let adolescence accomplish
your dreams but it teaches you how to manage your lives as well.
But before you decide what career to pursue, carefully consider your options and ask
yourself the following ten questions:

1. What are my interests?

The activities you enjoy doing in your free time can give your insight into the
careers that would be satisfying, fulfilling and fun. To figure out your interests, ask
yourself:
• What hobbies do I enjoy?
• Do I prefer spending time indoors or outdoors?
• Do I enjoy working with people, animals, data or books?
• What activities would I miss the most if I could no longer do them?
2. What are my skills?
Right now, you possess skills that can help you succeed in the future. Think
about your hard skills and soft skills.
• Hard skills - skills you’ve acquired through study, such as culinary arts or
computer programming.
• Soft skills - the people and life skills you possess, including teamwork and
time management.
3. What are my talents and strengths?
From the time you were little, you demonstrated talents and strengths that
make you unique and can help you succeed in your chosen career. In fact, Sir Ken
Robinson, author of The Element, Out of Our Minds, says that:
You owe it to yourself to ensure that there’s some part of your day or week
when you’re doing what comes most naturally to you and makes you feel at your
most centered and authentic.
If you don't know your talents and strengths make a list of everything you’re
good at doing. Your family members, friends, teachers, boss and mentors can help
you write this list that you will use to narrow down potential careers.
4. What is my personality?
Your personality is the way you think, feel and behave. It can be an important
part of your career, so consider several aspects of your personality as you think about
your future.

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 • Are you a leader or followers?
• Do you prefer to work alone or in a group?
• Do you prefer to cooperate or compete with others?
• Do you enjoy helping others or prefer to empower them to do things
themselves?
• Are you a thinker who focuses on ideas or are you a doer who takes action?
• Are you a creative and artistic person or do you thrive with structure and
routine?
5. What are my values?
Everyone has values or things that are important to them, such as financial
security, social justice or work-life balance. These values can help you decide what
type of career to pursue. Here instance, consider a career that pays well if you value
financial security, and consider an 8-to-5 job if you want to achieve work-life balance.
6. What education or training do I need?
Certain careers require education and financial investment. For example, you
may need eight to 12 years of education and training to be a doctor, but you could
earn a hospitality management bachelor in four years. Think about the time and
money required to pursue a career as you make your decision.
7. Are there jobs available in this career?
According to Eurostat, 21.4 million people work in personal services and sales,
the two most popular careers in the EU. While you don’t have to work in one of these
popular occupations, you should consider the potential job availability in your future
career field. The travel and tourism sector contributed US$7.6 trillion to the global
economy and supported 292 million jobs in 2016. This was equal to 10.2% of the
world’s GDP, and approximately 1 in 10 of all jobs.
8. How much money do I want to make?
Different careers provide different monetary rewards. Even though salary
shouldn’t be the main factor in choosing a career, your paycheck can play a role in
your quality of life and where you live. Consider your earning potential as you narrow
your career options.
9. Where do I want to live?
Some jobs are more readily accessible while others can only be performed in
certain locations. For example, you will probably need to live in a rural location if
you choose to work as a park ranger or farmer, and you may want to live near an
urban area if you plan to pursue a finance or fashion career. Plan carefully to ensure
you can work where you want to live.
10. Why do I want to pursue this career?
Always ask yourself why you want to pursue a certain career as you evaluate
which choice is right for you. Don’t let the opinions or expectations of others sway
your decision. Ultimately, your career choice is solely yours.
After reflecting to those questions, let us take a look at the Holland Career
Personality Theory to further understand your future career base on your Holland
Codes that are based on a theory of careers and occupational choices that relate
occupational environments to personality types. It was developed by the psychologist
John L. Holland. The codes are broken down into the following six areas:
• Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical,
hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-
world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require
working outside and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with
others.
• Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas and require an
extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts
and figuring out problems mentally.

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• Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and
patterns. They often require self-expression, and the work can be done without
following a clear set of rules.
• Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and
teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to
others.
• Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out
projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many
decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.
• Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and
routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than
with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

My Three Career Codes

Directions: After reading the six types presented: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic,
Social, Enterprising, and Conventional; select three that sound most like you. Rank
your preferences below:

The three of six types that sound most like me are:

My Three Career Codes Give your reason

1.

2.

3.

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 Directions: Fill it up! Complete the following statements in the box based
on the Holland Career Personality theory you have learned and do a simple
research on different careers under each category.

Holland Career Characteristic of the Cite specific or

Personality Code Holland Personality possible example
Code career

1. Realistic (Doers)
2. Investigative
(Thinkers)
3. Artistic (Creators)

4. Social (Helpers)

5. Enterprising
(Persuaders)
6. Conventional
(Organizers)

The Holland Party Game

Direction: Imagine a party is going on. At this party, people with the same or similar
interests have gathered in the same section of the room. The interests can be
categorized as:

a. Realistic group
b. Investigative group
c. Artistic group
d. Social group
e. Enterprising group
f. Coventional group

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Guided Questions:

1. Which section of the room would you instinctively be drawn to first, as the group
of people you would most enjoy being with for the longest period of time?
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2. Which section of the room would you instinctively be drawn to second, as the
group of people you would most enjoy being with for the longest period of time?
__________________________________________________________________________________
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3. Which section of the room would you instinctively be drawn to third, as the group
of people you would most enjoy being with for the longest period of
time?____________________________________________________________________________
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(Matching Type) Match Column A to Column B. Place your answer on the
space provided.
A B.
_____1. Activities you prefer to do entails A. Soft skills
_____2. Skills you have acquired through study B. Holland Personality
Theory
_____3. It is the way you think, feel and behave. C. Realistic or doer
_____4. It refers to the financial security, social D. Conventional justice and
work organizer balance E. Setting goals
_____5. Certain career requires right F. Investigative or thinker
_____6. Play important role to have a quality G. Values
life and place to live H. Social or helpers
_____7. Theory that helps to identiry future career I. Career planning

_____8. It makes clear direction to see your future J. Education

_____9. People who have athletic or mechanical K. Artistic or creator
ability L. Interest

_____10. People who likes to observe, investigate M. Paycheck/money

learn, analyze and evaluate N. Enterprising or persuader

_____11. People who has artistic abilities O. Personality

_____12. A person who wants to go with group of P. Hard skills
people to help or enlighten them

_____13. A person who wants to persuade,

influence or to manage.

_____14. People who like to work with data, or has

the administrative and numerical abilities
_____15. It is a skills possessed through your experiences

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