Multiple Career

Development
Pathways Toolkit

Helping students choose a Senior

High School track and explore career
pathways and opportunities
TOOLKIT GUIDE

INTRODUCTION
Starting a Career Planning
Journey
TOOL 01: The Life I Want to Live as an
Adult

Many people say that life is a journey. As you begin your mission to
plan your career, let us start by helping you envision your life in
the future. It can begin by simply asking them: “What kind of life do
you want to live?” “Anong klaseng pamumuhay ang nais mong
maranasan?”

This introductory session focuses on goal setting and visioning.

Identifying purpose and goals gives you a sense of direction.
However, you smay have different options. Lack of flexibility can
prevent you from adapting to the changes, challenges, and
opportunities that may come your way as you pursue your journey.
 INTRODUCTION STARTING A CAREER PLANNING JOURNEY

TOOL
01 THE LIFE I WANT TO LIVE AS AN ADULT

Background

Career planning is a lifelong process that focuses on

REFLECTION GUIDE
making decisions to help you manage your future
work and personal life in general. This means that
1. What is career planning and why is it
planning your career is not separate from planning
important to me as a student?
the rest of your life. This worksheet aims to help you
set your future career directions anchored on the 2. Why is career planning not a one-time
things that you value such as personal interests, decision but a series of decisions I make?
families, and dream jobs.
Directions 3. What should I consider in planning for my
future career?
1. Read each question carefully. In case there are
4. What are the bases of a career planning
some questions or clarifications, you may consult
journey?
your teacher for further explanation.

2. Write your answers on the spaces provided.

3. Share your worksheet with your peers during the

group interaction.
My Career Planning Journey

SETTING WORK RELATIONSHIPS IMMEDIATE GOALS LONG-TERM GOALS

(NEXT 1-3 YEARS) (AFTER HIGH SCHOOL)
• Where do I • What type of • Who would I
like to live? work would I like to spend • What do I want
like to do? time with? to do within • What are my
Family? the next one to plans after
Friends? Or, do three years? high school?

• What is my I prefer to
• Do I prefer to spend more
ideal work
time by myself?
stay in one environment?
place or • What kind of
would I like to career would I
• What types of
move to a like to pursue?
• What business activities do I
new
do I plan to enjoy doing
location?
start? with the
people in my
life?

MULTIPLE CAREER DEVELOPMENT PATHWAYS TOOLKIT

TOOLKIT GUIDE

ACTIVITY

01
ENHANCING
SELF-AWARENESS

TOOL 02: Self-Assessment of Interests and Talents

TOOL 03: Personal Work Values and
Competencies
TOOL 04: Rate Your Skills

Know More About Yourself

One of the most important steps in career planning is to be provided

an opportunity for you to discover or rediscover yourselves. After all,
no one else can tell you what to do in life because you know
yourselves best.

This session focuses on helping you to increase your self-awareness

by learning more about and understanding your interests, talents,
and values better. The information that you will acquire in this
session will help you make appropriate career choices and decisions.
 ACTIVITY 01 ENHANCING SELF-AWARENESS

TOOL
02 SELF-ASSESSMENT OF INTERESTS AND TALENTS

Directions

Many people say that you tend to be good at what interests you. Look back at your classroom experiences and
activities. Recall the subject areas that caught your interest and list down remarkable achievements related to these
subject areas.

GRADE 7 GRADE 8

Which subject/s are you interested in? What Which subject/s are you interested in? What
activities or projects in the said subject/s have you activities or projects in the said subject/s have you
accomplished? accomplished?

In which subject/s did you perform best? In which subject/s did you perform best?

What are your talent/s? In which subject/s were you What are your talent/s? In which subject/s were you
able to perform these talents? able to perform these talents?
 GRADE 9 GRADE 10

Which subject/s are you interested in? What Which subject/s are you interested in? What
activities or projects in the said subject/s have you activities or projects in the said subject/s have you
accomplished? accomplished?

In which subject/s did you perform best? In which subject/s did you perform best?

What are your talent/s? In which subject/s were you What are your talent/s? In which subject/s were you
able to perform these talents? able to perform these talents?
 ACTIVITY 01 ENHANCING SELF-AWARENESS

TOOL
03 PERSONAL WORK VALUES AND COMPETENCIES

Directions
WORKING ALONE AND
The following is a list of work values and competencies that BEING INDEPENDENT
Accomplish tasks by myself, with
many people have identified as important for them in their
limited interaction with others.
careers, in business, and in the workplace. A competency is
the capability to apply or use a set of related knowledge, COMPETITION
skills, and abilities required to successfully perform a job. Engage in activities which pit my
abilities against others.
As you begin to explore your own personal values, reflect
and select by shading the thumbs up icon ( ) of the
MAKING DECISIONS
values and competencies that you think you already
Possess the power to decide courses of
possess. action
HELPING THE COMMUNITY that may affect an organization.
Do something which contributes to WORKING UNDER PRESSURE
improving the community. Become Work in situations where pressure is
involved with helping other people. common.

WORKING WITH OTHERS INFLUENCING PEOPLE

Work as a team member towards Be in a position to influence the attitudes
common goals. and
opinions of other people.
 KNOWLEDGE AND WORK
MASTERY
Engage in the pursuit of knowledge
and understanding. Become an
expert in the field I would like to
pursue.
CREATIVITY
Have an opportunity to create new
things. Develop new ideas and
processes.
Reflection Guide
1. Look at the list of work values and
competencies that you already
possess.
2. Think of times and situations when you
have applied these work values and
competencies.
3. Which among the items you chose are
connected to your career plans?
4. What other values not listed here do
you think are essential to you and
your career plans? These can help you
in making good career decisions.
CHANGE, VARIETY AND FAST PACE
Pursue work activities which frequently
change. Work in circumstances where work
must be done rapidly.
PRECISION WORK
Work in situations where attention to
details and accuracy are very important.
STABILITY
Have a work routine and job duties
that are largely predictable.
FINANCIAL GAINS
Have a high likelihood of achieving high
monetary rewards for my work.
PHYSICAL CHALLENGE
Do activities that use my physical
abilities.
SUPERVISION
Engage in activities in which I am
directly responsible for the work
of others.
TIME FREEDOM
Be able to work according to my own
schedule.
 ACTIVITY 01 ENHANCING SELF-AWARENESS

TOOL
04 RATE YOUR SKILLS

Directions
Reflection Guide
The skills listed in this tool are the progressive life skills needed in
pursuing any field or career. Rate your skills level using the following Look at the skills that you have
scale:
rated yourself highly (e.g., 3 or 4).
HIGHLY SKILLED. I can do this task all the time without supervision.
Think of times and situations
SKILLED. I can do this task with minimum supervision.
when you have used these skills.
MODERATELY SKILLED. I can do this task with constant supervision.
These can help you in making
UNSKILLED. I cannot do this task without supervision. good career decisions.

WRITTEN VERBAL PROBLEM TEAM ANALYTICAL

COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION SOLVING WORK ABILITY
The ability to write The ability to use Devising and then Cooperating with and Being able to pick out
clearly and concisely spoken words to using an supporting others in the key issues from
and convey information convey message appropriate order to achieve a a large amount of
to different readers. clearly in a method/rule/ common goal. complex information.
conversation or to a technique or logic
larger audience. to solve a problem.
CREATIVE NUMERACY LEADERSHIP COMMERCIAL DECISION-
THINKING AWARENESS MAKING

Being original and The ability to The ability to guide, Having an The ability to select a
innovative in order understand and direct, motivate, understanding and logical choice by
to solve problems, interpret facts and and take appreciation of the considering outcomes of
generate ideas, or ideas expressed in responsibility for organization and how it each option and
produce novel figures and non- others. makes a profit or determining the best for
designs. verbal data. acquires funding. the situation.

NEGOTIATING PERSUADING SELF- TIME FLEXIBILITY

MOTIVATION MANAGEMENT
The ability to deliberate Being able to Being proactive and The ability to organize The ability to carry out a
with others in order to influence the willing to take the your work, priorities, variety of tasks, work in
come to an agreeement attitudes and initiative. Setting and and what needs to different situations, and
that is appropriate and perspectives of achieving goals. be done to meet manage change in your life
beneficial to all. others. deadlines. and work.
TOOLKIT GUIDE
ACTIVITY
EXPLORING

02 CAREER
PATHWAYS

TOOL 05: SHS Career Interest Clusters

Keep On Track

It is important to work on something that makes you feel happy and

productive. Making a career decision is not an easy task for you.
Gaining enough knowledge and information about your strengths
and weaknesses will help you find a better career opportunity.

In this session, you will identify possible career options based on your
interests, talents, and values. As students, you will also gain
information about the different Senior High School tracks and their
corresponding aptitude requirements.
 ACTIVITY 02 EXPLORING CAREER PATHWAYS
TOOL
05 SHS CAREER INTEREST CLUSTERS
Directions CLUSTER A
I LIKE TO
A career cluster is a group of jobs that
picture things in my mind
require similar skills or share common work with my hands
perform
characteristics. Choose a career cluster play a musical instrument
that interest you most by shading the do arts and crafts
record audio and video
heart ( ) beside the statements that design displays
decorate places
apply to you. Then add up the number of
do creative projects
shaded hearts in each group.
I AM
good with my hands
creative
Reflection Guide attentive to details
versatile
1. Does this activity help me in a good planner
patient and persistent
planning my future career?
2. What other information do I I AM INTERESTED IN
art/graphic design
need to help me make a music
career decision? speech and drama
audio/video technology
3. What is the importance of culture and arts
crafting a learning plan that
NUMBER OF
suits my career preferences? SHADED HEARTS
CLUSTER B
I LIKE TO
do outdoor physical activities
be an athlete someday
engage in sports activities
coach in sports activities
read sports magazines
watch sports events
represent the country in any
sports competition
do strenuous physical activities
organize sports clinics
I AM
physically active
inclined to sports
persistent and dedicated
competitive
truthful
attentive
I AM INTERESTED IN
sports activities
coaching tasks
athletics
physical activities
outdoor events
NUMBER OF
SHADED HEARTS
 CLUSTER C CLUSTER D CLUSTER E CLUSTER F

I LIKE TO I LIKE TO I LIKE TO I LIKE TO

cook and do kitchen work with numbers and interpret formulas help people solve their
activities details find the answers to problems
make handicrafts use facts to make questions volunteer to help others
work with my hands predictions work in a laboratory work with children and
use and repair tools and analyze financial elderly
figure out how things
machines information help people make
work
plan and breed animals handle money decisions
explore new technology
entertain guests and keep accurate records learn about other
experiment
visitors browse new products in cultures
do manual tasks and observe details make friends with people
stores
activities conduct scientific of different ages, cultures,
follow trends
assemble things communicate ideas research and backgrounds
produce hands-on persuade people solve mathematical debate and win
results problems arguments
I AM I AM observe people’s
practical logical I AM behavior
dependable entrepreneurial inquisitive take charge in dangerous
street smart precise situations
objective
tech savvy inquisitive precise
entrepreneurial detail-oriented I AM
practical
mechanical self-confident civic minded
a problem solver
a good communicator
an innovator
I AM INTERESTED IN I AM INTERESTED IN non-judgmental
Technical Skills Accounting a good listener
Civil Technology Mathematics I AM INTERESTED IN trustworthy
Drafting Economics Mathematics responsive
Computer Hardware Banking and Finance Science
Servicing Business and Marketing Engineering I AM INTERESTED IN
Culinary Arts and Food Technology Education Social Studies
and Beverage Computer Psychology
NUMBER OF
Services SHADED HEARTS Application History and Government
NUMBER OF Education
NUMBER OF
SHADED HEARTS SHADED HEARTS Human Services

NUMBER OF
SHADED HEARTS
 Analysis

CLUSTER A CLUSTER B CLUSTER C

Each career cluster represents inclinations
and interests that align with a particular
Senior High School (SHS) track or strand.
The cluster with the highest number of
shaded hearts represents your strongest
set of inclinations and interests. Each
group or set is related to an SHS track and ARTS AND DESIGN SPORTS
TECHNICAL-VOCATIONAL
AND LIVELIHOOD
strand.
CLUSTER D CLUSTER E CLUSTER F
In case of an equal number of shaded
hearts on several SHS tracks, you may
initially choose the General Academic
Strand (GAS) or Cluster G.

If you plan to go to college but do not

know which academic track to pursue, use ACCOUNTANCY, BUSINESS SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, HUMANITIES AND
AND MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
the Career Wheel as a reference to help MATHEMATICS
identify your preferred job based on your
talents, values, skills, and interests. CLUSTER G
Looking at the number of shaded hearts,
identify the top three clusters that interest
you the most. List five appealing jobs in
each of the clusters.Potential Jobs
Cluster

GENERAL ACADEMIC
 The Career Wheel

To help you decide on your future

career and your prospective Senior
High School track, here is the Career
Wheel which showcases the different
career pathways and the related SHS
tracks and strands. There are different
ways of using the Career Wheel. One
way is to look for your prospective
career options and corresponding SHS
tracks and strands. For example, if you
are interested in becoming an engineer,
one of your options is to take the SHS
Academic Track, particularly the STEM
strand.

Another way to use the wheel is to look

at the track or strand you are most
inclined to and see what career options
are available for you after SHS or
college. For example, if you are inclined
to take up the Arts and Design track,
you will see that you may work as a
draftsman or illustrator after SHS, or
put up a drafting business shop. Some
of the career options available for you
upon completion of college include
being an architect or an interior
designer.
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