IMPORTANCE OF PERSONAL

DEVELOPMENT TO CAREER
DECISIONS
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
QUARTER 2 – LESSON 30

ROSEMARIE B. NOLASCO
SUBJECT TEACHER
 INTRODUCTION

It is important for an adolescent, like you to recognize that personal

development has been one of the most important factors for career
decision making. Being aware of your skills, talents, knowledge and
behavior can direct you to a path toward achieving your dreams.
There is nothing wrong in investing for your future, developing
your weaknesses and increasing strengths is a must.
CAREER DECISION MAKING
2. IDENTIFYING
PERSONAL SKILLS

1. KNOWING
CHOOSIN 3. STRATEGIZE ON
YOURSELF G A DEVELOPING SELF
CAREER

5. CAREER 4. RESEARCH ON
PLANNING CAREER OPTIONS
 CAREER DECISION MAKING

1. KNOWING YOURSELF
Start by determining your interest, skills, limitations, inner talents, and
potentials that would help create an image of your future self.
Determining personal strengths and weaknesses can also give you a
chance to set bigger plans for the future.
 CAREER DECISION MAKING

2. IDENTIFY PERSONAL SKILLS

A person’s skill differs from one person to another. Once you
realize your capacities, it is important to concentrate on improving it
even further.
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3. STRATEGIZE ON DEVELOPING SELF

After knowing your personal skills, expose yourself to worthwhile
activities like : training workshops, community projects, school
organization, and even extra curricular activities. Expose yourself in
your community, learn new skills. Learning one skills at a time is a
good way to see potentials and see how it can benefit your future
profession.
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4. RESEARCH ON CAREER OPTIONS

There are plenty of career options that an adolescent like you can
choose form. Compare and contrast the different background of your
chosen professions and see if that suits your interest and skills.
 CAREER DECISION MAKING

5. CAREER PLANNING
Think of your personal plan of actions on how to achieve your set
goals for the future. In career planning, you may include your teacher,
parents, and peers so that they can give you necessary feedback in
order to decide on a good career choice. Listening to experts may give
additional help and guidance.
CHALLENGES OF ADOLESCENTS IN CHOOSING CAREER

Influence
of Parents
Financial Social
Resources Condition

Achieveme Personal
nt in School Interests
SUGGESTED WAYS ON HOW TO DEAL PERSONAL ISSUES
THAT WILL HELP YOU IN MAKING CAREER CHOICE

1. CONDUCT PERSONAL RESEARCH-

Read few articles and journal entries about the kind of career you wish to
have can help you gather information.
Explore the nature work by talking with professionals, family members or
experts that would help you start
Talk to an entrepreneur, their authentic experiences and testimonials can
help shed light to your queries on the field that you wish to get into.
SUGGESTED WAYS ON HOW TO DEAL PERSONAL ISSUES
THAT WILL HELP YOU IN MAKING CAREER CHOICE

2. INVEST IN ACQUIRING NECESSARY SKILLS

Attend proper trainings
Discover your strengths and weaknesses as a starting point in
understanding appropriate career
Learn skills one at a time, give enough time to process and master
the desired skills effectively
SUGGESTED WAYS ON HOW TO DEAL PERSONAL ISSUES
THAT WILL HELP YOU IN MAKING CAREER CHOICE

3. REFRAIN FROM ABRUPT DECISION

Refrain from deciding too early about what you want to pursue without
enough knowledge about it.
Talk with an expert or parent to provide you with the proper guidance in
making appropriate decisions.
Learning to stand for what is good on your personal career is a good
manifestation of self-confidence and independence.
 REMEMBER
To learn about life is a long process. It involves learning and engaging yourself
with the varied opportunities.
The future world may seem too distant for your hands to reach; but it is never too
early too prepare for what lies ahead.
As early as now, you have to understand that planning for your career is a way to
explore individual capacity to accomplish a goal, to understand the nature of the
goal and look for possible solutions whenever struggle comes along the way, and to
set specific strategies to achieve life goals with appropriate actions and resources.
ACTIVITY : FORMING MY FUTURE CAREER

After SHS I want to pursue a

career on ________________ This is how I look like in that
Because _________________ career.(draw yourself)

These are the skills that I need to have to become

successful in my career
______________________________________________
_____________________________________________

After reading the articles in

In order for me to become
the module, these are the
successful in the future, these are
things that I have realized
the things that I need to do at
________________________
present ___________________
_______________________
ACTIVITY : CREATING MY CAREER TIMELINE
Make your own career
timeline. Starting from
being a SHS student, look
at how you plan to develop
yourself. Choose
necessary actions that you
need to accomplish in
order to achieve your
future career. Share your
insights using the boxes.
CREATIVE VISUALIZATION OF
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
THROUGH THE VARIOUS
STAGES THAT YOU
WENT THROUGH
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
QUARTER 2 – MODULE 31
 INTRODUCTION
Personal development is a long process. The influence
of your family, school, church, and community in your
early life development doesn’t stop there. While you were
chasing your dreams, challenges will come along your
way. As you are preparing yourself in adulthood, making
decisions will definitely affect your plan in the future.
 ACTIVITY 1: LOOKING BACK AT THE
PREVIOUS LESSONS
• 1.
• 2..
Factors Affecting your decision making
• 3.
• 4.

• 1.
Benefits you can gain in developing • 2..
yourself • 3.
• 4.

• 1.
• 2..
Importance of Career decision • 3.
• 4.
WHAT INFLUENCES PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

CULTURE – It refers to the shared values, beliefs, and norms of

a specific group of people. The culture in which you live is an
important factor that forms you personal development. Culture
influences the manner we learn, the decision we make, and the
behavior we project.
GENDER, BELIEFS, AND BEHAVIOR- values, motives and
behaviors that we learn from our parents and the culture we
live justify our gender belief.
WHAT INFLUENCES PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS – These factors

influence the formation of personal development, but
social status of a family does not define the character of a
person.
WHO INFLUENCES PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

- Family always takes the big part in forming one’s

personal development.
- Parents are expected to accept you and bring you up the
best way they could.
- Your siblings also help you overcome challenges and
support your decision making.
 HOW STRESSORS AFFECT PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT

- Stressors is defined by Meriam-Webster dictionary as

stimulus that cause stress.
- It is the reaction of our body when you feel emotional
and mental tension.
- Stressors are part of human life. However, when
stressors affect your mental health and you can no
longer function normally, this becomes a threat.
STEPS IN PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
PROCESS

Know your goals and • Define your goals, whether short or long term goals.
aspirations in life • Goals need to be realistic, very clear and confident about it.

Do a SWOT analysis of • Understand your strengths. Jot down all new things you
yourself want to learn that eventually will help you in your career.

Understand what would

• You must be ready that you cannot get all the things you
be the best available want. So, prepared yourself for a second option.
option
STEPS IN PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
PROCESS

• Learn to weigh your decision. What would be the effect and

Look at the positive what might the result. This would help you choose the right
and the negative side decision.

• Having a long patience always results the positive feedback.

Be patient enough Always give your 100% to whatever you do because
anything you do half –hearted result negative feedback.

Do not get • If the result are not positive at the first attempt. You need to
demotivated give yourself some time.
 FACTORS AFFECTING STUDENTS’
CAREER CHOICE
• Parents pre-determine the career for their child and only

Parent’s role serve to steer them in that direction. Parent’s education has
been proven as factor influencing career choice of their
child.

Socio • Choose profession which required a short duration of

economic training, and education that suits your financial capabilities.

High Paying • Students prefer a job which will give them better
Job opportunity and high paying salary.
 FACTORS AFFECTING STUDENTS’
CAREER CHOICE

Global • Some students preferences in choosing a career depends on the

opportunity opportunity abroad.

Academic • Career choice may also depend on the academic achievements or

performance. A student who did well in school has a better
Performance opportunity than those who struggled in their studies.

Different • An important factor in determining students’ career choice is the

Curriculum school to which they belong. Appropriate and accurate
curriculum program and guidance should be provided by the
Options school to students.
 ACTIVITY: PLEASE PROVIDE / WRITE YOUR
HONEST ANSWER

One question in Two interesting Three insights about

mind ideas yourself as a learner
 MY OWN PERSONAL PROFILE ANALYSIS

Analyze
your
personal QUALITIES
WEAKNESS
ES

developmen
t using your
own SKILLS STRENGTHS

personal
profile.
 MAKE YOUR OWN VISION BOARD
Education
Personal Goal Goal

Health Goal Travel Goal

My Vision Board

Relationship
Goal Career Goal

Note : You may make your own design as long as you do not alter the components.
PREPARE YOURSELF FOR A QUIZ