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CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Objectives: At the end of the module, you will be able to:
1. explain that understanding of the concepts of career and life
goals can help in planning your career,
2. identify the personal factors influencing career choices, and
3. take a self-assessment tool to know your personality traits
and other personal factors in relation to your goals.
ACTIVITY: THE CAREER WHEEL
LECTURETTE: CAREER CONCEPTS

• A career is defined as the combination and sequence of roles

played by a person during the course of a lifetime (Super,1980).
Your career basically dictates a lot of things in your life – it can
determine the kind of lifestyle that you will be leading, the quality
of relationships that you have with people around you like your
family and friends, the kind of balance you will be able to keep with
your life and your responsibilities.
 TWO CONCEPTS ASSOCIATE WITH THE CAREER
JOB
• A job is a position an individual holds doing
specific duties.
• a paid position of regular employment.
• Consists of a group of tasks that must be
performed for an organization to achieve
its goals.
OCCUPATION
• defined as the similar work for which people
have similar responsibilities and for which
they develop a common set of skills and
knowledge.
• the work that a person does
A LOT OF THINGS CAN INFLUENCE ONE’S CAREER
CHOICE. A POPULAR CAREER DEVELOPMENT
MODEL, THE TRAIT AND FACTOR MODEL,
BELIEVES THAT SKILLS AND ABILITIES NEED TO
FIT THE DEMANDS OF A PARTICULAR CAREER
FIELD. THIS BEING SAID, IT IS THEN IMPORTANT
THAT YOU TAKE STOCK OF THE SKILLS,
KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES THAT YOU
CURRENTLY POSSESS AND THOSE THAT YOU STILL
NEED TO DEVELOP AS THESE GREATLY IMPACTS
THAT KIND OF CAREER THAT COULD BE A GOOD
MATCH FOR YOU.
Personality and interests - a factor that could
influence your success in a particular career
field

Life roles - strong factors that influences our

career choices
Race and ethnicity - could also impact our
choices. The culture in which we belong to
shape our values and expectations.

Gender - also posses challenges and

opportunities for us when choosing a career.
WHAT INFLUENCES YOUR
CAREER CHOICE?
READ AND STUDY
YOUR COPY !!!