MODULE 12: PERSONS AND

CAREER

C AREER

DEVELOPMENT
LEARNING OUTCOMES: The learner understands the importance of career and
the factors that may affect career choice. Further, the learner shall be able to:

1 EXPLAIN and UNDERSTAND the concepts of career and life goals that can
help in planning one’s career.
2 Identify the PERSONAL FACTORS in influencing CAREER CHOICES.
3 Take a SELF-ASSESSMENT tool to know one’s personality traits and other
personal factors in relation to life goals.

LESSON CONTENT
• Career choice
• Influences of person in career choice
• Life goals
PLANNING and DECIDING for
one’s career entails infinite
considerations on qualities and
traits that one possesses, advices
given by significant people, and
great amount of will power to
make the decision

* Set a personal career choices based on the results of

self-assessment
The selection of CAREER is one of the most important
decisions that one has to make. A career could serve as a
DETERMINING FACTOR that could PREDICT FUTURE
PERFORMANCE of an individual in the field of work. An
individual may spend a significant period of time to complete
it but once it is finished it could provide opportunities for
success as long as there is determination and hard work.
PARENTS TEACHER COUNSELO
S R

family school school

PEOPLE WHO HELPS DECIDE WHICH CAREER TO CHOOSE

FOUR TYPES OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT THEORY

Trait theory Career Development

(Parson & Williamson) (Holland)

Self-Efficacy Theory Life-Span Theory

(Bandura) (Super)
 S Specific

M Measurable

A Attainable

R Realistic

T Time-bound
EFFECTIVE GOAL SETTING STRATEGIES

• Self-Awareness

• Options

• Sustainability

• Process