Steps in Career Decision-Making

By: Mr. Ramir C. Becoy

 Steps in Career Decision-Making
Objectives:
1. Guide you through your career decision making
process
2. Familiar job-seeking skills, procedures, good
practices and typical situations
3. Determine what method you will use to organize
your job search information
Step One: Identify the Decision to be Made

Should I have pursued a college or

university education?
What should my course/program be?
Do I want to be a full-time or part-time
student?
How soon do I want to transfer to
Step Two: Know Yourself
Interests:
 What do I enjoy doing?
 What activities do I enjoy the most?
 What kind of people would I like to work
with?
 What kind of job settings would I most
enjoy?
4 Steps that will help you know exactly what you like:
1. Write down a list of things you enjoy doing.
 Volunteer in any activities like purok, barangay, GSK, youth
fellowship
 Devised new database programs
 Enjoy meeting new people
 Surfs the internet, scrolling on facebook, tiktok, vlogs.
 A lot more….

2. Rate each activity from most-enjoyed to least-enjoyed.

3. Study the first three most-enjoyed activities on your list.
4. Make a general statement of what you enjoy the most.
Kind of Job Settings:
1. What exactly is the kind of work?
2. Can I advance through this job?
3. What are the financial rewards?
4. What lifestyle can it offer you?
Step Two: Know Yourself
Skills:
What can I do best?
What are my strengths and weaknesses?
What are my strongest skills and abilities?
What skills do I want to use on the job?
What skills would I like to acquire?
What kind of work setting suits your personality
type?
WHAT IS MY WORK PERSONALITY TYPE?
1. DOER – type of person with athletic or mechanical ability,
prefers to work with objects, machines, tools, plants or
animals, and in outdoors activities.
Types of Work:
bookkeeper, cashier, construction, contractor, encoder,
flight attendant, medical assistant, pilot, researcher,
broker
WHAT IS MY WORK PERSONALITY TYPE?
2. THINKER – type of person who likes to observe, learn,
investigate, analyze, evaluate or solve problems.
Types of Work:
accountant, biologist, chemist, computer programmer,
historian, legal assistant, pharmacist, police detective,
professor, researcher
WHAT IS MY WORK PERSONALITY TYPE?
3. CREATOR – type of person who enjoy developing new
ideas or reinventing old ones with vivid imagination
or creativity.
Types of Work:
architect, composer, copywriter, cosmetologist, disc
jockey, editor, graphic artist, interior designer,
marketing supervisor, newscaster, model, singer,
writer
WHAT IS MY WORK PERSONALITY TYPE?
4. HELPER – type of person who like to help or work with
other people and excel in service as you follow your
emotions.
Types of Work:
college faculty, dietician, doctor, guidance counselor,
human services worker, medical technician, nurse,
physical therapist, police officer, clergyman, school
teacher, social worker, telecommunicator
WHAT IS MY WORK PERSONALITY TYPE?
5. PERSUADER – type of person who like to study and
analyze situations, have a deep sense of self-
confidence, leading in organizational goals, grow in
restless routine and structured jobs.
Types of Work:
advertiser, announcer, broker, insurance, agent,
lawyer, public relations specialist, radio
communicator, sales representative, school principal,
talk show host, television producer
WHAT IS MY WORK PERSONALITY TYPE?
6. ORGANIZER – type of person who like to have everything
go with the plan, good at coordination and socialize in
great deal, also enjoy plating games with others.
Types of Work:
finance manager, health services manager, hostess,
hotel manager, human resources manager, librarian,
records clerk, social director, stock clerk, travel agent,
planner
Step Two: Know Yourself
Values:

1. What kinds of things are important to me in a

career?
2. In what ways must I be challenged and rewarded
on the job?
3. What types of work environments would make
me happy?
Step Three: Identifying Options and Gathering Information

At this point in my life, what choices do I have?

Do I have a strong interest in specific careers?
What other types of careers should I be considering?
What information do I already have about my career
preferences?
How can I get more information and access more resources
about the career(s) I am interested in?
Step Four: Job Search
Step Five: Evaluate Options that will Solve the Problem

Identify the pros and cons of each option.

Identify the values and needs that are being
satisfied by each option.
Identify the risks involved with each alternative.
Vision the probable future consequences of
selecting each option.
Step Six: Select one of the options

Based on the information you have gathered and

analyzed, you should now be able to choose one
of the career options and start creating a plan of
action.
Good luck with
making your
career decision!!