PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

FINALS
2ND SEMESTER │ AY: 2022 – 2023

CAREER PATHWAYS • Likes to work mainly with hands, making, fixing,

• Knowing & understanding oneself is the start of getting a assembling, or building things, using & operating
clearer picture of one’s career path. equipment, tools or machines & likes working outdoors.
• One must acknowledge the external factors which originate
firm beyond oneself or “someone or something outside the INVESTIGATIVE
individual” that may influence career choices. (Duffy & Dik, • “Thinkers”
2009) • Likes to discover & research ideas, observe, investigate &
External factors can also hinder or motivate one’s experiment, ask questions & solve problems.
behavior or personal choices.
ARTISTIC
FOUR CATEGORIES OF EXTERNAL INFLUENCES • “Creators”
FAMILY EXPECTATIONS & NEEDS • Likes to use words, art, music, or drama to communicate,
• Source of financial, emotional, & emotional support that perform, or express themselves, create & design things.
may help an individual choose his/her career.
SOCIAL
LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES • “Helpers”
• May provide disadvantages & advantages to one’s career • Likes to work with people to teach, train & inform, help,
path. treat, heal & cure, serve & greet, concerned with the well-
being & welfare of others.
SPIRITUAL & RELIGIOUS FACTORS
• Choose organizations aligned to your own belief. ENTERPRISING
• Prioritizes tenure. • “Persuaders”
Years of service • Likes meeting people, leading & talking to, & influencing
others, encouraging people, working in business.
SOCIAL SERVICE MOTIVATION
• Use of one’s work or career in helping to make the world a CONVENTIONAL
better place. • “Organizers”
• Likes working indoors & at tasks that involve organizing &
GUIDING THEORIES ABOUT CAREER CONSIDERATIONS being accurate, following procedures, working with data or
✓ John Holland’s Theory of Career Choice
numbers, planning work & events.
✓ Stefan Seigmeister’s Theory
STEFAN SEIGMEISTER’S THEORY
JOHN HOLLAND’S THEORY OF CAREER CHOICE • He distinguished the difference between a job, career, and
• Careers are established by the interaction between people calling.
& environment.
• People prefer jobs where they can be around others who JOB
are like them. • Something done from 8AM to 5PM, typically with
• Look for occupations that will allow them to apply their skill compensation.
doing it for money
& abilities as well as express their attitudes & values while
• Short-term success
taking on challenging but enjoyable roles & tasks.
• People who choose to work in an environment similar to
CAREER
their personality type are more successful, happy, &
• A system of advancements & promotions over a period of
satisfied with their jobs.
time.
• Long-term success
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
• Major component of human development. CALLING
• A person’s work identity is formed that begins with one’s • Inspires & motivates for what it is.
earliest awareness of different occupations of people & • The work done is the reward in itself.
how they make a living.
WORK IN THE LENSES OF FILIPINOS
HOLLAND’S PERSONALITY TYPES
• Work is indeed an important part of one’s life, especially
REALISTIC among Filipinos (Hechenova, Presbitero & Uy, 2005)
• “Doers” • Understanding what work can mean for an individual can
 also provide a better understanding of an individual’s
motivation to work or pursue a career.
❖ 60-70% of our lives revolve around work.

EDNA FRANCO’S 5 C OF THE MEANING OF WORK MODEL

COAST
• Filling time
• One considers work as having little significance to one’s life
but does it anyway.

CHORE
• Job
• One feel constrained to work just to be able to earn a living
or for other tangible outcomes & feels that work is
something heavy & burdensome.

CAUSE
• Sacrifice
• Work is considered as a responsibility, heavy load, & not
enjoyable, but contributing to some good.

CAREER
• Profession
• Considered an undertaking one performs because one
gets something beneficial out of it such as personal growth,
prestige, social network, & the experience is enjoyable.

CALLING
• Vocation
• Involves being engaged in work for satisfaction of doing it,
a non-material goal, or a sense of self, & feeling highly
energized & fulfilled.

PRACTICAL GUIDELINES IN CAREER PLANNING

✓ Set personal goals
Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Relevant
Time bound
✓ Set smaller goals
✓ Stay on course
✓ Achieve goals