My Personal Career

and Action Plan

With this module, the students will be able to:

•Visualive their dream through creative

writing
•Establish their career goals
•Determine values that they need to
uphold in a certain career/profession
CAREER DECISION
MAKING IS HARD
WORK!
 If you delay the decision-making process, you
may find yourself:

•In a career that doesn’t fit with your

values, interests, personal attributes,
and skills
•Completing a degree that you have no
interest in
 If you delay the decision-making process, you
may find yourself:

•Feeling your work lacks meaning or

challenge
•Suffering from boredom or burnout
•Feeling caught between life and work
values
THOUGHTFUL DECISION-MAKING
PAVES THE WAY TO A SATISFYING
CAREER CHOICE. THE MORE
FOCUSED YOU ARE, THE LESS
ONEROUS THE PROCESS WILL BE.
The decision-making process can be used for making types of
career-related choices, including:

•Which training/educational program to pursue

•Which occupational field to enter
•Which paid/volunteer experience would be most
satisfying
•Whether to change occupations and/or fields
•Whether to start a small business
FUTURE OCCUPATIONAL BIO-POEM
• Line 1 – Write your first name
• Line 2 – Write your dream or favourite occupation
• Line 3 – “Who can…” [Write something important or valuable
that you will do in this occupation]
• Line 4 – “Who earns…” [Write how much you expect to earn]
• Line 5 – “Who knows how to…” [Write the knowledge necessary
for this occupation]
• Line 6 – “Who values….” [Write the work value/s related to the
occupation]
• Line 7 – Write your surname
 EXAMPLE
FLORENCIO
A Teacher
Who can help in building a better future for our nation
Who earns enough to support and to sustain everyday needs
Who knows how to make use of my knowledge and expertise in
creating meaningful and valuable experiences towards life-long
learning
Who values hardwork and commitment to the teaching
profession
BERNABE
REFLECTION

•What difficulties/confusions have you

encountered while deciding on what career to
write in the activity?
•Were you able to take into consideration how
you would serve others? How you would serve
the country?
REFLECTION

•Are there factors that influence you in

choosing your future career plans?
What are these factors?
•How are you feeling with the career
that you are planning to take?