CAREER GUIDANCE ACTIVITY SHEET FOR GRADE II

Name of Learner: ____________________________ 5: Rising Towards the Reality of My Dreams

Grade and Section: ____________________________ Date: _______________

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5: Rising Towards the Reality of My Dream

Introduction
This module is about helping you identify the skills and abilities that will help you in
determining the most realistic profession and career for them. Knowledge of skills and abilities will
enable you to easily make career decisions that match your potentials and expertise.

OBJECTIVES
1. identify the qualifications, abilities, and skills necessary in the preferred profession,
and vocation;
2. make a decision about the preferred career; and
3. share insights and experiences on the process of choosing the preferred
profession/career.

Activity 1: Read the Career Progression Sheet and answer the processing questions below .

Progression Sheet
INNOVE HIRING PROGRAM
INNOVE, a new player in the energy industry, offers job openings to senior
high school graduates in your province for the following positions: 30 researchers, 50
junior clerks, 60 encoders, 30 graphic designers, and 10 company physical
fitness coaches.

The Human Resource Department manager announced that there are 180
vacancies for graduates to apply. The important qualifications to consider are:

a. Must be a Senior High School graduate

b. Must possess the relevant qualifications, skills, and abilities called for by the
job
c. Willing to work under pressure
d. Must possess good communication skills and can work with less supervision
e. Willing to be assigned in other provinces
Interested and qualified applicants must submit a resume addressed to John T.
Loewy, INNOVE President, thru the Human Resource Manager Jeanie R. Nana.
 Processing Questions
• Do the skills and abilities that you possess fit into the requirements stated in the
Career Progression sheet (CPS)?

• Based on the skills and abilities you believe you possess; what position best fits
you? Does this jibe with the career you want to pursue?

• What are your insights or realizations about the activity?

Lesson
Examining one’s life is an important prelude to success. Socrates once said that an
unexamined life is not worth living. Hence, in making a career decision, a process of self-
introspection is essential. It is all about exploring and assessing one’s skills, interests,
abilities, and values, and combining these to result in a satisfying life and career in the
future.

The most important thing in the field of human resource today is the inner totality of a
person. Consider the following scenarios.

Scenario 1

Andrew and Maynard work in the same company as senior computer specialists.
Andrew does his work efficiently and effectively. However, he gets irritated when the
manager asks him to revise a work or mentor a new employee. Others try to avoid
him because of this. Maynard, on the hand, is less than a year in the company but
already has good rapport with majority of the employees. When others or the manager
comments on his work, he humbly accepts and tries to adjust accordingly.

If you were the manager in the company, who would you prefer to be promoted?
 Scenario 2

Nicole was very happy because she was able to put up a small restaurant in their
community. Her customers grew in number and they kept coming back because they
like the service aside from the cheap but delicious food. One customer suggested for
Nicole to market her business through social media. She wondered how she would do
that since she is not familiar with social media applications.

The scenarios presented support the trend that employers prefer to hire applicants
primarily based on attitude rather than aptitude. Many industries, employers, and human
resource managers share the same perspective in hiring new employees. It also show that
technical The success of a company includes commitment, focus on the job, humility,
and industry of its employees. Studies regarding hiring methodologies have made few
facts such that skilled and experienced employees with negative attitude and perspective
fail quickly while the lesser experienced ones with excellent attitudes succeed better in
the long run (Toren, 2015).

Whatever place you go, you carry your attitude with you. So it is important to be aware
about the totality of your persons as future workers in different industries and other workplaces,
including the skills that you possess―those that need to be developed and those that
need to be improved. By doing so, you will be tailored to become competent employees in
today’s industry preferences, and eventually become best managers in the future. One who
plans to venture into enterprising activity must also consider these skills as human resources
will play a critical part in the success of the business organization.

There are two major classifications of skills (Doyle, 2016)―hard skills and soft skills.

Hard skills refer to the functional abilities and are generally taught and learned in
school, from experience, and from reading books, and which are evaluated through levels of
competencies. A concrete example of this is one’s speed in producing work outputs. It also
applies to the number or kind of machines a person can operate. These skills are
constant across work settings, situations, and workers and are acquired over time.
Examples are the following:

1. encoding
2. machine operation
3. heavy equipment operation
4. carpentry
5. computer programming
6. analyzing
7. computing

Soft skills refer to the personal characteristics and traits of an individual and which
are not measurable. Over time and with a positive mindset, these can be developed and
enhanced through various opportunities such as values formation and team building.
However, the employee himself/herself should have the “will” and the right attitude to make
the necessary adjustment in order to build on these values and traits.
skills are Examples are as the following:

1. teamwork
2. communication
3. flexibility
4. patience
5. persuasion
6. time management
7. perseverance
8. decision making
9. honesty
10. humility

Your career should be a platform for you to forward your best skills, knowledge about
self, and your abilities. Developing and improving your hard skills and creating a balance of
your soft skills will not only ensure a promising career, but a healthy, meaningful, and happy
life.

In as much as skills are important in the world of work and the business industry,
consider also the job qualifications relevant to your career preferences. These are basic
requirements entailed by a certain job that also include work experience, personal qualities,
lines of expertise, and educational credentials.

Sample qualifications for specific careers are included in the Appendix portion of this
module for reference.

Guide Questions
1. Are you aware about your hard skills? your soft skills?

2. Are these skills relevant to the career you want to pursue?

3. What do you intend to do with the skills that you do not possess or are not yet
prominent in you?

4. Do you think you are on the right track about your career goal? Why?
essential in operating a business.
 Activity 2: Self-Assessment Skills Inventory (SASI)Direction: Answer the SASI Inventory, write the
hard and soft skills that you possess, including your interests and qualifications

Self-Assessment Skills Inventory (SASI)

Name:

Chosen P r o f e s s i o n /Career:

Skills Interests Qualifications

Hard Skills Soft Skills

SApln
SAMPLE

Sample Self-Assessment Skills Inventory (SASI)

Name: Kyle Velasco

Chosen Profession/Career: Electrical Engineer

Skills Interests Qualifications

Hard Skills Soft Skills
Computing Skills Decision making Making designs Graduate of BS
Skills Electrical
Engineering
Course
Analytical Skills Flexible Reading science Board
journals Examination
Passer
Computer Honest With OJT
Programming Skills experience in local
engineering firm
Composing technical
diagrams
Creating and
explaining design
ideas

Activity 3: “I-Resume” – Individual Resume Writing

A resume is a powerful tool that markets an applicant’s skills, strengths, and

competencies to prospective employers. It provides brief, yet substantive information
about how the applicant can contribute to a company or organization.

Direction: Write in a separate sheet of an “I-Resume” – Individual Resume. Recall what you
wrote in your different skills, Interests, and qualifications – which you can use to complete
your resume.
The importance of resume is sum up by Slack in the article How to Write a Resume: Think of your
resume this way: It is a means to advertise yourself as to what you can offer to an organizational
setting. Remember that your goal is to be interviewed for a prospective job. To do this, you must view
your resume as a marketing tool to move you closer to your dreams. Therefore, you need to see it as
your marketing tool. However, the resume alone, is not the sole factor to land a job. The point is, it’s a
first step that you need to master.

Sample Skills-based Resume with competencies.

Kyle Velasco
135 Sonny St. Brgy. Bitoon, Province of Bontoc
Cell # 09090403112

Education
Senior High School Graduate – Science and Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
(STEM) strand. School: Stella Mariz College, Bontoc, School Year

Training and Leadership Skills

• Can perform various computer program functions, including Microsoft Word,
Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Publisher, Corel Draw
• Fluent in written and oral communication using the English language, Filipino, and
Sadanga, Ilocano
• Can work under pressure and task challenges
• Willing to work overtime when needed
• Can work and formulate decisions with little supervision
• Receptive of others’ suggestions and opinions
• Able to work and adjust in working with others

Organizational Affiliation
• Math Club – as Public Information Officer, links with other clubs and organizations
and disseminates relevant information to club members
• Supreme Student Government – as member, actively supported all initiated in-
campus and off-campus programs and projects
 Activity 4: Reflection

1. What interest, skills, and qualification for your chosen career were you able to
identify as you were writing your resume?

2. What did you feel while preparing your resume?

3. How will this help you in your chosen career?

4. Do you think your resume will pass the requirements needed for your job? Why?

Activity 5: Elevator Pitch

Direction: Make your own Elevator Speech using the guide questions below. Use a separate
sheet for this activity.

Guide questions in formulating the Elevator Pitch (Speech)

1. What do you do best? (Skills)
You should be able to identify and articulate for himself/herself and to a
potential interviewer what he/she can do best.
Example:
• I am articulate in written and oral communication.
• My expertise is in hairdressing.
• I am currently an active member of the Supreme Student Government.
 2. What characteristics best describe
you? Example:
• I am a good listener and I value people.
• I learn fast and I can finish a task independently.
• I am a good team player and believe I am an asset to the company.

3. What do you enjoy doing?

Example:
• I am interested in manipulating computers. I like solving mathematical
problems.
• I like to study about nature.

4. What is your purpose for applying for work?

Example:
• This job is an opportunity for me to share and further enhance my skills in
designing.
• I am inspired by the assistance your company is offering to the less fortunate
yet deserving students.

Sample of Elevator Pitch (Speech):

Sir, good morning po!

Ako po si Elize Reyes, nagtapos ng Senior High School sa Elijah National High School,
sa strand na HUMMS. Mahusay po ako sa pagsusulat ng mga report at mga opisyal na
pakikipagtalastasan sa Ingles, Filipino, at Cebuano. May kasanayan din ako sa paggamit
ng kompyuter.

Ang pinakamalakas kong katangian ay ang aking kahusayan sa pakikitungo sa tao.

Naging daan ito sa aking pagbuo ng mga programa para sa mga kabataan sa aming
komunidad. May karanasan na ako sa pakikipag-ugnayan sa iba’t ibang ahensiya na may
kaugnayan sa paglilinang ng kaisipan at kasanayan ng mga kabataan. Ilan sa mga ito ay
ang camping at retreats. Sa pamamagitan ng mga ito ay naibabahagi ko sa kanila ang
aking mga naging karanasan na gagabay sa kanilang paghahanda tungo sa mabungang
kinabukasan upang sila ay patuloy na maging responsableng mamamayan.
Guide Questions
1. How did you feel when you were asked to present yourself?

2. In what way did this activity help you to make plans and prepare for the future?

3. Are there other options or possible ways to take besides this opportunity?

4. With your skills and abilities, what can you contribute to your country five to ten years
from now?