Helping

students choose a Senior High School track and

explore career pathways and opportunities.

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INTRODUCTION Starting a Career Planning
1
Journey
TOOL 01 The Life I Want to Live as an
2
Adult
ACTIVITY 01 Enhancing Self-Awareness 4

CONTENTS
TOOL 02 Self-Assessment of Interests
and Talents
TOOL 03 Personal Work Values and
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6 Competencies
TOOL 04 Rate Your Skills 10

REFERENCES 12

Introduction
 Hello, learners! Now that you are on the next level of learning, your journey as a Senior High School learner must start
with a thorough planning. Remember that your choices will greatly impact your future career plans. Therefore, it is
essential to come up with the best choice and decision. Planning a career is a continous process. It entails establishing
your future career paths considering your abilities, interests, families, and dream jobs. Thus, this toolkit is a great help to
further assist you in exploring your choices and help you plan for your future career pathways. Moreover, this will guide
you in choosing the most suitable SHS track appropriate on your abilities, interests, values, personal goals, and
aspirations.
This material also contains different activities which are engaging that will allow you to rediscover your potentials which
will capacitate you for possible career choices.This toolkit is the first of the series of activities to be given to you for the
whole school year so you will be properly guided as you pursue several career paths and available career opportunities in
the future.
Happy learning and goodluck!

(Magandang araw! Ngayong nasa panibagong yugto ka na ng iyong pag-aaral ay kinakailangang magkaroon ng
masusing pag-aaral at pagpa-plano para sa iyong magandang kinabukasan. Pakatandaan na ang mga desisyon at
pagpapasya na iyong gagawin sa ngayon ay magkakaroon ng malaking epekto sa inyong hinaharap. Ang pagpaplano ng
karera ay prosesong tuloy-tuloy. Kinakailangang isaalang-alang ang iyong abilidad, hilig, pamilya, at pangarap na
trabaho. Ang toolkit na ito ay makakatulong para sa tamang pagpili ng iyong karera na naayon sa iyong pagkatao.
Kaugnay ng materyal na ito ang iba’t-ibang gawain na makaktulong para sa pagpili ng iyong karera sa hinaharap. Ito
ang una sa mga seye ng kaganapan na iyong gagawin sa taong panuruan. Masayang pagkatuto at goodluck!)
 Many people say that life is a journey. As you begin your mission to plan for
your career, let us start by envisioning your life in the future. Let us start
by answering this: “What kind of life do I want to live?” “Anong klaseng
pamumuhay ang nais kong maranasan?”

This introductory session focuses on goal setting and visioning. Identifying

purpose and goals gives you a sense of direction. However, you are encouraged
to have different options. Lack of flexibility can prevent you from adapting
to the changes, challenges, and opportunities that may come your way as you
pursue your individual life’s journey.

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Career planning is a lifelong process that focuses on making
decisions to help you manage your future work and personal
life in general. This means that planning your career is not of decisions I make?
separate from planning the rest of your life. This worksheet aims to
help you set your future career directions anchored on the things 3. What should I consider in planning for my
that you value such as personal interests, families, and dream jobs.

future
career?

1. Read each question carefully. In case there are some

4. What are the bases of a career planning
questions or clarifications, you may consult your teacher
journey?
for further explanation.

2. Write your answers on the spaces provided.

3. Share your worksheet with your peers during the group

interaction.

1. What is career planning and why is it

important
to me as a
student?

2. Why is career planning not a one-time decision 2

but a series
3
 One of the most important steps in career planning is to discover or
rediscover yourself. After all, no one else can tell you what to do in
life because you know yourself best.

This session focuses on increasing your self-awareness by learning more

about and understanding your interests, talents, and values better. The
information that you will acquire in this session will help you make
appropriate career choices and decisions.

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The vision you set gives you the energy to go after what you want. Your aspirations and plans may change over time, but if you
continue to be acquainted with yourself, (e.g., have a clear picture of your unique talents, interests, values, and skills as
foundation/basis in career planning) you will be able to clearly see where you really want to go.
Discover your interests, talents, skills, and values. 5

Many people say that you tend to be good at what interests you. Look back at your classroom experiences and activities. Recall the subject areas
that caught your interest and list down remarkable achievements related to these subject areas.
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The following is a list of work values and competencies that many people have
identified as important for them in their
careers, in business, and in the workplace. A competency is the
capability to apply or use a set of related knowledge, skills, and As you begin to explore your own personal values, reflect and select
abilities required to successfully perform a job. by shading the thumbs up icon ( ) of the values and
competencies that you think you already possess.
 Engage in activities which pit my
abilities against
others.
Do something which
contributes to improving
the community. Become Possess the power to
decide courses of action
involved with helping
that may affect the
other people. organization.
Accomplish tasks by myself, with

Work in situations
limited interaction with
where pressure is
others.
common.

Work as a team member towards common

goals.
Be in a position
to influence the attitudes and
opinions of other 8
people.
details and accuracy are very
Pursue work activities which frequently important.
change.
Work in
circumstances where work must be done
Have a work routine and job duties that are
rapidly. largely predictable.

Have a high likelihood

of achieving
high monetary rewards for

Work in situations where my work.

attention to
 Do activities that use my
physical
abilities.

Engage in activities in which I am directly Be able

responsible for the work of others. to work according to my own schedule.

Engage in the pursuit of knowledge and

 understanding. Become an expert in
the field I would like applied these work values and
to pursue. competencies.
3. Which among the items you chose
are
connected to your career plans?
Have an opportunity to
create new things.
Develop new ideas and 4. What other values not listed here do you
processes. think are essential to you and
your career plans? These can help
you in making good
career decisions.

1. Look at the list of work values and

competencies that you already

possess.
2. Think of times and situations when you have
 The ability to write clearly The ability to use spoken Devising then using an Cooperating with and key issues from a large
and concisely and convey words to convey message appropriate supporting others in order amount of complex
information to clearly in a conversation or method/rule/technique or to achieve a common goal. information.
different readers. to a larger audience. logic to solve a problem. Being able to pick out the

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 Being original and understand and Having an The ability to select a
innovative in order to interpret facts understanding and logical choice by
The ability to guide,
solve problems, and ideas appreciation of the considering outcomes
direct, motivate, and
generate ideas or expressed in organization and how of each option and
take responsibility for
produce novel designs. figures and it makes a profit or determining the best for
others.
non-verbal acquires funding. the situation.
data.
The ability to

The ability to deliberate to all. Being proactive and willing to The ability to organize variety of tasks, work in
with others in order to Being able to influence the take the initiative. Setting your work, priorities ,and different situations, and
come to an that is attitudes and perspectives of and achieving goals. what needs to be done to manage change in your life
and work.
appropriate and beneficial others. meet deadlines.
The ability to carry out a

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Alberta Human Services. Assessing You: The First Step in Career Planning. Edmonton, Alta: Alberta Human Services, 2008. Accessed
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Who Do U Want 2b. “CTE Toolkit: Lesson Plans and Handouts.” Accessed January 12, 2016. http://whodouwant2b.com/files/ lesson_plans.pdf
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Coast Community College District. “Many Mays to Win.” Accessed January 13, 2016. http://www.leadingedgelessons.com/many ways-to-win/
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