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Module 2 q2

The document discusses personal development and factors affecting career choice. It describes internal factors like self-concept and external factors such as parental preferences. Theories of career development are also outlined, categorizing them into general theories, trait theories, theories related to human development, and postmodern approaches.

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Persons, Careers, and Insights into One's Personal Development

Focusing on your own personal development plan enhances the qualities you hold within you and
makes your dreams and aspirations become a reality. Your potential is limitless, and investing in
personal development maybe a thing to harness your many talents. Establishing aims and goals for
what you would like to realize, where you had wished to enter the short term or future, can improve
your personal development.
In relating to one’s plan, consider the quetion, “Where and how do you see yourself ten years from
now?” is one of the commonly asked. It is a belief that it has something to do with our future plans
in life that may lead us to be successful. There are different ways to measure one’s success, and
some may say that a successful person is the one enjoying his or her career and the like. Choosing
the right career is one of the difficult things to do, and it has something to do with one’s perception
of his/her development.
A career is a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling; and a
field for or pursuit of consecutive progressive achievement especially in public, professional, or
business life” can give us the idea that one’s career may vary from another and choosing one’s
career may be affected by the different factor (Merriam-Webster).
Based on Cheryl (2020), in her article “love your career,” career development theories offer
different perspectives on how to view the individual needs in terms of development, how they fit on
the organization, and how to undergo career counseling as a process. Moreover, this theory has
been categorized into four such as:
1. General Theory Applied to Career Development
These categories include theories such as “Hierarchy of Needs (Maslow, 1940s)”, which has
something to do with determining the person’s needs.
2. Trait and Type Theories
This theory refers to identifying individual characteristics, traits, skills, interests, and others will be
matched on environment or job requirements to determine what career is suited for an individual.
Some theories under this category include:
a. Trait and Factor Theory (Parsons, 1909),
b. Myers-Briggs Type Theory (Myers & Briggs, 1940s),
c. Vocational Personalities and Work Environments Theory
(Holland, 1966), and
d. Work Adjustment Theory (Dawis&Lofquist, 1984).
3. Theories In line with this category are all theories relating to a belief that it is innate to a
human to look for development throughout his/ her life. Some of the theories are:
a. Super Life Span, Life Space Theory (Super, 1953)
b. Theory of Circumscription and Compromise (Gottfredson, 1981)
c. Schlossberg's Transition Theory (Schlossberg, 1989) and
d. Happenstance Learning Theory (John Krumbolz, 2009).
To match with a career, these theories must involve a certain career that has
something to do with changing roles and open doors for constant improvement.
4. Postmodern Approaches to Career Development
The last category includes theories that involve environmental factors including communities,
families, and an individual decision and way of thinking in choosing one’s career. This includes
theories such as
a. Social Cognitive Career Theory (Hackett & Betz, 1981; Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994)
b. Cognitive Information Processing Theory (Sampson, Lenz, Reardon, & Peterson, 1999)
c. Integrative Life Planning Theory (Hansen, 1997) and
d. Constructivist Approaches (1989).

Internal Factors Affecting One’s Career Choice


According to Santos (2016) in his book “Personal Development”, there are nine internal factors that
serve to be challenges and constraints in choosing a career.
These are as follows:
a. Self-concept/self-identity is how you see and know yourself. It is necessary to determine what
you want and what you can do. It is necessary to asses yourself once you choose a particular career.
b. Personal Preferences has something to do with your personal choice. It is very common for
Filipino families that career choices are affected by the family. Choosing one’s career must be
based on personal preference.
c. Motivation is looking for something that motivates us; it dictates what career to undertake. It
serves to be a driving factor that gives directions to pursue our dream.
d. Self-confidence refers to the capability of an individual to surpass every challenge because of the
confidence he/she has. Once you believe and say that you can do it, the word will become an
action.
e. Personal Skills are your own skills that can also affect career choice. Some take a certain career
as it develops more their skills.
f. Personality Characteristics refer to one’s characteristic and others may be affected by their
characteristics in choosing a career. Their career matches a particular characteristic, for example,
you are a sociable type of person, you can engage in a career that involves dealing with people.
g. Personal Health can be considered as one major factor in choosing a career. You must consider
the rigors, physical, and emotional impact of the career to choose. For example, you want to be a
Physical Education teacher but it happens that you have condition might affect your performance.
h. Emotional Consideration is a common factor but also has a great influence on a person's choice
of career. Emotional disturbance can lead to deciding on the wrong thing.
i. Self-sabotaging Thoughts refers to the thoughts that affect a person to have a healthy self-
concept. Once you think negatively about yourself, this can lead to a negative impact as well on
your career.
External Factors Influencing One’s Career Choice
Santos (2016) also mentioned in his book that aside from internal factors, there are also other
contributing influences that are beyond a person’s control. Here are some:
a. Parental Preferences refer to the influence of your parents on what career to choose. This factor
may start a conflict once your parent’s preferred course that does not match your personal
preferences.
b. Family Considerations are factors involving issues relating to the family.
c. Financial constraints are a major consideration in choosing a career. There are instances that you
wish to pursue a higher year but your family cannot afford to do so or somehow you want to take a
certain career but you cannot be funded-well.
d. Job Market Preference refers to the market demand that drives employment. An individual
somehow takes a career which they think they can be immediately employed.
e. School Location is a factor where distance can also be a consideration in choosing a career for it
may lead to additional costs such as a rental fee for the boarding house or transportation cost.
f. Peer Pressure is a common factor in choosing a career. As you wish to have someone familiar on
your side as you take another chapter of your life, you insist to take the same course with your
friends or classmates.
g. Academic Performance is an important factor. You need to complete and do well also on your
academics during lower years. There are institutions that happen to assess students’ academic
performance prior to accepting them.
Making that commitment to personal development is the first step on the path to personal
fulfilment.
1. Self-awareness. Personal development commences with self-awareness. You get to know
who you really are- your values, beliefs and your purpose you wish to pursue.
2. A sense of direction. Once you have raised your self-awareness, you're clearer on the items
you would like to realize from life. Decision-making becomes a lot easier.
3. Improved focus and effectiveness. With personal development comes clarity, even with an
improved sense of direction, there will always be multiple tasks trying to find your
attention.
4. More motivation. When you know what you want to achieve, it is easier for you to see the
benefits of acting even when the task ahead is not enjoyable. If you will see a transparent
benefit, you are more motivated to require the needed action.
5. Greater resilience. There will be tough times in life. When these tough times occur, you
would like to possess the talents and attributes to deal effectively with them.
6. More fulfilling relationships. Relationships have different effects, its either boost you up
or drag you down. When you improve your personal development, you are better ready to
see which relationships are worth investing in and which require breaking them away.

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