Name: _________________________________ Grade &Section: _________________
SUBJECT AREA PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
MODULE NUMBER MODULE 5
CONTENT STANDARDS His/her personal development as an important component of
setting career and life goals
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS Analyze and synthesize his/her personal development as an
important component of setting career and life goals
LEARNING COMPETENCY 1) explain the factors in personal development that may guide
him/her in making important career decisions as an adolescent;
EsP-PD11/12IOPD-Iii-14.1
2) share insights that make him/her realize the importance of
personal development in making a career decision as an
adolescent; EsP-PD11/12IOPD-Iii-14.2
OBJECTIVES 1. Identify factors affecting personal development in making
career decisions; and
2. Create a visualization of his/her personal development;
and
3. Value the importance of personal development in career
decisions.
Discussion
Developing insights into your own life can make your experiences more meaningful.
It can also help you better understand yourself as a person and assert others too. By
studying yourself as well as the world around you, you will discover new truths about you,
your life, and your identity.
As an adolescent, you need to start planning the career you are going to pursue.
Factors in personal development like your preferences, skills, interests, and values will guide
you during the decision-making process. Writing down your goals, values, and preferences
will help you to think about the kind of jobs suited for you.
Successful people have mission statements in life. Creating your personal mission statement
and vision will be a good guide for career planning. You may update your mission statement
as your values mature over time. As your self-awareness increases, your ability to maximize
the use of strengths and manage weaknesses positively increases as well. Understanding
yourself, managing your emotions, and positive outlook despite setbacks are the most
important things that will bring you to a great career choice.
There might be challenges along the way, yet as you adapt with skill and face the
challenges with a positive mind, it will be worth it. You will enjoy your journey accepting what
you attain in life. others, as well. For whatever reasons, even non-verbally, expressing our
love to our support system (people dear to us) is important and we should continuously
communicate with them and never fail to express that we are grateful with them being in our
side.
Challenges of Adolescents in Choosing Career
1
Career choice is probably one of the most challenging things that adolescents like
you are facing right now. There are several factors that influence decision making:
achievement in school, social and environmental condition, personal interest, influence of
parent, and financial resources. Looking as these factors, realize how each factor influence
you right now in choosing and deciding on your future career.
To learn more about life is a life-long process. It involves learning and engaging
yourself with the varied opportunities. With these opportunities, you have to expect plenty of
changes and obstacles along the way that may either break or create you as a person. The
challenge lies on how you absorb and transform these challenges into a worthwhile learning
avenue in order to acquire necessary skills in enhancing one’s capacity to accomplish short-
or long-term goals.
The future world may seem too distant for your hands to reach; but it is never too
early to prepare for what lies ahead. Proper career plan, therefore, is necessary to shape
your life based on how you picture it. It begins with understanding yourself. Knowing what
you are good at and identifying areas for improvement are significant in discovering the
unseen qualities that you can use for self-transformation.
As early as now, you have to understand that planning for your career is a way to explore
individual capacity to accomplish a goal, to understand the nature of the goal and look of
possible solutions whenever struggle comes along the way, and to set specific strategies to
achieve life goals with appropriate actions and resources.
Keeping these things in mind can help an adolescent like you to have focus and
embrace challenges as part of a personal learning experience; hence, these learnings are
necessary to guide you in choosing the career that you wish to achieve
Guided Activities
ACTIVITY 1. What are the factors that influence career pathways? List down your
answer under the appropriate column.
2
Put a check mark before the phrase/sentence which will help you create a personal
development plan for your career.
1. Define your dreams.
2. Set goals.
3. Defend your dream from someone.
4. Choose your priorities.
5. Implement your strength.
6. Set deadlines.
7. Have the result in mind.
8. Start acting your plan.
9. Reassess your goal.
10. Keep track of your progress.
Activity 2:
. Directions: Create a collage of the various stages of your personal development
throughout your adolescence. You may use your photos, magazines, newspapers or
materials to make it more creative.
3
Application
Forming my Future Career
My Personal Plan
Additional Activity/ies
4
Complete the statement below based on your personal experiences.
This activity may guide your career decisions.
I excel in ______________________________________________________________.
(subjects that you find interesting)
My hobbies include ____________________________________________________.
While in school, I gained skills in _______________________________________.
(things you like to do while at school)
At home, my parents hone my skills in _________________________________.
I love to explore _______________________________________________________.
(activities that I’m interested)
I have easy access in the field of _______________________________________.
(course)
I want a stable job because __________________________________.
My family’s financial situation is ________________________________________.
My dream career is __________________________________________________.
I am open for all possibilities of career choice because _______________.
When I’m confused of what career to pursue, I ask the ideas of _______.
(name at least three persons you asked about the career you want)
Questions:
1. What did you realize while answering the activity?
2. How will you utilize your responses in the activity in career planning?
