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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

UNIT 4:
CAREER DEVELOPMENT

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WEEK 10: PERSONS AND CAREERS

Objectives:
At the end of the module, you will be able to:
1. Explain that understanding different factors, career development concepts and
personal life goals influence career planning and decision- making
2. Identify career options based on different factors, career development concepts
and personal life goals
3. Take self-assessment tool to know one’s F personality traits and other personal
factors in relation to one’s goals
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BEGIN!

CAREER CONCEPTS

A career is defined as the combination and sequence of roles played by a person during
a lifetime (Super,1980). Your career basically dictates a lot of things in your life – it can
determine the kind of lifestyle that you will be leading, the quality of relationships that you have
with people around you like your family and friends, the kind of balance you will be able to keep
with your life and your responsibilities.

There are two other concepts that we often associate with the concept of career. One is
a job. A job is a position an individual holds doing specific duties. For example, if you would look
closely at the job of a lawyer, you can say that a lawyer’s job is working as an associate in X
Law Firm.

Another term is occupation. An occupation is defined as the similar work for which
people have similar responsibilities and for which they develop a common set of skills and
knowledge. For example, people who are in the mental health occupation would include
psychologists, clinical psychologists, counselors, and psychiatrists.

A lot of things can influence one’s career choice. A popular career development model,
the Trait and Factor model, believes that skills and abilities need to fit the demands of a
particular career field. It is then important that you take stock of the skills, knowledge and
abilities that you currently possess and those that you still need to develop as these greatly
impacts that kind of career that could be a good match for you.

Another factor that could influence your success in a particular career field would be
your personality and interests. John Holland, a popular career counselor proposed a theory that
strongly believe that certain careers require certain personality traits and must also fit our
interests.

Our life roles are yet strong factors that influences our career choices. Your role as a
child, a sister, a student, and eventually if you choose it, that of a parent would have an impact
in the decisions that you would have to make as an adult. Donald Super, another career
development theorist believes that since we play an array of roles in our lives, these roles are
likely to change over time thus requirements, needs and other external forces would come into
play when we are trying to figure out or maintain a career.

One’s race and ethnicity could also impact our choices. The culture in which we belong
to shape our values and expectations. In the Philippines, our collectivist orientation makes our
family a strong influence in our career decisions. Often, the choice of course to take in college,
the location of our job, how strong-willed we will be in achieving great heights in our career,
would most likely be influenced by our family roles, duties, and obligations.

Our social identity, specifically our gender, also possess challenges and opportunities for
us when choosing a career. Although nowadays, the gender divide in terms of careers have
slowly narrowed, it is a known fact that men and women experiences career-related
stereotypes.
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One of the strongest considerations in career decision making has a lot to do with social
and economic conditions. Our choice of career is contingent to our capabilities to sustain the
monetary demands of pursuing formal education to train for it. Also, our financial obligations and
roles likewise would determine the kind of occupation we would be pursuing to fulfill these
duties. Furthermore, certain life events can also influence our career choices. The
unpredictability of these events may cause us to make certain concessions to meet the
demands brought about by these changes. Likewise, the volatile economic landscape and how
it impacts that supply and demand for people and jobs may also impact how our careers would
progress.

Lastly, we are so familiar with the question “What do you want to be when you grow up?”
It is highly probable that these childhood fantasies may have influenced how you view yourself
and your career.

LECTURE

WHAT INFLUENCES YOUR CAREER CHOICE?

By Melissa Venable

When we think about career choice, several things immediately come to mind - job
description, training and education required, career outlook, and salary - but there are several
other factors that may influence your decisions. Let's explore some of these factors as
addressed by multiple career development theories. Theories can help us frame why and how
things happen. In this case, career development theories help us explain why and how we
choose to pursue specific career fields.
There are a lot of theories to consider in the relatively new field of career development.
As you read through the factors below, you'll see that many of the related theories address
some of the same issues. No one theory explains everything, so it's good to consider these
factors from multiple perspectives.

Influence Factors
Skills and Abilities - Considering your skills and abilities and how they may fit a
particular occupation comes out of one of the earliest career development fields, Trait-Factor
theories, and is still used today. These theories recommend creating occupational profiles for
specific jobs as well as identifying individual differences, matching individuals to occupations
based on these differences. You can identify activities you enjoy and those in which you have a
level of competency though a formal assessment.

Interest and Personality Type - Holland's Career Typology is a widely used to connect
personality types and career fields. This theory establishes a classification system that matches
personality characteristics and personal preferences to job characteristics. The Holland Codes
are six personality/career types that help describe a wide range of occupations.

Life Roles - Being a worker is just one of your life roles, in addition to others such as,
student, parent, and child. Super's Lifespan theory directly addresses the fact that we each
play multiple roles in our lives and that these roles change over the course of our lives. How we
think about ourselves in these roles, their requirements of them, and the external forces that
affect them, may influence how we look at careers in general and how we make choices for
ourselves.
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Previous Experiences - Krumboltz's Social Learning and Planned Happenstance

theories address factors related to our experiences with others and in previous work situations.
Having positive experiences and role models working in specific careers may influence the set
of careers we consider as options for ourselves. One aspect of Social Cognitive Career Theory
addresses the fact that we are likely to consider continuing a particular task if we have had a
positive experience doing it. In this way, we focus on areas in which we have had proven
success and achieved positive self-esteem.

Culture- Racial and ethnic background, as well as the culture of an individual's regional
area, local community, and extended family, may impact career decisions. Our culture often
shapes our values and expectations as they relate to many parts of our lives, including jobs
and careers. Multicultural career counseling has emerged as a specialized field to take these
influences into consideration when counseling clients and students. We can't attribute the
predominant characteristics of a culture to any one of its individuals but having an awareness of
the values and expectations of our culture may help us understand how we make our career
choices.

Gender - Both men and women have experienced career-related stereotypes. Gender is
a factor included in multiple career development theories and approaches including, Social
Learning and multicultural career counseling. How we view ourselves as individuals may
influence both the opportunities and barriers we perceive as we make career decisions. Studies
of gender and career development are ongoing as roles of men and women in the workforce,
and in higher education, evolve.

Social and Economic Conditions - All our career choices take place within the context
of society and the economy. Several career theories, such as Social Cognitive Career Theory
and Social Learning, address this context in addition to other factors. Events that take place in
our lives may affect the choices available to us and even dictate our choices to acertain degree.
Changes in the economy and resulting job market may also affect how our careers develop.

Childhood Fantasies - What do you want to be when you grow-up? You may remember
this question from your childhood, and it may have helped shape how you thought about
careers then, as well as later in life. Career counseling theories are expanding as programs
related to career choice are developed for all ages, including the very young. Ginzberg proposed
a theory that describes three life stages related to career development. The first stage, fantasy,
where early ideas about careers are formed, takes place up to age 11.

Work with your career counselor!

It’s important to understand that career choice is not made based on any one factor. Our
choices are subject to many influences – individual, cultural, social, and environmental. The
combination and interaction of various influences on your decision-making are unique to you
and your situation. There may also be multiple options, several “good-fits” for you, instead of a
single, right choice. Keep in mind that as you change, learning and experiencing new things,
and external factors change, such as the economy, you will continue to revise and fine- tune
your career choices.
There is a lot to consider, but you don’t have to figure it all out on your own. Work with a
career services counselor at your institution’s career center. These professionals will be able to
assist you with assessments and additional resources and discuss how different theories may
be applied to your career development process.

Source: Melissa Venable; http://www.onlinecollege.org/2011/05/17/what-influences-your- career-choice/

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EXPLORE

NAME: SECTION:

WORKSHEET NO. 1: SKILLS ASSESSMENT

Transferrable Skills generally are not associated with a particular job or task. Transferable skills
are usually broader and related to leadership, communication, critical thinking, analysis, and
organization. These are skills that can be transferred and utilized in a variety of different kinds of
jobs and career paths.
Mark each column as described. You can have the same skill marked more than once in each
column.
1. What skills have you already acquired and feel competent doing? In the first column, mark
each skill in which you feel competent.
2. What skills do you enjoy, even if you are not proficient at them? In the second column,
mark those skills that you really enjoy.
3. What skills would you like to learn, acquire, or develop further?

WOULD
FEEL ENJOY/
COMMUNICATION SKILLS LIKE TO
COMPETENT FAVORITES
DEVELOP

Write, edit, translate, interpret, or critique words

Speak in public, debate, advocate, present or

demonstrate an idea

Facilitate a meeting

Reading and following directions

Comparing or cross- checking two lists

Filling out forms

Writing reports, letters, and memos correctly

Reading and understanding policies and memos

Comfortably speaking to others, you do not know

Taking notes while someone speaks

Finding information

Using a map

Explaining things to other people

Know when to ask for help or more explanation

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Counsel or advise others

Listening to others

WOULD
FEEL ENJOY/
TECHNICAL SKILLS LIKE TO
COMPETENT FAVORITES
DEVELOP

Be athletic or use physical coordination

Build or construct things or structures

Do skilled crafts or use hand coordination with tools

Operate vehicles, machines or electronic equipment

Repair or set up machines or equipment

Installing things

Work with earth and nature

Gardening, landscaping and farming

WOULD
FEEL ENJOY/
MANAGEMENT AND SELF- MANAGEMENT SKILLS LIKE TO
COMPETENT FAVORITES
DEVELOP

Administer, set goals and priorities, plan or make

decisions

Initiate, assess needs, anticipate or create change

Manage people, delegate tasks, direct, oversee or

motivate

Sell, negotiate, convince, promote or persuade

Being patient with others

Keeping a cheerful attitude

Getting interested/ excited about the test at hand

Offering to help when it’s needed

Knowing how to take directions

Motivating myself to do what needs to get done

Prioritizing tasks so that the larger goals is met on time

Following the rules

Presenting a neat and professional image

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Checking your own work

Using courtesy when dealing with others

Seeking help when needed

Being eager to learn

Speaking up for yourself

Solving problems in a cooperative way

WOULD
FEEL ENJOY/
NUMBER SKILLS LIKE TO
COMPETENT FAVORITES
DEVELOP

Compute, calculate, compare or record numbers

Forecast, appraise or estimate numerical information

Doing arithmetic correctly

Using percentages and decimals

Estimating costs and/or time needed to complete a job

Using a database program on a computer

Using a spreadsheet on a number

Creating and managing a budget

WOULD
FEEL ENJOY/
CREATIVE/ ARTISTIC SKILLS LIKE TO
COMPETENT FAVORITES
DEVELOP

Perceive intuitively, sense, show insight or have foresight

Use artistic ability, photograph, decorate, paint or sculpt

Use creativity, visualize, imagine, brainstorm or design

Use musical ability, sing, compose or play instruments

Presenting artistic ideas

Visualizing shapes

Designing

Drawing, illustrating, sketching

WOULD
FEEL ENJOY/
PEOPLE AND SOCIAL SKILLS LIKE TO
COMPETENT FAVORITES
DEVELOP
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Care, treat, heal, nurse or rehabilitate others

Counsel, empower, coach, guide or listen to individuals

Host, comfort, please, make welcome or serve

customers

Plan social, recreational or other group events

Problem-solve, mediate or network with people

Teach, train, instruct, inform or explain to groups

Caring for children responsibily

Caring for the sick and elderly

Calming people down

Helping people complete a task

Knowing how to get along with different people/

personalities

Leading groups or activities

WOULD
FEEL ENJOY/
CRITICAL THINKING AND INVESTIGATIVE SKILLS LIKE TO
COMPETENT FAVORITES
DEVELOP

Analyze, use logic, problem solve, examine

Conceptualize, adapt, develop, hypothesize or discover

Evaluate, assess, test, appraise, diagnose

Observe, reflect, study or notice

Research, investigate, read or interview

Synthesize, integrate, unify or conceptualize ideas

WOULD
FEEL ENJOY/
BUSINESS SKILLS LIKE TO
COMPETENT FAVORITES
DEVELOP

Working with computers

Using a business telephone

working with budgets

Account, budget, program or systematize financial data

Attent to detail, copy, inspect or transcribe

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Setting up and closing out a cash register

Managing money and bills

Organizing, filing, updating, categorizing or arranging

information

Writing business documents

Coordinating events

Fund- raising

1. From the list above, referring to column 2, list your top five favorite skills that you would
most enjoy utilizing in your work (even if you are not proficient at them yet). Include the
main skill category.

2. Which of the favorite skills listed above do you consider strengths or things that you are
very good at (both column 1 and 2 would probably be marked)? Include the main skill
category.

3. Which (top five) skills would you like to develop, improve and/or learn (refer to skills
marked in column 3)? Include the main skill category.

Source: http://ccv.edu/documents/2013/11/skills-inventory-worksheet.pdf
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EXPLORE

NAME: SECTION:

WORKSHEET NO. 2: PERSONALITY TEST

Below are ten horizontal lines with four words on each line, one in each column. In each
line, put the number “4” next to the word that best describes you in that line; a “3” next to the
word that describes you next best; a “2” to the next best word, and a “1” by the word that least
describes you. On each horizontal line of words, you will then have one “4”, one “3”, one “2”,
and one “1”.

For example: One choice for the first line of words would be as follows:

3 Likes Authority 4 Enthusiastic 2 Sensitive Feelings 1 Likes Instructions

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WHAT DOES ALL OF THIS MEAN?

Now that you’ve taken the survey, what does it all mean? Each letter (L, O, G, B) stands for a
particular personality type. The column with the highest score is your dominant personality type,
while the column with the second highest number is your sub-dominant type. While you are a
combination of all four personality types, the two types with the highest scores reveal the most
accurate picture of your natural inclinations, strengths, and weaknesses, and how you will
naturally respond in most situations.
The four personality types can be likened to animals to make them easier to understand and
remember. Below are complete descriptions of each one.

L = Lions

Lions are leaders. They are usually the bosses at work...or at least they think they are! They are
decisive, bottom-line folks who are observers, not watchers or listeners. They love to solve
problems. They are usually individualists who love to seek new adventures and opportunities.
Lions are very confident and self-reliant. In a group setting, if no one else instantly takes charge,
the Lion will. Unfortunately, if they don’t learn how to tone down their aggressiveness, their
natural dominating traits can cause problems with others. Most entrepreneurs are strong lions,
or at least have a lot of lions in them.
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If you are a lion, how can you properly go along with

a. Otters:

b. Golden Retrievers:

c. Beavers:

O = Otters

Otters are excitable, fun seeking, cheerleader types who love to talk! They’re great at motivating
others and need to be in an environment where they can talk and have a vote on major
decisions. The otters’ outgoing nature makes them great networkers—they usually know a lot of
people who know a lot of people. They can be very loving and encouraging unless under
pressure when they tend to use their verbal skills to attack. They have a strong desire to be
liked and enjoy being the center of attention. They are often very attentive to style, clothes, and
flash. Otters are the life of any party; and most people really enjoy being around them.
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If you are an otter, how can you properly go along with

a. Lions:

b. Golden Retrievers:

c. Beavers:

G = Golden Retrievers

One word describes these people: LOYAL. They’re so loyal, in fact, that they can absorb the
most emotional pain and punishment in a relationship and still stay committed. They are great
listeners, incredibly empathetic and warm encouragers. However, they tend to be such pleasers
that they can have great difficulty being assertive in a situation or relationship when it’s needed.
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If you are a golden retriever, how can you properly go along with
a. Lions:

b. Otters:

c. Beavers:

B = Beavers

Beavers have a strong need to do things right and by the book. In fact, they are the kind of
people who read instruction manuals. They are great at providing quality control in an office,
and will provide quality control in any situation or field that demands accuracy, such as
accounting, engineering, etc. Because rules, consistency and high standards are so important
to beavers, they are often frustrated with others who do not share these same characteristics.
Their strong need for maintaining high (and oftentimes unrealistic) standards can short-circuit
their ability to express warmth in a relationship.
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If you are a beaver, how can you properly go along with

a. Lions:

b. Otters:

c. Golden Retrievers:

Reflect: How can your personality affect your future career?

Source: https://www.apriloleary.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/The-Hive-005-Strengths-test.pdf
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EXPLORE

NAME: SECTION:

WORKSHEET NO. 3: WORK VALUES ASSESSMENT

Instructions: Rate yourself and put a check in the appropriate box.
Needs a lot of
Excellent Good Not as bad
work

Acceptance

Ambitiousness

Attentiveness

Caring

Cautiousness

Commitment

Communication

Compassion

Confidence

Creativity

Determination

Devotion

Discipline

Empathy

Enthusiasm

Ethics

Fairness

Focus

Friendliness

Goals- oriented

Honesty

Inspiration

Intelligence

Involvement

Loyalty
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Optimism

Persistence

Respect

Responsible

Self-reliance

Tolerance

Trustworthy

What are your Top 5 important work values?

Are these work values related to your desired career? How so?

On what work values should you need to improve? Name some.

How can you strengthen these values?

Source: Work Ready Now! Module developed by EDC

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EXPLORE

NAME: GRADE AND SECTION:

WORKSHEET NO. 4: CAREER INTEREST

This activity helps you match your interests with types of careers. For each of the 86 items
below, choose the letter of the activity you would rather do. It doesn’t matter if you like both a lot
or dislike both a lot; just pick the one you would rather do, and circle that letter.
1 A. Operate a printing press 44 O. Wrap a sprained ankle
B. Study the causes of earthquakes I. Guide a tour group out of the country

2 C. Plant and harvest crops 45 P. Work on solving technical problems

R. Replace car window and fender J. Be a minister

3 E. Measure and grade logs 46 Q. Manage a veterinary clinic

F. Run a machine K. Lead others

4 G. Work in an office 47 E. Operate heavy equipment

H. Answer customer questions Q. Manage a fish hatchery

5 D. Write reports 48 F. Assemble cars

J. Help someone just out of prison find a job K. Protect our borders

6 L. Design a freeway (bridges) 49 A. Play an instrument

M. Plan educational lessons J. Plan activities for adult day care

7 N. Balance a checkbook 50 C. Research soybean use in paint

O. Take an X-ray J. Provide consumer information

8 P. Write a computer program 51 D. Guard money in an armored car

Q. Train animals B. Study why people do things they do

9 C. Be in charge of replanting forests 52 E. Fix a television set

A. Act in television and movies M. Be an instructor at a school

10 D. Solve a burglary 53 F. Fix controls on a control panel

F. Check products to make sure they were J. Help a friend with a personal problem
made right

11 E. Build an airport 54 C. Oversee a logging crew

G. Check products to make sure they were B. Study weather conditions
made right

12 F. Put small tools together 55 R. Pack boxes at a warehouse

P. Design a website A. Teach dancing

13 M. Tutor students 56 O. Sterilize surgical instruments

Q. Work at a zoo B. Study soil conditions

14 J. Take care of children 57 N. Play the stock market

O. Plan special diets C. Protect the environment
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15 A. Choreograph a dance 58 M. Grade papers

K. Lobby for a cause R. Be a railroad engineer

16 H. Sell clothes 59 L. Order building supplies

E. Work with hands E. Paint motors

17 I. Work at an amusement park 60 P. Develop new computer games

N. Broker Insurance H. Buy merchandise for a store

18 I. Learn about ethnic groups 61 K. Work to get someone elected

P. Manage information C. Identify plants in a forest

19 N. Appraise the value of a house 62 D. Guard inmates in a prison

M. File books at the library L. Read blueprints

20 E. Make three- dimensional items 63 H. Line up concerts for a band

D. Analyze handwriting K. Ask people questions

21 B. Design sprinkler systems for new building 64 E. Manage a factor

F. Run a factory serving machine O. Work as a nurse in a hospital

22 G. Develop personnel policies 65 A. Paint a portrait

Q. Train racehorses K. Testify before Congress

23 D. Work as a security guard 66 B. Work with a microscope

H. Work in a department store I. Make tee times at a golf course

24 A. Write for a newspaper 67 C. Classify plants

G. Use a calculator O. Transcribe medical records

25 O. Help people at a mental health clinic 68 F. Install rivets

L. Remodel old houses Q. Raise worms

26 M. Care for young children 69 N. Balance accounts

D. Locate a missing person M. Develop learning games

27 N. Plan estate disbursement 70 J. Read to sick people

P. Enter data P. Repair computers

28 A. Design a book cover 71 F. Compare sizes and shapes

E. Assemble toys following written instruction Q. Fish

29 B. Figure out why someone is sick 72 R. Repair bicycles

R. Fly an airplane K. Deliver Mail

30 C. Learn how things grow and stay alive 73 M. Teach Special Education
H. Sell cars P. Set up a tracking system

31 I. Work as a restaurant host or hostess 74 G. Manage a store

D. Fight fires H. Advertise goods

32 G. Keep payroll records for a company 75 R. Distribute supplies to dentists

J. Work in a nursing home I. Compete in a sports event

33 G. Hire new staff 76 I. Check guests into a hotel

O. Operate ventilators- help breathe M. Teach reading to adults

34 R. Drive a taxi 77 L. Follow step by step instructions

A. Be a news broadcaster N. Work at a collection agency
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35 K. Work for the IRS 78 O. Deliver babies

B. Sort and date dinosaur bones H. Persuade people to buy

36 O. Give shots 79 R. Inspect cargo containers

C. Design landscaping F. Work in a cannery

37 P. Provide technical support for computer 80 I. Coach a school sports team

users P. Set up a website
D. Work in a courtroom

38 Q. Care for injured animals 81 Q. Hunt

I. Serve meals to customer K. Enlist in branch of the service

39 L. Build kitchen 82 H. Sell sporting goods

N. Refinance a mortgage J. Cute and style hair

40 A. Sing in a concert 83 B. Conduct experiments to find new metals

R. Direct the take- off and landing of planes N. Be a bank teller

41 G. Operate a cash register 84 G. Work with computer

B. Collect rocks N. Loan money

42 G. Start own business 85 L. Hang wallpaper

L. Draft a blueprint D. Make an arrest

43 M. Assess student progress 86 H. Stock shelves

L. Design an airplane I. Serve drinks at a concession stand

CAREER EVALUATION
Step 1: Go back through Exercise 1 and look at the letters you circled. Count the number of
times you circled the letter “A” for your response. Write that number next to the “A” in the table
below. Next count the number of times you circled the letter “B” for your response. Write that
number next to the “B” in the table. Continue counting and recording your responses until you
have completed the table.
A F K P

B G L Q

C H M R

D I N

E J O

Step 2: Now write down the two letters with the most responses. These are your top areas of
career interest. (If you have a tie, list three.)

Step 3: Read the description of your top area of career interest on the following page. Record
your interest and the Career Cluster it is listed under.
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TABLE 3: CAREER CLUSTERS

Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources Hospitality & Tourism

C. Plants: Interest in activities involving I. Interest in providing services to others in
plants usually in an outdoor setting. travel planning, hospitality services in hotels,
Q. Animals: Interest in activities involving the restaurants, and recreation services
training, raising, feeding, and caring for
animals.
Architecture & Construction Human Services
L. Designing and Building: Interest in J. Interest in helping others with their
designing, planning, managing, building, and mental, spiritual, social, physical, or career
maintaining physical structures. needs.
Arts, Audio-Video Technology & Information Technology
Communications P. Interest in the design, development,
A. Artistic: Interest in creative or performing support and management of hardware,
arts, communication, or A/V technology software, multimedia, systems integration
services, and technical support
Business, Management & Administration Law, Public Safety & Security
G. Business Detail: Interest in D. Interest in judicial, legal, and protective
organizing, directing, and evaluating business services for people and property.
functions

Education & Training Manufacturing

M. Teaching: Interest in planning, E. Mechanical: Interest in applying
managing, and providing education and mechanical principles to practical situations
training services, including support services, using machines, hand tools, or techniques.
library and information services. F. Industrial: Interest in repetitive, organized
activities in a factory/industrial setting.
Finance Marketing, Sales & Service
N. Banking, Investments, and H. Interest in bringing others to a point of
Insurance: Interest in financial and view through personal persuasion, using
investment planning & management and sales/promotional techniques.
providing banking and insurance services.
Government & Public Administration Science, Technology, Engineering &
K. Administration: Interest in performing Mathematics
government functions at the local, state or B. Interest in discovering, collecting, and
federal levels analyzing information and applying findings to
problems in science, math and engineering
Health Science Transportation, Distribution & Logistics
O. Care and Prevention: Interest in the R. Interest in the movement of people,
providing help to others by providing materials, and goods by road, pipeline, air,
diagnostic, therapeutic, informational, and railroad, and water.
environmental services, including researching
and developing new health care services.
Source: http://www.ncpn.info/2013handouts/Presentation-Career-Exploration.pdf, pp. 1-4,
adapted from Washington State’s “Where are you going? Career Guide” funded through
the 1998 Carl D. Perkins Vocational Act
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TABLE 4: JOB PATH USING CAREER CLUSTERS

INTERESTED IN… THEN STUDY THIS… TO BECOME A(N)…

ARCHITECTURE AND Computer- Aided * Product Drafter

CONSTRUCTION Drafting & Design * Architectural Drafter
* CAD Technician
Careers in designing, planning,
managing, building, and Construction * Estimator
maintaining the built Management * Site Superintendent
environment * Project Coordinator

Facility Service * Maintenance Technician

Technology * Building Technician

Geographic Information * GIS Technician

System * Mapmaker
* Surveying Technician

Heating, Ventilation and * HVAC Installer

Air Conditioning * HVAC Mechanic

Industrial Technology * Industrial Maintenance Mechanic

Renewable Energy * Photovoltaic/ Solar Thermal Installer

Technologies Geothermal Technician

ARTS, A/V TECHNOLOGY & Graphic Design * Graphic Designer

COMMUNICATIONS * Web Designer
* Animator/ Illustrator
Designing, producing, * Desktop Publishing Specialist
exhibiting, performing, writing
and publishing multimedia Mass Communication * Camera Operator
content including visual and * Radio/ TV Host
performing arts and design, * Producer Director
journalism, and entertainment * Audio/ Video Editor
services. Music- Audio Production * Audio Auditor

Photography * Photographer
* Photographic Lab Technician

Studio Art * Illustrator/ Cartoonist

World Wide Web * Web Designer/ Developer

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Accounting * Payroll Clerk

AND ADMINISTRATION * General Accounting Clerk

Careers in planning, organizing, Administrative Office * Administrative Assistant

directing and evaluating Systems * Legal or Medical Secretary
business functions essential to * Office Manager
efficient and productive Computer Information *Computer Support Specialist
business operations. Systems

Entrepreneurship * Small Business Manager/ Owner

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Management * Manager/ Supervisor

* Human Resource Staff

EDUCATION AND TRAINING Early Childhood * Preschool or Child Care Teacher

Education * Family Child Care Provider
Planning, managing and * Early Childhood Administrator
providing education and
training services, and related Health Care Interpreting * Health Care Interpreter
learning support services such
as administration, teaching/ Interpreter Training * Sign Language Interpreter
training, administrative support, * Interpreter for the Deaf
and professional support Legal Interpreting * Legal Interpreter
services
Library Technical * Library Aide
Assistant * Library Clerk

Paraprofessional * Classroom Teacher Assistant

Educator * Special Education Teacher Assistant
* Bilingual Teacher Assistant

FINANCE Accounting * Bookkeeper

Planning and related services * Payroll Associate
for financial and investment * Loan Officer
planning, banking, insurance,
and business financial
management

GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC Accounting * Tax Preparer

ADMINISTRATION * Auditor

Planning and executing Real Estate * Real Estate Broker

government functions at the
local, state and federal levels,
including governance, national
security, foreign service,
planning, revenue and taxation
and regulations

HEALTH SCIENCE Emergency Medical * EMT- Basic

Technician * EMT- Paramedic
Planning, managing and
providing therapeutic services, Exercise Science * Physics Therapy Assistant
diagnostic services, health
Health Information * Medical record Coder
informatics, support services
Technology * Medical Secretary
and biotechnology research
* Health Records Professional
and development
Medical Assistant * Medical Assistant

Nurse Assistant * Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)

Registered Nursing * Registered Nurse (RN)

Patient Care Technician * Patient Care Technician (PCT)

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Phlebotomy Technician * Phlebotomy Technician

Surgical Technology * Certified Surgical Technologist (CST)

HUMAN SERVICES Early Childhood * Preschool or Child Care Teacher

Education * Family Child Care Provider
Preparing individuals for career * Early Childhood Administrator
pathways that relate to families
and human needs such as Health Care Interpreting * Health Care Interpreter
counseling and mental health
Human Services * Mental Health Worker
services, family and community
services, personal care and * Residential Counselor
consumer services. * Social Service Aide
* Certified Addictions Counselor

Therapeutic Massage * Massage Therapist

INFORMATION Computer Information * Network Administrator

TECHNOLOGY Systems * Computer Programmer/ Analyst
* Computer Game Designer
Building linkages in IT
occupations for entry level, Graphic Design * Desktop Publishing Specialist
technical, and professional * Web Designer
careers related to the design, World Wide Web * Web Designer
development, support and * Web Developer
management of hardware,
software, multimedia, and
systems integration services.

LAW, PUBLIC SAFETY, Criminal Justice * Police Officer

CORRECTIONS * Parole Officer
* Security Officer
Planning, managing and
providing legal, public safety, Emergency Medical * EMT- Basic
protective services and Technician * EMT- Paramedic
homeland security, including Fire Science * Firefighter
professional and technical * Fire Inspector
support services.
Human Services * Group Home Worker
* Residential Counselor

MANUFACTURING Computer- Aided * Mechanical Drafter

Drafting & Design * Product Drafter
Planning, managing, and * Model Maker
performing the processing of
materials into intermediate or Electronics Technology * Electronics Technician
final products and related * Electronics Inspector
professional and technical Industrial Technology * Research and Development Technician
support activities such as * Industrial Maintenance Mechanic
production planning and * Entry- Level Manufacturing Worker
control, maintenance and
manufacturing/ process Renewable Energy * Photovoltaic/ Solar Thermal/ Small
engineering. Technologies Wind System Estimator

Welding Technology * Production Welder

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MARKETING Management * Marketing Manager

Planning, managing and Marketing * Salesperson

performing marketing activities * Customer Service Representative
to reach organizational * Marketing Representative
objectives such as brand
management, professional Real Estate * Real Estate Broker
sales, merchandising, * Real Estate Managing Broker
marketing communications and
market research.

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, Graphic Information * GIS Technician

ENGINEERING & Systems * Mapmaker
MATHEMATICS * Surveying Technician

Planning, managing and Laboratory Technology * Chemical Lab

providing scientific research * Assistant/ Technician
and professional and technical * Biology Lab Assistnat/ Technician
services including laboratory * Quality Control Technician
and testing services and * Process Control Technician
research and development
services.

TRANSPORTATION, Accounting * Tax Preparer

DISTRIBUTION & LOGISTICS * Auditor

The planning, management, Real Estate * Real Estate Broker

and movement of people,
materials and goods by road,
pipeline, air, rail and water and
related professional and
technical support services such
as infrastructure planning,
logistics, mobile equipment
and facilities

Source: http://www.ncpn.info/2013handouts/Presentation-Career-Exploration.pdf adapted from The Career Clusters

– Pathways to College and Career Readiness by the National Career Technical Education Foundation, as managed
by NASDCTEc.
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EXPLORE

NAME: SECTION:

WORKSHEET NO. 5: CAREER ASSESSMENT

MY TOP 5 MY MY TOP 5 MY CAREER

JOB PATH MY CAREER
SKILLS PERSONALITY VALUES CLUSTER
Refer to Refer to
Refer to Refer to Refer to Refer to
Table 4 Table 4
Worksheet 1 Worksheet 2 Worksheet 3 Worksheet 4

Reflect: What realizations do you have after seeing the whole picture based on the different
areas where you were assessed? How do you think will this information be relevant to your
career decision?
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APPLICATION

NAME: SECTION:

WORKSHEET NO. 6: MY CHOSEN CAREER

Instructions: Research about your career path.

Chosen Career

Job or Position Position

Needed Academic Preparation

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities needed in the job

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Demands for the Job

Perks of the job

Difficulties and Challenges

Expected compensation