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Personal Development
Self-Learning Module
Quarter 2: Weeks 5 & 6
Module 5: The Impact of One’s Family on
Personal Development During Middle and Late
Adolescence

Module 6: Career Development Concepts and

Personal Life Goals

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 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Learning Activity Module
Module 5: The Impact of One’s Family on Personal Development During
Middle and Late Adolescence

Name: _______________________________________________Q2W5

Section : ______________________________________________Date : ____________

What is it

(Background Information for the Learner – Key Concepts)

Look at the picture below. These are the Igorot men of Cordillera playing their gongs
(Ganza) while dancing. This is a typical part of an Igorot wedding celebration. Any group of
people can pick up the gongs and get a dance going and it is all very spontaneous. The elders
as well as young ones enjoy playing the gongs and dancing.

When a man and a woman exchange vow to each other, they enter a sacred union
and lifelong commitment to a life-long partnership. Eventually, they build their own family. A
family is a socially recognized group joined by, marriage, blood or adoption that forms an
emotional connection and serves as a basic unit of society. All families have a set of beliefs,
values, and attitudes that are passed from generation to generation just like the Igorot wedding
celebration shown above.

Having good relationships in the family is important because our mental growth, well-
being, and stability all depend on our family. And it just feels good to be part of a warm and
loving family.

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 For a moment, have you ever stopped to think about the legacies of your family? Have
you ever planned to make each family member firmer and gentler with each other so to
develop a good relationship with them?

FAMILY LEGACIES

A legacy is something that is passed on to you from family that has been handed down
for generations including reputation, a heritage and even family property.

No matter who we are, where we live, or what our goals

may be, we all have one thing in common – that is an emotional,
social and spiritual legacy passed on from parent to child. Every
one of us is passed a heritage, lives out a heritage, and gives a
heritage to our family. It is not an option. Parents always pass to
their children a legacy whether it is good, bad or some of both.

The Emotional Legacy

An emotional legacy is nurtured by parents. Nurturing takes time and care. Much like
building a home out of brick on a solid foundation so that it can withstand the storms of life. It
takes a lot of time and consistency to give your child a sense of emotional wholeness. Creating
and maintaining an environment that surrounds a child’s fragile spirit with the nourishment
required for healthy growth gives them security and emotional stability.

An emotional legacy endures. It is not quickly forgotten and will last throughout his or
her adult years. When a child reaches maturity, the end of their childhood experiences become
the beginning of their emotional legacy that continues throughout life.

A healthy emotional legacy gives security and stability when cultivated in an

environment of love and safety. The environment and tone of family life directly influence the
outcome of our emotional selves. An atmosphere of love nourishes our emotional stability,
thus giving us the capacity to cope with failure and pain and confidence to face a harsh and
often cruel world. A strong emotional legacy:

 provides a safe environment which deep emotional roots can grow.

 posters confidence through stability.
 conveys a tone of trusting support.
 nurtures a strong sense of positive identity
 creates a “resting place” for the soul.
 demonstrates unconditional love.

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The Social Legacy

The most appropriate time for social interaction and relationships can be demonstrated
more effectively at home. Children will learn lessons about respect, courtesy, love and
involvement. Thus, modeling as parents play a key role in passing on a strong social legacy.

Children need to gain the insights and social skills necessary to cultivate healthy and
stable relationships as they mature. They must learn to relate to family members, teachers,
peers and friends. Eventually, they must learn to relate to coworkers and many other types of
people.

Key building blocks of children’s social legacy include:

 Respect
 Responsibility fostered by respect for themselves
 Unconditional love and acceptance by their parents, combined with conditional
acceptance
 The setting of social boundaries concerning how to relate to God, authority,
peers, the environment, and siblings
 Rules that are given within a loving relationship

The Spiritual Legacy

A spiritual legacy is all about your relationship with God. Your spiritual legacy is like a
baton to pass on to the next generation even while you live. Your family, friends, classmates,
co-workers and neighbors can grab onto this baton and run with it now and long after your
portion of the race is finished.

Here are five things that predict whether your children will receive the spiritual legacy
a Christian parents desire. Do you:

 Acknowledge and reinforce spiritual realities. Do your children know, for

example, that Jesus loves everyone? That God is personal, loving and will
forgive us?
 View God as a personal, caring being who is to be loved and respected?
 Make spiritual activities a routine part of life?
 Clarify timeless truth- what is right and wrong?
 Incorporate spiritual principles into everyday living?

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On Strong Family Relationships

A strong family is all that you need to fight all odds in

life. No matter how the day has been for you, no matter how
people must have behaved with you, and no matter the
problems you have been facing, the smiling face of your
parents and siblings help you stay balanced.

Here are some ways to build strong family connections:

1. Spend quality time

Set aside some time (maybe mealtimes) every day as family time, when
you can talk about things and laugh together.

2. Maintain good communication with everyone in the family

When your parents or siblings want to talk, respect their need and listen to
them with attention. Give them enough time to express themselves properly.

3. Appreciate everyone in the family

Appreciate every member for performing their duties well. For example,
praising and thanking a teenager for taking care of a younger sibling will make
them feel important.

4. Acknowledge and celebrate each other’s talents, differences and strengths

A good family always cherishes the uniqueness of each of its members and
acknowledges their abilities and strengths. At the same time, they help each
other correct their shortcomings.

5. Stay focused on the current problem

Do not bring up previous issues every time you have to address a problem.
In that way, you can avoid unpleasantness and instead, focus on the issue at
hand.

6. Work like a team

When your family works as a team, every member feels acknowledged for
their contribution. Share household chores. Allow little children to participate
in chores like picking up their toys or putting their shoes back.

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 7. Establish clear family rules
Make family rules that clearly mention how every member should
behave and treat each other. For example, “We talk respectfully with everyone
in our family,” or “In our family, we help each other no matter what.” Such small
but clear rules can make the family stronger and peaceful.

8. Teach children to forgive and make amends

Healthy families teach its members how to apologize and forgive others
when someone makes a mistake. It teaches children to take responsibility for
their actions

What I Need to Know

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. prepare a plan on how to make the family member firmer and gentler with
each other
Code: EsP-PD11/12FSL-IIe11.3

What I Know

Directions: Copy this puzzle on a clean sheet of paper. Then, write a word in each puzzle
piece that you feel or think is related to the given words. Submit your answers to your
teacher for checking/evaluating.

Emotional Legacy Social Legacy

Strong Family
Spiritual Legacy Relationship

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 What’s In

Activity: EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL LEGACY

Directions: Answer each question by writing in your paper the number that best reflects the
legacy you have received from your parents. Then add up your score. Submit to your
teacher for checking/evaluating.

A. Emotional Legacy Evaluation

1. When you walked into your house, what was your feeling?
1 Dread 4 Stability
2 Tension 5 Calm
3 Chaos 6 Warmth
2. Which word best describes the tone of your home?
1 Hateful 4 Serious
2 Angry 5 Relaxed
3 Sad 6 Fun
3. What was the message of your family life?
1 You are worthless. 4 You are respected.
2 You are a burden. 5 You are important.
3 You are okay. 6 You are the greatest.
4. Which word best describes the "fragrance" of your home life?
1 Repulsive 4 Sterile
2 Rotten 5 Fresh
3 Unpleasant 6 Sweet
5. Which was most frequent in your home?
1 An intense fight 4 A strong disagreement
2 The silent treatment 5 A kind word
3 Detached apathy 6 An affectionate hug

Interpretation of Results:
Above 24 = Strong emotional legacy
19 - 24 = Healthy legacy
14 - 18 = Mixed legacy - good and bad elements
10 - 13 = Weak emotional legacy
Below 10 = Damaged emotional legacy

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B. Social Legacy Evaluation

1. Which words most closely resemble the social tone of your family?
1 Cruel and abusive 4 Non-communicative but stable
2 Cutting sarcasm 5 Secure with open communication
3 Chaotic and distant 6 Loving and fun
2. What was the message of your home life with regard to relationships?
1 "Step on others to get your way." 4 “Mind your own business.”
2 "Hurt them if they hurt you." 5 “Treat others with respect.”
3 "Demand your rights." 6 “Put others before yourself.”
3. How were rules set and enforced in your home?
1 Independent of relationship 4 Inconsistently
2 In reaction to parental stress 5 Out of concern for my well-being
3 Dictatorially 6 In the context of a loving relationship
4. Which word best characterizes the tone of communication in your home?
1 Shouting 4 Clear
2 Manipulation 5 Constructive
3 Confusing 6 Courteous
5. How did your family deal with wrong behavior?
1 Subtle reinforcement 4 Severe punishment
2 Accepted in the name of love 5 Discussion
3 Guilt trip 6 Loving, firm discipline

Interpretation of Results:

Above 24 = Strong social legacy

19 - 24 = Healthy legacy
14 - 18 = Mixed legacy — good and bad elements
10 - 13 = Weak social legacy
Below 10 = Damaged social legacy

C. Spiritual Legacy Evaluation

1. To what degree were spiritual principles incorporated into daily family life?
1 Never 4 Frequently
2 Rarely 5 Almost always
3 Sometimes 6 Consistently
2. Which word captures the tone of how you learned to view/relate to God?
1 Absent 4 Casual
2 Adversarial 5 Solemn

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 3 Fearful 6 Intimate
3. How would you summarize your family's level of participation in spiritual activities?
1 Nonexistent 4 Regimental
2 Rare 5 Active
3 Occasional 6 Enthusiastic
4. How were spiritual discussions applied in your home?
1 They were not 4 To teach
2 To control 5 To influence
3 To manipulate 6 To reinforce
5. What was the perspective in your home regarding moral absolutes?
1 If it feels good, do it! 4 Dogmatic legalisms
2 There are no absolutes. 5 Moderate conservatism
3 Let your heart guide you. 6 Clear boundaries

Interpretation of Results:

Above 24 = Strong spiritual legacy

19 - 24 = Healthy legacy
14 - 18 = Mixed legacy — good and bad elements
10 - 13 = Weak spiritual legacy
Below 10 = Damaged spiritual legacy

Answer the following questions on a clean sheet of paper. Submit to teacher for
checking/evaluating.

1. What were your scores in the emotional, social and spiritual legacy evaluation?
2. How do these scores reflect you home atmosphere?
3. What is the legacy you have received from your parents and siblings?

What’s New

Directions: Write your legacy statement that you plan to give when you start your own family
in the future? You may include in your legacy statement your principles and values, most
important role you played in life, meaningful story from your parents, made you laugh, made
you sad or made you reflect, significant decisions you gave, and what you most want others

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to remember you. You may be creative in presenting your legacy. Do this activity on a clean
sheet of paper and submit to teacher for checking /evaluating.

What’s More

Activity: HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIPS?

How do you feel about your relationships? Where do you see your relationships going?
Are you happy with your relationships?
Directions: Copy this questionnaire in your Journal. Put a ✔ if your answer is Yes and write
Χ if your answer is No. Then answer the questions that follow. Submit to your teacher for
checking.
Criteria/Relationship Family Friends Partner Organizations

I. Overall feelings about the

relationship:
a. Are you getting your needs met?
b. Are you speaking up and asking
for what you want?
c. Are you feeling heard?
d. Are you feeling encouraged and
supported to grow?
II. The decision-making process:
a. Are decisions made to your
satisfaction?
b. Is there sufficient time to
discuss, assess, and process?
c. Do you feel as though your
thoughts and feelings are taken
seriously?
d. Is there a collaborative spirit
about decisions?

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 III. Communication:
a. Do you feel safe to say whatever
you feel?
b. Do you feel listened to when you
communicate?
IV. Roles and responsibilities:
a. Do you feel the division of tasks
is working?
b. Do you feel that both of you are
doing your parts?
c. Do you feel that task allocation
is fair?
d. Is there anything that you want
to change?
V. Activities:
a. Do you feel like you spend
enough time together?
b. Do you feel like you need more
alone time?
c. Do you want to try something
new?
VI. Planning, schedules, and logistics:
a. Are you experiencing any
schedule conflicts you want to
address?
b. Are there financial agreements
that are fair?
c. Do each of you have enough
time to accomplish everything
you want?

Guide questions:

1. In which relationship do you have more checks? More Xs?

2. What can you do to improve your relationships?

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 What I Have Learned

Directions: Take few minutes to reflect and answer the following questions. Write your
answers on a separate sheet of paper. Submit to your teacher for evaluation.

1. What have you learned in this unit about your personal relationships with family,
friends, partner, and organizations?
2. How do you assess the present state of your relationships?
3. What do you plan to do in order to improve and strengthen your relationships?

What I Can Do

Directions: Read the poem entitled A Family Is Like A Circle. Then, answer the questions
that follow.

A Family Is Like A Circle

by Nicole M. O'Neil

A family is like a circle.

The connection never ends,
and even if at times it breaks,
in time it always mends.
A family is like the stars.
Somehow, they're always there.
Families are those who help,
who support and always care.
A family is like a book.
The ending's never clear,
but through the pages of the book,
their love is always near.
A family is many things.
With endless words that show

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 who they are and what they do
and how they teach you so you know.
But don't be weary if it's broken
or if through time it's been so worn.
Families are like that -
they're split up and always torn.

But even if this happens,

your family will always be.
They help define just who you are
and will be a part of you eternally.
Guide questions:

1. What is the message of the poem?

2. What does this poem make you think about? Does it have any relation to any of your
experience? Explain your answer.
3. If you will make an analogy on your family, what could that be? Why?

Assessment

Directions: On a clean sheet of paper, write an ESSAY regarding the Legacy of your family
to your: a) emotional, b) social and c) spiritual development as an adolescent.

References:
Personality Development. Teacher’s Guide: First Edition 2016 pp. 85 -98

Marriage and Family. Accessed on September 4, 2020.

https://opentextbc.ca/introductiontosociology/chapter/chapter14-marriage-and-
family/#:~:text=Marriage%20and%20family%20are%20key%20structures%20in%20most%20so
cieties.&text=Sociologists%20are%20interested%20in%20the,upon%20which%20society%20is
%20built.

Family Legacy. Accessed on September 4, 2020. https://prezi.com/0qpgsb0gwajw/family-legacies/

Family Relationship: Why Is It Important and How To Build It? Accessed on September 4, 2020.

https://www.momjunction.com/articles/family-
relationship_00460134/#:~:text=A%20family%20is%20important%20because,all%20depend%20

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 on%20our%20family.&text=Children%20brought%20up%20in%20a,good%20and%20bad%20ti
mes%20together.

Poem “A Family Is Like A Circle”. Accessed on September 4, 2020.

https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/a-family-is-like-a-circle

Images:

Image “Igorot Dancing”. Accessed on September 4, 2020.

https://www.jacobimages.com/2013/05/igorots-cordilleras

Image “Filipino Family”. Accessed on September 4, 2020. http://2040.neda.gov.ph/about-ambisyon-

natin-2040/

Prepared by:

JEANNIEFFER R. DAVID
Master Teacher I
Angeles City Senior High School

Submitted to;
EDGARDO S. NUNAG
EPSvr 1 : EsP

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 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Learning Activity Module
Module 6: Career Development Concepts and Personal Life Goals
Name:__________________________________________________ Q2W6
Section:_________________________________________________ Date: ____________

What is It
(Background Information for the Learner – Key Concepts)

Education plays a vital role in shaping people to succeed. It gives us the opportunity
to become productive member of the society by acquiring all the necessary skills. We learn
how to meet challenges and overcome obstacles. We learn how to be flexible and adapt in
different situation or people we meet. People learn basic norms, rules, regulations, and values
of the society through education. Moreover, high quality education brings positive changes in
life.

Career is the integration of personality with work activities. More than just a series of
tasks or activities within work, career is a sequence of attitudes and behaviors that are
associated with work and that relate to one’s total life experience. Career, then, is closely
linked to life goals since the former can be the means towards achieving the later. Expert
would say that life goals are “internal representation of desired outcomes”. They go on to note
that goals are very helpful trying to understand person – his context and aspiration of the
future.

There are two types of life goals: intrinsic and extrinsic. Intrinsic goals involve “personal
growth, emotional intimacy and community service” while extrinsic goals include “financial
success, physical attractiveness, and social frame and/or popularity.” In understanding these
two types of life goals, experts hypothesized that life goals are those consistent with “human
nature and needs” which means these are things that are essential and absolutely necessary.
On the other hand extrinsic life goals are more influenced by society and culture, involving
“symbol of social status and positive evaluation of other people”.

Researchers conducted in this body of knowledge found that people who are more
preoccupied with intrinsic life goals tend to attain a more satisfied and happy life. They have
“higher levels of self-actualization and vitality, higher self-esteem and mind openness, and
fewer experiences of depression, anxiety, and general health problems.” Those who put

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greater importance on extrinsic life goals, however, are at risk of having deteriorating well-
being if they ignore their innate needs. Experts advice that while extrinsic goals can very
well lead to satisfaction of basic needs, too much preoccupation to it may result in negative
well-being.

Personal Factors Influencing Career Choices

Values
Values are one’s internal compass. This is set of “self-motivators that indicate what [one]
consider[s] most important in life”. A few examples of values are God, Family, Relationship,
Peace, Career, and Education. This values are given utmost importance in one’s life and are
most of the time the standards used by a person in making important life decision. For
instance, moving to another place alone does not come easy to someone who values his
family so much. He may take a considerable amount of time weighing things before he comes
up with a decision whether to stay with family or living along in a place far from home. Because
values are very important and are at person’s core, they are most often chosen among
alternatives and even after consideration of consequences. To illustrate, if a person who just
finished and an avid supporter of environmental protection is given a chance to work either
with a large and controversial mining company or a firm advocating for sustainable
infrastructures, he is most likely to choose the latter because it is more aligned with his values.
Choosing the former would cause him negative well-being and even moral dilemma because
he knows that mining may destroy the environment. He is most likely to make that decision
even after considering that working with a mining company will pay more than working with a
firm
Personality
Personality is said to be the sum total of one’s “complex set of tendencies, behaviors, attitudes,
and characteristics that makes, [each person] unique”. One basic trait that may define one’s
personality is introversion or extroversion. In many theories, a person may have more
inclination towards an inward flow of energy (introversion) than outward flow of energy
(extroversion). This means that some people are more comfortable spending time alone and
doing things by themselves by themselves such as reflecting, painting, writing[, and the like.
Other people, on the other hand, are more comfortable spending time interacting with other
people and doing activities that require socialization. Another characteristic is the way people
take in information. Some people tend to use their senses – what they can see, hear, smell,
taste, and touch – in situations involving analysis, conceptualization, problem-solving, and the
like. There are those, however, who tend to use their imagination or intuition in dealing with
experiences. They are more adept in thinking about possibilities and abstract ideas. There are
many other things that contribute to one’s unique personality and they can be attributed to

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innate characteristics or influenced by the larger society. In choosing a career, personality
plays a very important role because it may dictate which line of work best suits a person. For
instance, a person who enjoys being alone, spending time with very few people, and engaging
in deep and intimate conversations may find jobs that do not require frequent and extensive
interaction with people as more appealing. An example of this may be working in a counselling
center or writing novels or songs. Those who enjoy dealing with people and handling large
crowds may prosper in jobs such as managing a company’s human resources or public
service.
Interests
Closely related to personality is interest. Basically, interest are sets of preferences in activities.
Interest are one person’s likes, things where he tends to spend most of his resources – time,
energy, and money. To demonstrate, there are people who are more interested in dealing with
things rather than with people. They are especially enthusiastic in interacting with machines
and making things work. These people may find a suitable careers as architects, mechanics,
engineers, medical technologies, and the like. Another group of people may be inclined to use
their intuition, mull over ideas, and do things in a more unstructured fashion. These people
may be suited to careers as long as songwriters, writer, designer, or actor. Those who are
more drawn to activities that require adventure, persistence, and risk-taking may find
happiness in careers as entrepreneurs, business executive, and politicians.
Skills
Skills also play a vital role in career suitability and, consequently, success. Skills are basically
a set of competencies a person has. These are mastery over some tasks that are useful in
performing bigger or more complicated jobs. This implies that skills may have started as
interest where a person has spent a significant amount of time to achieve a certain level of
proficiency. For example, a person who has a strong interest in sketching and spends hours
getting better at that task may develop a skill in designing landscapes and even buildings
which may point to a career in architecture. Skills take time to develop. It requires focus and
dedication.
A person’s career choice and life goal are greatly influenced by the interplay of his values,
personality, interests, and skills. His job satisfaction, sense of fulfillment, success at the
workplace, and general well-being may depend on how his choices are aligned with what he
believes to important, his personal disposition, inclinations, and competencies. It is important
to be aware of all of these personal factors to make wise decision for the future.
External Factors Influencing Career Choice
Family and societal expectations
Filipinos place great value in education. Parents strive hard to send their children to school
even if it means using most of their resources for this purpose. For many families, having a

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college graduate can spell the difference between remaining in poverty and enjoying a
relatively comfortable life. When a person graduates, he is expected to land a good
opportunity. Whether expressed or implied, the graduate feels the need to immediately find a
job and start earning to support the family.
With the expectation – and sometimes pressure – from the family and the community, the
graduate is influenced to make career choices that can help improve the quality of their lives.
Many times, the fresh graduate is torn between choosing a career path that is consistent with
his passion but not very financially fulfilling ad one that is more lucrative or profitable but not
necessarily what he truly wants.
Firstborns usually carries the biggest burden. As the eldest child, he bears great responsibility
to look after his siblings to the point of actively supporting them financially, helping the parents
with household expenses.
Trends in employment
Current trends in employment also affect career choices of the fresh graduates. For instance
jobs known to pay higher are more likely chosen by the young people because of its economic
value. That table below shows the highest paying jobs for fresh graduates according to
Jobstreet as reported by Rappler.

Field and Sample Job Salary

IT-related
1 Php 22,567.00
computer technician, web admin
Actuarial/Statistic
2 Php 21,391.00
workforce associate, operation review analyst
Law/Legal Services
3 Php 21,132.00
legal clerk, contract analyst
Healthcare-related
4 Php 20,048.00
medical technologist, nursing aide
Journalist/Editor
5 Php 19,808.00
multilingual content writer, foreign language translator
Training & Development
6 Php 19,723.00
content developer, communication coach
Quality Control/Assurance
7 Php 19,337.00
technical services assistant, quality assurance tester
Public Relations/Communications
8 Php 19,242.00
publicity associate, media assistant
Merchandising
9 Php 19,095.00
department store section officer, merchandise planning analyst
10 Customer Service-related Php 19,036.00

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 junior technical support representative

There are also available data about industries or field that hired fresh graduates in 2015. It
may be observed that the top three jobs giving the highest average month salaries are IT-
related jobs, those are related to statistics, and legal services.
Further, it is also noted that 57% of jobs for fresh graduates come from the BPO industry
where 6 out 10 jobs in this industry are offered to the newbies.
Field No. of Graduates Hired
Call Center/IT-enables services/businesses Protocol Outsourcing
149.753
(BPO)
Retail/Merchandise 8,131
Property/Real Estate 5,167
Manufacturing/Production 4,388
Food & Beverage/ Catering/ Restaurant 4,030
Banking/ Financial Services 3,676
Construction/ Building/ Engineering 2,759
Telecommunication 2,719
General & Wholesale Trading 1,779
Computer/IT (software) 1,667
Others 77,980
The following table shows the highest paying jobs for employees with work experiences
according to Jobstreet as reported by CNN
Junior Executive position Junior Executive position
(1 to 4 years’ experience) (5 or more years’ experience)
1 IT IT
2 Law/ Legal Services Law/ Legal Services
3 Actuarial/ Statistics Quality Control/ Assurance
4 Costumer Service Finance
5 Training & Development Costumer Service
6 Public relations/ Communication Banking/Financial Services
7 Banking/Financial Services Human Resources
8 Arts/Creatives Training & Development
9 Finance Engineering
10 Marketing/Business Development Marketing/Business Development

It was observed that the field of information Technology (IT) continued its “three-year trend of
providing the highest-paying jobs across all position level.” Further, callcenter or BPOs are on

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the top spot of employers among the above-mentioned industries followed by retail and
merchandise, manufacturing, and production sectors.
Career choices are also influence by current trends in the workplace and job market. For
instance, the boom of nursing and other healthcare professions during the early 2000s brought
forth increased interest in taking college nurses related to them. The trend arched throughout
the years with growing needs from different countries. Another observed trend was the growth
of the information technology (IT) industry where computer savvy professionals where in
demand.
Currently, the businesses process outsourcing (BPO) industry has taken the center stage by
opening thousands of opportunities for fresh graduates regardless of their academic training.
Further, there is also a steadily growing movement to boost the interest of people, especially
the young ones, to engage in businesses or enterprises. This is revolutionary since the current
education system is more prepared toward producing employment-ready graduates rather
than business starters.
(Corcuera, Fidelina A.,Et Al. BPI Shape Personal Development Resources Book.Makati City:
BPI Foundation, 2016)

What I Need to Know

After going through this module, you are expected to:

(MELCs)
1. explain that understanding different factors, career development concepts and
personal life goals influence career planning and decision-making and
2. identify career options based on different factors, career development concepts and
personal life goals.
Code/s: EsP-PD11/12PC-IIf12.1
EsP-PD11/12PC-IIf12.2

What I Know

Directions: Take the 10-item Pre-assessment True or False Test. Write the word True if you
find the statement correct and the word False if otherwise. Answers should be written on a
clean sheet of paper. Submit to teacher for checking/evaluating.
1. Adolescents need to explore career options to gain advantage on the road to adulthood.

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2. Choosing a career is one of those important decisions that can change the course of the
life of an adolescent.
3. In choosing a career, one does not necessarily think or consider the kind of people he or
she has to work with.
4. Should an adolescent cannot decide what career to pursue in the future he or she needs
the help of professional career coach.
5. One of the primary considerations in choosing a career is the adolescent’s economic and
financial goals.
6. A serious thought about certain career should be prepared by an adolescent.
7. Career building requires attention to goals, vision, and motivation of the adolescent.
8. Career planning is a lifelong journey. As adolescent journey through life, their workplace,
interests, and attitude will change forcing them to evaluate and adjust their career plans.
9. An honest assessment and evaluation of a teenager’s work style will help them decide a
career to consider.
10. Real life experience in the work environment where teenagers may think they want to
work can help them make up their minds on the career they will pursue.

What’s In

Directions: Cut and paste picture of persons you admired because of their success in their
chosen path/career. Do this on a clean sheet of paper and briefly describe them. Submit to
teacher for checking and evaluating.

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 What’s New

Directions: Write at least two related concepts for each factor that affects your career choices.
Do the activity on a clean sheet of paper and submit to teacher for checking /evaluating.

THE CAREER WHEEL

FAMILY ABILITIES/

SKILLS

PERSONALITY ME CULTURE
& INTEREST
CAREER

SOCIAL & GENDER

ECONOMIC
CONDITION
CHILDHOOD

FANTASIES

Source:http://earlhaig.ca/departments/coop/1Documents/gr%2010%20careers/Career%20W
heel%20Assignment/building_careers.pdf

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 What’s More

Directions: Write something about your career wheel. Answer the following questions and
write your answers on a clean sheet of paper and submit to teacher for checking/evaluating.

1. How did you go about naming events, situations, needs and facts about yourself? Were
there challenges in doing this? If so, what are these challenges?
2. Looking at these many facets in your life, which among them do you think are major
considerations when deciding on future career options? Why would you consider these as
a source of great impact?
3. Which are the areas that will really work to your advantage in relation to the career options
that you are considering? How will these impact your choices?

What I Have Learned

Directions: Write the insights, concepts, ideas or realizations that you have gained from this
lesson on a clean sheet of paper and submit to your teacher for checking/evaluating.

What I Can Do

Directions: Make your Stairway To Success. Write in every stairway your plan or your steps
in achieving your career goal. Do this activity on a clean sheet of paper. Submit to your teacher
for checking/evaluating.

Stairway to Success

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Guide Questions:

1. How do you see you self 15 years from now?

2. How those steps in the Stairway To Success help you to achieve you goal?

Assessment

Directions: This is a personality test, it will help you understand how your personality is
structured and why you act the way you do. Understanding one’s personality is an important
key towards making right career choice. In the table below, mark how much you agree with
the statement on the scale 1-5, where 1-disagree, 2=slightly disagree, 3=neutral, 4=slightly
agree and 5=agree. Write your answer on a clean sheet of paper and submit to your teacher

RATING I… RATING I…
1. Am the life of the party 26. Have little to say.
2. Feel little concern for others. 27. Have a soft heart.
28. Often forget to put things back in
3. Am always prepared.
their proper place.
4. Get stressed out easily. 29. Get upset easily.
5. Have a rich vocabulary. 30. Do not have a good imagination.
31. Talk to a lot of different people at
6. Don’t talk a lot.
parties.
7. Am interested in people. 32. Am not really interested in others.
8. Leave my belongings around. 33. Like order.
9. Am relaxed most of the time. 34. Change my mood a lot.
10. Have difficulty understanding
35. Am quick to understand things.
abstract
11. Feel comfortable around 36. Don’t like to draw attention to
people. myself
12. Insult people. 37. Take time out for others.
13. Pay attention to details 38. Shirk my duties.
14. Worry about things. 39. Have frequent mood swings.
15. Have a vivid imagination. 40. Use difficult words.
41. Don’t mind being the center of
16. Keep in the background.
attention.

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 17. Sympathize with others’
42. Feel others’ emotions.
feelings
18. Make a mess of things. 43. Follow a schedule.
19. Seldom feel blue. 44. Get irritated easily.
20. Am not interested in abstract
45. Spend time reflecting on things.
ideas.
21. Start conversation. 46. Am quiet around strangers.
22. Am not interested in other
47. Make people feel at ease.
people’s problems.
23. Get chores done right away. 48. An exacting in my work.
24. Am easily disturbed. 49. Often feel blue.
25. Have excellent ideas. 50. Am full of Idea

Source: http://personality-testing.info/printable/big-five-personality-test.pdf

References

Corcuera, Fidelina A.,Et Al. BPI Shape Personal Development Resources Book.Makati City: BPI
Foundation, 2016
Source:http://earlhaig.ca/departments/coop/1Documents/gr%2010%20careers/Career%20W
heel%20Assignment/building_careers.pdf

Source: http://personality-testing.info/printable/big-five-personality-test.pdf

Wong-Fernandez, Barba,.Et Al.Personal Development Reader. Quezon City: Sunshine Interlinks

Publishing House, Inc,2016

Prepared by:
JHON MARK M. OCAMPO, SST-II
Bonifacio V. Romero High School

Submitted to:
EDGARDO S. NUNAG
EPSvr 1: EsP

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 Answer Key: Module 6

WHAT I KNOW

1) True 2) True 3) False 4) True 5) True

6) True 7) True 8) True 9) True 10) True

ASSESSMENT Scoring:

E =20+(1)___- (6)___+ (11)___- (16)___+(21)___-(26)___+(31)___-(36)___+(41)___-(46) = A =14–

(2)___+ (7)___ - (12)___+(17)___-(22)___+(27)___-(32)___+(37)___+(42)___+(47)= C =14+(3)___-
(8)___+(13)___- (18)___+(23)___-(28)___+(33)___-(38)___+(43)___+(48) = N =38–(4)___+ (9)___ -
(14)___+ (19)___-(24)___-(29)___-(34)___-(39)___-(44)___-(49) = O = 8+(5)___- (10)___+(15)___-
(20)___+(25)___-(30)___+(35)___+(40)___+(45)___+(50) =

The scores you calculate should be between zero and forty. Below is a description of each trait.

• Extroversion (E) is the personality trait of seeking fulfillment from sources outside the self or in
community. High scorers tend to be very social while low scorers prefer to work on their projects alone.
• Agreeableness (A) reflects much individuals adjust their behavior to suit others. High scorers are
typically polite and like people. Low scorers tend to ‘tell it like it is’.

• Conscientiousness (C) is the personality trait of being honest and hardworking. High scorers tend to
follow rules and prefer clean homes. Low scorers may be messy and cheat others.

• Neuroticism (N) is the personality trait of being emotional.

• Openness to Experience (O) is the personality trait of seeking new experience and intellectual
pursuits. High scores may day dream a lot. Low scorers may be very down to earth.

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