Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION VIII – EASTERN VISAYAS
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF LEYTE
JUGABAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
CARIGARA, LEYTE
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Pangalan __________________________________ Grade & Section: __________________
Guro: MINA P. DE LA CERNA / NICAR JESSA PARENA
Homeroom Guidance
MODULE 4 MY CAREER INFLUENCERS
Learning Objectives
At the end of this module, you are expected to:
1. identify the influence of personal interest, family, peers, media and socio-economic status in your future
career selection;
2. demonstrate proper use of career-related information from multiple media sources; and
3. appreciate how gender, family, peers and socio-economic status affect your decision to choose a future
career or profession.
Materials needed: pen, sheets of paper, short bond paper, any coloring materials
Introduction
Choosing career is one of the major issues you need to face. It involves an interaction of many factors
which are quite complex. It is not a onetime-shot task and it takes a process before arriving at a final career
decision. Career choice preparedness creates confidence in career decision-making.
This module will help you identify and appreciate the influence of the different factors in choosing your career. It
will also provide different sources of information which are deemed essential in making an informed choice.
Let’s Try This
As a Grade 10 learner, you might have been exposed to different professionals, having
witnessed varying jobs around you. Furthermore, you may already have be given the chance to
decide on a career to pursue in your previous years. As you are nearing the completion of your
Junior High School, your decision of choosing a career to pursue will be tighter. The activity below will help you
identify the influence of interest, family, peers, media and socioeconomic status in choosing your career.
1. Copy the template on a sheet of paper.
2. On the left side, write the top three (3) careers of your choice.
3. On the right side, rate the extent to which the different factors have influenced you in choosing your career.
4. Use the indicator below in measuring the extent of the role they take part.
5. Do the activity as honestly as possible.
6. Refer to the example given as your guide.
Name: __________________________________________Sex: ____________
YOUR 3 TOP MOST FACTORS
CAREER CHOICE
Interest Family Peers Media Socio-
Economic
Status
1.
2.
3.
Indicators:
High Extent -
Moderate Extent -
Fair Extent -
Not at all -
(Example)
Name: Grace Sex: Female
YOUR 3 TOP FACTORS
MOST CAREER
CHOICE Interest Family Peers Media Socio-
Economic
Status
1. Agriculture
2. Dentistry
3. Civil Engineering
Processing Questions:
1. How did you feel while doing the activity?
2. Comparing the results in each factor, which of them has influenced you the most in your chosen career?
Which has the least?
3. What does it tell you? Explain.
Let’s Explore This
get to know which or whom among the given factors played the most
or least extent of influence in your career choice.
The activity that follows will help you appreciate each of them by analyzing how they come to be a part of your
career decision-making and perhaps discover a deeper connection.
1. Copy the dialogue boxes on a sheet of paper.
2. Think of ways on how each of these factors have affected or influenced your career choice.
3. Add additional space, should you still need it
What makes me think that
my choice of career is affected by my
interests?
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Ask yourselfWHY? Make a LIST.
Socio-economic statusmust Think well. Why is myfamily
be considered in choosing my important in making decision
career: for my career choice?
______________________________ ______________________________
______________________________
Analyze well!
How doesmedia contribute to the knowledge I have about careers?
Reflect:
How do mypeers influence me in my choice of career?
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Keep in Mind
Suggested Time Allotment: 40 Minutes
might have already observed that more than once in your life, you
dreamt of a certain career then changed into another. As you encounter people from different professions,
it is normal to assimilate and somehow dream to become like the in the future. Having a change of mind is a normal part
of career decision-making process. It happens when you start to become fully aware of yourself in terms of strengths,
weaknesses, hobbies, abilities and many more aspects. It includes factors such as interests, family, peers, media and
socio-economic status. These factors influence your decision in making a more realistic and viable career choice. It is
important to recognize the role they play and the extent to which they should influence your decisions.
Your interests in a certain field is a springboard to your exploration. It directs you to gather information and details that
develop and nurture more your inclination. Furthermore, your prior knowledge prepares you on the requirements of
obtaining such career.
Your family also has a strong influence to any decision you make. Your exposure to them and the manner they support
you to pursue whatever path you take affect your decision in many manners. This gives confidence in your own ability to
explore and select a career path that may or may not be what your family influence you to become.
Aside from your family, you may be spending much of your time with your peers. Adolescence is a period when you start
spending quality time with friends and classmates, influencing you in many matters. One such influence is with career
choice. They play an important role in aiding you or impeding your decisions in becoming what you truly want.
Sometimes, teenage is strong that it becomes a deciding factor for them to continue as a group. This may become
worrisome for adolescents who do not consider factors other that peer influence. However, some also see this as a good
influence especially when peers generally consider support to individual dreams.
Consequently, multiple sources of Career-Related Information is of utmost importance in the process of career decision-
making. These can be found on career websites, government and private agencies, and school advocacy programs that
can guide you in your career decisions. You can view the link provided to be informed on the indemand, hard-to-fill jobs,
the emerging industries and other information which will help you broaden your career information.
• Department of Labor and Employment - DOLE is a national government agency mandated to formulate and
implement policies and programs, and serves as the policy-advisory arm in the field of labor and employment. It
envisions that every Filipino worker attains full, decent and productive employment. More information about the
agency can be accessed through www.dole.gov.ph
• Bureau of Local Employment - The BLE focuses on the local employment promotion and administration. It can
be accessed through www.ble.dole.gov.ph BLE Programs and Projects
o Project JobsFits o Labor Market Information o
PHIL-Jobnet
• Project JobsFit is an automated job and applicant matching system which aims to fast-track jobseekers search for
jobs and employers search for human resource. It was carried out to provide efficient employment facilitation
services and respond to the prevailing skill and job mismatch underlying the unemployment and
underemployment problems in the country.
Aside from the government agencies offering information of in-demand jobs and other professions where you may build
your career choices, there are also information on emerging industries, which refers to industrial sectors that grow at a
rate faster than the economy. This exhibits potential and may give you influence in your decisions. The emerging
industries depend on the locality and level of industrialization of a certain place.
You Can Do It
Suggested Time Allotment: 20 Minutes
1. Copy the table below on a sheet of paper.
2. List down three (3) of your career choices and fill in the required columns.
My Career Choice The Factor that My Reason for
Influenced Me most in Allowing It/Them to
Choosing this Career Influence Me
(Self, interest, family, peers,
media and socioeconomic
status)
What I have Learned
Write an essay of at least three paragraphs guided by the questions below. Do this on a sheet of paper.
1. What is really your main consideration in choosing your future career?
2. What can help you to be more certain with your future career?
3. How can you help yourself to pursue your future career?
Share your Thoughts & Feelings
Visualize your future self. How do you look like? What keeps you busy
daily? How do you feel about your status at that time? Make your own future self-portrait on a short bond
paper using whatever coloring materials available at home.
Parent’s Signature:
