Personal Development - My Goals.pptx

goals in life

1. Monitoring One’s Career Development T Lesson 1: My Goals

2. At the end of the lesson the students are able to: 1. explain that thorough understanding of the concepts of career and life goals can help in planning his/her career;

3. 2. identify the personal factors influencing career choices; and 3. take a self-assessment tool to know his/her personality traits and other personal factors in relation to his/her life goals.  

4. Instructions: On a piece of paper, write the word “ career ” at the middle and encircle it. Then, think of three to four words that you associate with it. Write these words around the circle. You can embellish your work by drawing designs or attaching pictures. You are given a maximum of thre e minutes to complete the task.

5. Once the time limit is up, you need to share your answers why you chose the particular set of words that you associated with the word “career”.

6. More often than not, you have been asked at least once about what you want to be in the future. The most common answers would be a doctor, an engineer, a teacher, and even a soldier. Once you have reached adolescence, these answers may either change or remain.

7. “What is a career ?” is a common question that needs to be answered to help you in choosing the career path that suits you.

8. According to Sigelman and Rider , there are two factors that you consider when choosing a career. These are:

9. 1. Environmental factors The available opportunities and the demands of the market constitute this factor. The varying trends in the environment, which includes the natural changes in your surrounding areas, technological discoveries and advancement, and commercial demands, make you more practical in choosing the course that you will take.

10. 2. Personal factors. Young individuals also take into consideration their own strengths and limitations when mapping out their career plans; their skills, socio-economic status, their personal values and physical capabilities are strong indicators of what their potential career is.

11. Career: Its Definition and Elements A career was described by Santos as having a job that suits the skills, the goals, and the personality traits that a person has. It could be a profession that the adolescent has always aspired for or it can be a means of earning an income.

12. A Career Begins with a Plan A successful career is built along several components. These components are:

13. 1. Life goals Life goals play a key role in determining the choice of career of an adolescent. Nair defined them as conditions or states that an individual wants to achieve, avoid or sustain. Life goals are created in a conscious manner, which means that they are easily remembered by a person.

14. 2. Career planning It entails the selection of appropriate steps necessary in meeting specific career goals. The interests, skills and potential possessed by a person are matched to the course that he or she would take.

15. 3. Career development According to Garcia-Cox , graduating with a bachelor’s degree is not the ultimate goal of career development. It includes joining the professional world, meeting the demands of the work, enhancing the skills, and preparing for advancement or promotion.

16. Hansen in 1976 defined career development as a lifelong process dedicated to finding out and processing information regarding one’s identity, the educational and occupational opportunities and alternatives that are available, and also, the roles and lifestyles that one can adapt.

17. Types of Goals A goal is the instrument of motivation. Imagine them as the propellers of an airplane. A plane will have a hard time taking flight if any of the propellers was damaged. Just like in career planning, the absence of a good set of goals makes the road to success rocky and crooked.

18. Short-term goals These goals do not involve a long period of time to achieve. The time allotment for this type can range from several days to several months but will not take more than a year. These goals are very precise. They can also serve as the stepping stones in achieving the long-term goals.

19. 2. Long-term goals Goals that take a long period of time to accomplish belong under this type. These goals typically require more than twelve months for completion and need careful planning.

20. Characteristics of Achievable Goals Goals possess characteristics that play important roles in the success of any endeavor.

21. When planning for a career, an adolescent can apply these characteristics of goals so the chance of success is imminent. Collectively, these characteristics are known as SMART and Michael Aamodt , a leading psychologist in the field of Industrial Psychology, discussed each characteristic.

22. 1. In your own understanding, Why is career development considered as a life-long process?

23. Direction : . Write your answer on the space provided. In what way does setting up goals affect how adolescents plan for their careers?