This document is a self-learning module for Grade 10 students on choosing a career. It discusses how different factors like interests, family, peers, media, and socioeconomic status can influence career choices. The module contains activities for students to identify which factors most influence their choices, understand each factor's role, and appreciate how to make informed decisions using multiple career information sources. The goal is to help students thoughtfully decide on a future career or profession based on personal strengths with guidance from influential individuals and groups in their lives.

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Homeroom Guidance
Quarter 1 – Module 4:
My Career Influencers
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Homeroom Guidance Self-learning Module – Grade 10
Quarter 1 Module 4: My Career Influencers
2020 Edition
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Homeroom Guidance Grade 10
Quarter 1 – Module 4:
My Career Influencers
Gabay sa Magulang/Tagapag-alaga
Isinulat ang modyul na ito bilang gabay ng mag-aaral
upang malinang ang kanyang aspetong pang-karera (career). Naka-
disenyo ito para sa distance learning o alternatibong pamamaraan ng
pagkatuto na hindi nangangailangan ng pisikal na presensya sa
paaralan, bilang tugon sa direktiba na pagkansela ng face-to-face class
dulot ng pandemyang Covid-19.
Inihanda namin ito upang makilala ng mag-aaral ang mga salik
na nakaiimpluwensya sa kaniyang personal na desisyon sa pagpili ng
kurso o trabahong nais tahakin. Ang paggawa ng desisyon tungkol sa
pagpili ng kurso ay napakahalaga dahil idinidikta nito ang uri ng
kanilang magiging buhay sa hinaharap. Bilang magulang,
napakahalaga ng inyong bahaging gagampanan upang buong-husay
siyang makagawa ng desisyong ito. Ang mga gawaing nakapaloob sa
modyul na ito ay naglalayong mas mapalalim ang kaniyang kamalayan
sa mga aspektong makatutulong upang lubos niyang makikilala at
mapahalagahan ang mga impluwensyang ito.
Inaasahan namin ang inyong buong-pusong paggabay sa
kaniyang pagtupad sa mga gawain. Mahalaga ang inyong partisipasyon
sakaling kailanganin niya ang inyong tulong. Maaari kayong maging
bahagi ng matalino at buong husay niyang pagpili sa kurso o trabahong
kaniyang pinapangarap dahil kayo bilang kaniyang magulang at kami
bilang kaniyang guro ay may iisang mithiin sa mag-aaral – na sya ay
maging matagumpay sa kaniyang hinaharap.

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Introductory Message
For the learner:
You make important choices in life. You can choose to study well or stop
schooling. You can also choose your friends and the people you follow on social
media. However, there are choices that are worth pondering about, and that need time
and readiness to decide on. An example of these is choosing your future career, which
this module is all about.
Work on the tasks seriously and seek help if you believe you need to. May this
module help in your future career decision.
This self-learning module has six indicative tasks, which are as follows:
Let’s Try This – which will help you to get ready to learn;
Let’s Explore This – which will guide you towards what you need to learn;
Keep in Mind – which will give you the lessons that you need to learn and
understand;
You Can Do It – which will help you apply the lessons learned in daily
activities;
What I Have learned – which will test and evaluate your learning;
Share Your Thoughts and Feelings – which will help you express your
thoughts, opinions and feelings.
Make sure to read, think, follow, and enjoy every task that you are asked to do.
Have fun! Stay safe and healthy!

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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.
Suggested Total Time Allotment: 180 minutes
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 one-
time-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
Suggested Time Allotment: 20 Minutes
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
MODULE
4
MY CAREER INFLUENCERS

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will help you identify the influence of interest, family, peers, media and socio-
economic 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
CAREER CHOICE
FACTORS
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
MOST CAREER
CHOICE
FACTORS
Interest Family Peers Media
Socio-
Economic
Status
1. Agriculture
2. Dentistry
3. Civil
Engineering

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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
Suggested Time Allotment: 40 Minutes
You 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 yourself WHY?
Socio-economic status must
be considered in choosing my
career:
______________________________
______________________________
Make a LIST.
Think well. Why is my family
important in making decision
for my career choice?
______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
Reflect:
How do my peers influence me in my choice of career?
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
Analyze well!
How does media contribute to the knowledge I have about careers?
__________________________________________________________

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Keep in Mind
Suggested Time Allotment: 40 Minutes
You 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 in-
demand, 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

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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
Influenced Me most in
Choosing this Career
(Self, interest, family,
peers, media and socio-
economic status)
My Reason for
Allowing It/Them to
Influence Me

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What I have Learned
Suggested Time Allotment: 30 Minutes
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
Suggested Time Allotment: 30 Minutes
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.
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