Career Guidance

1. The Five-Step Process for
Choosing Your Career
SPEAKER: JONICA GASMEN
SSG GRADE 12 REPRESENTATIVE

3. Get
• Get to know yourself
Get
• Get to know your field
Prioritize
• Prioritize your “deal makers
” and rule out your “deal breakers”
Make
• Make a preliminary career decision
and create a plan of action
Go out and achieve
• Go out and achieve your
career goal

4. Step 1: Get to Know Yourself

5. Step 1: Get to
Know Yourself
Get to know yourself and the things you’re truly
passionate about.
Gather information about your career-related interes
and values
Think about what skills and abilities come naturally to
you and which ones you want to develop
Consider your personality type and how it you want it
to play out in your role at work
Get to know yourself and the things
you’re truly passionate about.
Gather information about your career-
related interests and values
Think about what skills and abilities come
naturally to you and which ones you want
to develop
Consider your personality type and how it
you want it to play out in your role at
work

6. “The best Armor in life is
to get to know yourself”

7. Step 2: Get to Know Your Field

8. Step 2: Get to Know Your Field
Get to know your field. You’ll want to
investigate the career paths available
to you. One of the handiest starting
points and “filters” is to decide the
level of education you want to attain
before starting your first or your next
job.

9. Step 3: Prioritize Your Deal Makers

10. Step 3: Prioritize Your Deal Makers
Prioritize your deal makers and rule out your deal
breakers. Educational requirements aren’t the only
criteria that you will want to consider. Do you want
to work outside or in an office? In the country or a
city? In a big or small organization? For public
organization or a private company? What type of
industry is interesting to you? What role do you see
yourself playing in the organization?

11. Step 4: Make a Preliminary Career Decision

12. Step 4: Make a Preliminary Career
Decision
Make a preliminary career decision and create
a plan of action. Now that you have an idea of
who you are and where you might find a
satisfying career, how do you start taking
action to get there? Some people talk to
family, friends, or instructors in their chosen
disciplines. Others have mentors in their lives
with whom to discuss this decision. Your
college has career counselors and academic
advisers who can help you

13. Step 5: Go out and Achieve Your Career Goal

14. Step 5: Go out and Achieve Your Career
Goal
Go out and achieve your
career goal! Now it’s time to
take concrete steps toward
achieving your educational
and career goals.

15. Step 5: Go out and Achieve Your Career
Goal
Your work experiences and life circumstances will
undoubtedly change throughout the course of your
professional life, so you may need to go back and reassess
where you are on this path in the future. But no matter if
you feel like you were born knowing what you want to do
professionally, or you feel totally unsure about what the
future holds for you, remember that with careful
consideration, resolve, and strategic thought, you can find
a career that feels rewarding.

16. It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you
do not stop.
- Confucius