W6 - FACTORS INFLUENCING CAREER PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING

Cards (10)

  • Factors that may affect career decisions
    1. Interests
    2. Values
    3. Skills
    4. Personality
  • Traits needed in developing one's career and achieving life goals
    1. Self concept
    2. Self determination
    3. Self monitoring
    4. Proactive personality
    5. Self esteem
    6. Self efficacy
    7. Locus control
  • Self concept
    An individual's perception on different roles, behavior, and opportunities.

    Because it changes through time it is important to identify your career concept as an adolescent to prepare for a more complex task.
  • Self determination
    When a person decides to act based on intrinsic motivation which comes from your inner self

    It is reflected through your choices, decisions, and actions. Five experiences and observations can motivate you to fulfill dreams.
  • Self monitoring
    Capability of a person to watch over their behavior and relationship that he organized within his environment.
    People who are highly sensitive monitors have a great tolerance to adjusting themselves.
  • Proactive personality
    When a person has the capacity to take actions without being cold and used thoughtful analysis to solve problems
    These people find ways to empower and become a productive person.
  • Self esteem
    The accumulated life perception of social acceptance or avoidance. It is characterized by the effective strength of mind.
    People who have high self esteem are confident with respect to self and others in achieving success.
  • Self-efficacy
    The ability to finish a task successfully within the time frame. These people have great discipline and organized self management
  • Locus control
    People who have a high sense of responsibility in controlling lives have high internal locus control
  • Other factors that may influence your career and life goals
    1. Parental preference
    2. Academic performance
    3. Family considerations
    4. Change in family roles
    5. Peer pressure
    6. School location
    7. Employment rate
    8. Gender bias