Factors Influencing Career Choices

• Denote an individual’s disposition with regard to the amount of thought, effort, and planning he or she gives to future occupational or educational choices. 

  Attitudes
• Mostly concerned with the “what” of a task.

  Knowledge
• Closely associated with using the body than with using the head (compared with abilities).

  Skills
• Represent an individual’s capacity to perform a wide range of tasks. 

  Abilities
• Activities that arouse one’s attention with a high tendency to keep on doing it.

  Interest
• What one desires to achieve in particular.

  Ambitions
• The means to achieve one’s ambition.

  Resources
• Conditions that may block or hinder a person from achieving his/her goals.

  Limitations
• Personal factors influencing one's career choices.

  1. Attitude
  2. Knowledge
  3. Skills
  4. Abilities
  5. Interests
  6. Ambitions
  7. Resources
  8. Limitations
• External factors influencing one's career choices.

  1. Family expectations and needs
  2. Life circumstances
  3. Spiritual and religious factors
  4. Social service motivation
• Can be an enabling factor for one’s career pathway because they are a source of financial, emotional, and social support.


  Family expectation and needs
• Situations, events, or conditions that affect an individual or society as a whole can either provide advantages or disadvantages when it comes to one’s career path.

  Life circumstances
• Incorporation of religious factors in their career planning.

  Spiritual and religious factors
• It refers to the use of one’s work or career in helping to make the world a better place. 

  Social service motivation
• They can provide some practical information regarding certain career due to their life experiences but they may insist their personal bias.

  Parents
• They can facilitate in realizing the advantages or disadvantages of a particular career pathway.

  Teacher
• They are the expert in this matter because it is part of their job. They can also facilitate the realization of advantages or disadvantages of a particular career pathway by using career talks, counseling session, career assessments or simulations.

  Counselor
• One of the foundations for career decision-making. This helps you to focus on opportunities compatible with your goals. Likewise, it is also enabling adolescents to showcase and present themselves with more fidelity.

  Self-assessment
• This worksheet will help you identify skill sets that you already possess, skill sets that you need to improve, and identify your transferable skills. 

  Skill Assessment Worksheets