INTRODUCTION

This module is about helping the learners identify the skills and abilities that will help them
determine the most realistic profession and career for them.
The learners’ knowledge of their skills and abilities will enable them to make career decisions
that match their potentials and expertise. Facilitating the learners’ skills assessment will aid them in
making career choices that will empower them to maximize the available local and foreign opportunities
after they exit from the senior high school curriculum.
OBJECTIVES:
At the end of this module, the learners are expected to:
1. identify the qualifications, abilities, and skills necessary in the preferred profession, and vocation;
2. make a decision about the preferred career; and
3. share insights and experiences on the process of choosing the preferred profession or career.

MOTIVATION:

Identify if the following skill are classified as SOFT or HARD. Write your answers on the columns
below.

Teamwork Plays different sports Dependability

Repair Artistic Enjoying challenge
Listening Hair dressing Calmness, Warmth
Assembling Computer programming Checking
Flexibility Multi-tasking Analyzing
Culinary skills Carpentry Communication skills
Open mindedness Interior designing Leadership Skills
Bar tending Machine work Service-orientedness
Good decision Gardeing/Agriculture Resiliency
driving Computing Encouraging
Interpersonal relations skills tabulating honesty

Answers: (in any order)

SOFT SKILLS HARD SKILLS
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7
8. 8
9. 9
10 10
11 11
12 12
13. 13
 14 14
15
16
17
18
19

LECTURETTE:

Examining one’s life is an important prelude to success. Socrates once said that an unexamined
life is not worth living. Hence, in making a career decision, a process of self-introspection is essential. It
is all about exploring and assessing one’s skills, interests, abilities, and values, and combining these to
result in a satisfying life and career in the future.

Such self-introspection is essential because the most important thing in the field of human
resource today is the inner totality of a person. Consider the following scenarios.

Scenario 1
Andrew and Maynard work in the same company as senior computer specialists. Andrew does
his work efficiently and effectively. However, he gets irritated when the manager asks him to revise a
work or mentor a new employee. Others try to avoid him because of this. Maynard, on the other hand,
is less than a year in the company but already has good rapport with majority of the employees. When
others or the manager comments on his work, he humbly accepts and tries to adjust accordingly.

If you were the manager of the company, who would you prefer to be promoted and why?

Scenario 2

Nicole was very happy because she was able to put up a small restaurant in their community.
Her customers grew in number and they kept coming back because they like the service aside from the
cheap but delicious food. One customer suggested that Nicole market her business through social
media. She wondered how she would do that since she is not familiar with social media applications.

The scenarios presented support the trend that employers prefer to hire applicants primarily based
on attitude rather than aptitude. Many industries, employers, and human resource managers share the
same perspective in hiring new employees. It also shows that technical skills are essential in operating a
business.

The success of a company includes commitment, focus on the job, humility, and industry of its
employees. Studies regarding hiring methodologies established facts that skilled and experienced
employees with negative attitude and perspective fail quickly while the lesser experienced ones with
excellent attitudes succeed better in the long run (Toren, 2015).

Wherever you go, you carry your attitude with you. So it is important to be aware about the
totality of your persons as future workers in different industries and other workplaces, including the skills
that you possess―those that need to be developed and those that need to be improved. By doing so, you
will be tailored to become competent employees in today’s industry preferences, and eventually become
best managers in the future. One who plans to venture into enterprising activity must also consider these
skills as human resources will play a critical part in the success of the business organization.

There are two major classifications of skills (Doyle, 2016)―hard skills and soft skills.

Hard skills refer to the functional abilities and are generally taught and learned in school, from
experience, and from reading books and are evaluated through levels of competencies. A concrete
example of this is one’s speed in producing work outputs. It also applies to the number or kind of
machines a person can operate. These skills are constant across work settings, situations, and workers,
which are acquired over time.

Examples of hard skills are the following:

1. encoding
2. machine operation
3. heavy equipment operation
4. carpentry
5. computer programming
6. analyzing
7. computing

Soft skills refer to the personal characteristics and traits of an individual and which are not
measurable. Over time and with a positive mindset, these can be developed and enhanced through various
opportunities such as values formation and team building. However, the employee himself/herself should
have the “will” and the right attitude to make the necessary adjustment in order to build on these values
and traits.

Examples of soft skills are as the following:

1. teamwork
2. communication
3. flexibility
4. patience
5. persuasion
6. time management
7. perseverance
8. decision making
9. honesty
10. humility
Your career should be a platform for you to forward your best skills, knowledge about self, and
your abilities. Developing and improving your hard skills and creating a balance of your soft skills will
not only ensure a promising career, but a healthy, meaningful, and happy life.

In as much as skills are important in the world of work and the business industry, consider also
the job qualifications relevant to your career preferences. These are basic requirements entailed by a
certain job that also include work experience, personal qualities, lines of expertise, and educational
credentials.
APPLICATION

Task 1
1. Secure a copy of “Self-Assessment Skills Inventory” sheet.
2. Write your hard and soft skills that they possess, including your interests and qualifications.
EVALUATION:
Elevator Pitch

It is essential for 21st century learners to be aware and confident in knowing and developing their
skills, talents, and abilities as these shall be translated into future jobs and opportunities. In today’s set up
of job interviews, job fair is common in the Philippines and it is vital that learners are equipped with the
knowledge and skills necessary for this endeavor. They should know and be confident to present their
best introduction as to who they are and what they can do best in the shortest possible time.

Procedure:
1. Introduce the elevator pitch interview, which has to be executed in 30 seconds. The learner will act as
the resource manager and another, the interviewee.
2. The interviewee will present his/her skills, abilities, and qualifications in an oral form as brief as it can
be to the human resource manager.

Guide questions in formulating the Elevator Pitch (Speech)

1. What do you do best? (Skills) Learner should be able to identify and articulate for himself/herself and
to a potential interviewer what he/she can do best.
Example:
I am articulate in written and oral communication.
My expertise is in hairdressing.
 I am currently an active member of the Supreme Student Government.
2. What characteristics best describe you?
Example:
I am a good listener and I value people.
I learn fast and I can finish a task independently.
I am a good team player and believe I am an asset to the company.

3. What do you enjoy doing?

Example:
I am interested in manipulating computers.
I like solving mathematical problems.
I like to study about nature.

4. What is your purpose for applying for work?

Example:
This job is an opportunity for me to share and further enhance my skills in designing.
I am inspired by the assistance your company is offering to the less fortunate yet
deserving students.

Sample of Elevator Pitch (Speech): 30 seconds

Sir, good morning po!

Ako po si Elize Reyes, nagtapos ng Senior High School sa Elijah National High School sa strand na
HUMMS. Mahusay po ako sa pagsusulat ng mga report at mga opisyal na pakikipagtalastasan sa Ingles,
Filipino, at Cebuano. May kasanayan din ako sa paggamit ng kompyuter.

Ang pinakamalakas kong katangian ay ang aking kahusayan sa pakikitungo sa tao. Naging daan ito sa
aking pagbuo ng mga programa para sa mga kabataan sa aming komunidad. May karanasan na ako sa
pakikipag-ugnayan sa iba’t ibang ahensiya na may kaugnayan sa paglilinang ng kaisipan at kasanayan ng
mga kabataan. Ilan sa mga ito ay ang camping at retreats. Sa pamamagitan ng mga ito ay naibabahagi ko
sa kanila ang aking mga naging karanasan na gagabay sa kanilang paghahanda tungo sa mabungang
kinabukasan upang sila ay patuloy na maging responsableng mamamayan.

ANSWER KEY: MOTIVATION (in any order)

Reference: Career Guidance Manual, Grade 11 for Teachers. Pages33-38.
Prepared By:
ROFELYN JOYCE E. PAMPILO
Teacher/Career Advocate