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Parental Wishes and Preferences

Filipinos are by nature family oriented. You take into consideration the wishes of the elders when making an important decision. Choosing a career is no exception

Life Situation

Socioeconomic status, unexpected events, and poor conditions play a role in an adolescent’s motivation to pursue a career of his/her choice.

Financial Difficulties

One of the most common factors that influence the career choice is the financial situation of the family.

Culture and Physical Environment

The environment of the adolescent is also responsible for cultivating and honing the type of career he/she wants to have

Available Opportunities and Economic Demands

Borchert also stressed that career success is dependent on the career or job opportunities that are suitable to the skills, knowledge, and abilities of a person. The demand of the environment or economy for this career is also significant.

Gender Stereotyping

There are many careers that are still identified for a specific gender. In spite of the progress in promoting gender equality, there remains the fact that there are people who view specific jobs as more suitable to a specific gender.

Peers

Aside from family members, adolescents also consider the opinions of their peers when making a career decision.

Skills and Job Mismatch

Year after year, universities and schools produce graduates. Some of them find immediate employment while some will have to compete with a pool of other job applicants. This means that the training of the applicant does not meet the requirements of the employers.

Skills shortage

It is characterized by the great demand for skill but with a few supplies of people bearing that skill.

Qualification mismatch

It happens when the qualification of an individual does not match the required credentials to perform that job correctly.

Skills gap

It occurs when the skills of the person are different from what is required to do the job properly.

Career Counseling

The history of guidance and counseling in the Philippines can be traced back to the need to counsel students in the job/career that they can take.

Values and Religious Beliefs

There are people who put importance on their religious and spiritual beliefs when choosing a career like nuns, priests, and preachers.