Career Counseling• It is the process of helping an individual

come up with a personal career plan by collecting, collating and evaluating various information about the self and the world of work to help the client meet his/her life goals and take the necessary steps to implement the plan.

Director of the Vocational Bureauof Boston, Massachusetts.

first report on vocational guidance

Frank Parsons, known as the Father of the Guidance Movement

used in advising students as to the kind of work they might pursue

In the Philippinesfirst mention about vocational guidance in a report made by the Director of Education

information relative to opportunities in various industries was compiled

These functions were left to the teachers.

Dr. Paul Monroe, head of an educational survey group,

surveys of occupations be made in every community and province

kinds of work that would profitably developed the number of workers the amount of wages paid chances for advancementstudents who have the capacity for doing a particular kind of work

all in order that every worker would perform the kind of job for which he is best adapted and properly trained

curricula and procedures organized to explore the different aptitudes, interests and abilities of the students;

through school records, the capacity of a student should be discovered;

through counseling, all facts could be used in so far as vocational and educational decisions are made by the students, the parents and the teachers.

principals be required to give vocational guidance to all classes graduating from the seventh grade

Batangas High School introduced guidancefirst in the fourth year and then in theseventh grade

“Opportunities for Seventh Grade Graduates” booklets were distributed among the members of the graduating class

emphasis was shifted to the problem of placement

graduates of secondary schools found it difficult to secure employment

224 graduates of vocational schools were given placement through the Placement Department of the Division of Vocational Education

Another placement service operated by the Bureau of Education helped secondary normal graduates.

Philippine Vocational Guidance Association and the Rotary Club of Manila prepared papers on the various professions, vocations, or occupations

papers were distributed free to schools

General Type A curriculum tried in Batangas and Capiz High Schools

new curriculum provided exploratory courses during the second year and the specialized vocational courses the following years

includesAutomotive Work WoodworkingElectricity Graphic ArtsMusic Child CareHome and Family Nutrition

1. Very High Turn-out of Shifters in College

Students enter college undecided and

unprepared

students tend to enroll in more popular courses because of stereotyping, without thoroughly thinking about the course, their ability to pursue it, and the job opportunities that went along with it.

Wrong Perceptions

Students enroll in ‘more popular’ courses because:

Students get the impression that there are a lot of opportunities connected with these courses after they graduate.

Students believe that just because people they know in the same field make much money, so will they.

Colleges feed on the trend of enrollment and they continuously strengthen and promote their programs.

reasons for this significant drop according to Roger Bartholomew

financial problems

problems arising from irresponsible behavior like early parenthood

and mainly, the students being unprepared for college because they had poor high school background and/or they were not properly oriented while they were still in high school about what course they should take.

the bad thing that happens in career orientations is basically school-selling and promotion of courses and the courses that they promote are those that their institutions are known for.

According to a high school guidance coordinator

The not-so popular courses are left out.

Overconcentration of graduates on few degree

courses leads them to compete for very limited

jobs upon graduation. In the process, thousands are forced to accept jobs for

which they were not trained for.

Projected labor needs, both domestically and overseas, from the DOLE, with projected salary scales;

A chart matching degrees, tech/voc skills and other qualifications with jobs and career areas, to be supplied by DOST, TESDA and CHED;

Career Aptitude Tests (up-to-date and aligned to Philippine and international careers) that can be administered both manually and by computer in ALL schools around the country for ALL students.

An annual two-day program for all current designated career counselors showing them how to access and use the statistics compiled from DOLE, how to keep up-to-date with career trends, how to share this information with their students and how to administer and interpret career aptitude tests.

micro imperatives that need to be put in place by school principals, counselors and teachers

Each school and college to have one designated career counselor for every 100 junior and senior students;

Each student to receive an absolute minimum of 1 hour of individual, confidential career counseling in the junior and senior years;

Each school to provide the opportunity for an absolute minimum of one in-school event and one extra-mural event directly related to careers (e.g. visit to a call center, an airplane maintenance hanger, a welding workshop, a semi-conductor plant, a career counseling exhibit, a military training camp, etc.)

Career counseling to be focused not just on students pursuing bachelors degrees but on students with key technical skills (electrician, plumber, welder, carpenter, seaman, potter, gardener, mechanic,panel beater, etc.)

Each student given tips on gaining access to good career advisory websites;

Post-graduation mapping of the progress of high school and college students.