CAREER GUIDANCE PROGRAM: Career Coaching for Senior High School
by: May Ann D. Romano
Grade 12 SHS Guidance Advocate
With the primary intention of guiding the graduating Senior High School in their future career, the office of the SHS Guidance of Pasay City South High School in partnership with the Department of Labor and Employment – NCR – Pasay – Makati Field Offices, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and Public Employment Service Office (PESO – Pasay) conducted its Career Coaching last November 22, 2022 at PCSHS Gymnasium. Catering more than hundreds of Grade 12 students to participate in the key direction of successful careers.
Supported by the school administrators headed by Mrs. Emilia L. Tolentino, School Principal IV and Dr. Mark Anthony F. Familaran, Assistant Principal II – SHS, the seminar added new knowledge backgrounds to its participants and served as mind opener for career trends and opportunities.
Ms. Ma. Allen Rose T. Carreon of the Technical Support Services Division, Employment Promotion and Workers Welfare Division exemplified ideas on the labor market in the New Normal and coping with New Normal and Recovery of economic and labor market landscape. The audience were engaged as she readily asked career questions relevant to her topic.
Ms. Medoline Tariman of the DOLE Pasay – Makati Field Office, Labor and Employment Officer briefly discussed the career and employment coaching followed by the PESO – Pasay Senior Labor and Employment Assistant, Ms. Editha O. Felipe on her talk about the PESO Youth Employment Program.
Students were encouraged to make future plans for their career as Ms. Felipe motivated them to participate as beneficiaries in the Government Internship Program (GIP) to be paid with daily wages for their work. The Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) which aims to help poor but deserving high school/college students and out – of – school youth in pursuing their education by encouraging them to be employed under the provision of RA 10917 “An Act Strengthening and Expanding the Coverage of the Special Program for Employment of Students” amending RA 9547 and 7323 which also pays a wage rate prescribed by the Department of Budget and Management depending on the income class of the Local Government Units and capability of the private employers were also discussed. Students hired under SPES will work for a minimum of 20 days to a maximum of three (3) months.
The seminar spearheaded by Mrs. Mekisa A. Abuan, SHS Guidance Coordinator together with Mrs. Bona B. Bernales and Ms. May Ann Romano as G11 and G12 SHS Guidance Advocates and under the supervision of Grade 12 advisers ended with its main goal of coaching the Grade 12 students on the new trends and opportunities of their target careers as in the tagline “Follow your guide, Tag a Career, Like a Future”.