USAID STRIDE MODEL COUNSELING AND CAREER CENTER IN

THE PHILIPPINES

PRESENTER:

LUCILA O. BANCE, PHD

UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS

Model Counseling and Career

Center in the Philippines

This session focuses on the best practices in the delivery of counseling and career services in a university using the USAID STRIDE framework. Changes in the structure resulting form SWOT analysis and international benchmarking with the help of career experts were necessary to be able to implement programs and activities that would make students achieve academic, personal-social and career success outcomes. Reengineering the existing system necessitated the retooling of counseling and career counselors to successfully implement case and counseling management, career development and training, as well as program for career placement and industry linkages perspective. Career platforms differ according to the nature and needs of the institution.

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Evolution of Career Programs and Services at

the University of Santo Tomas

• Counseling• Assessment• Training• Career

Organizational Chart

COLLEGE LEVEL

> 25 counselors – Counseling and

Case Management (CCM)

> 8 counselors – Career

Development and Training (CDT)

with 500 students

HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL

> JHS –CDT and CCM – 1:500

> SHS – CDT and CCM – 1:1000 (10 counselors for JHS and SHS)

CCC FUNCTIONS Counseling and Case Management (CCM)

facilitates academic achievement, personal growth, and social development. Career Development and Training (CDT)

empowers students in making informed career decisions and in developing career competencies needed in the world of work.

Students’ Career Placement – Industry Partnership (SCP-IP)

assists in placement fit and in building industry partnerships for students’ career success.

STUDENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUCCESS

Counseling and Case Management

Orientation and Information

Peer Assisted Study Success Program

Intervention Program for Special Groups

Routine Interviews

Counseling

Personality and Skills Assessment

Test Interpretation and Counseling

Counseling and Career Center (CCC)

Services

Thomasian Resources for

Intensifying Student Empowerment ThomRISE: > H a n d l e d b y t h e C o u n s e l i n g C a s e M a n a g e m e n t

S e m i n a r s f o r S t u d e n t s o n C u r r e n t I s s u e s ( e x . B u l l y i n g a n d S e x u a l H a r a s s m e n t ,

S u i c i d e Aw a r e n e s s , R e s p o n s i b l e u s e o f S o c i a l m e d i a e t c )

O r i e n t a t i o n & I n f o r m a t i o n f o r

S t u d e n t L e a d e r s PA S S P r o g r a m P e e r F a c i l i t a t o r Tr a i n i n g

Career Development and Training

Resume Clinic

Career Ambassadors Program

Program for Life and Career

Skills

Career Counseling and Coaching

Career Seminar

Series

UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS

COUNSELING AND CAREER CENTER

Thomasian Identity and

Career Clarity

• Deepening Self-Awareness • Career Exploration Seminar • Challenge Accepted: Thomasians Can!

Personal Effectiveness

• Thom THINKS: Think to Create • Thom SPEAKS: Mastering the Art of

Communication • Thom JOINS: Relate. Collaborate. Accomplish.

• My Career Goals: Career Goal Setting, Career

Planning and Career Decision-Making

Career Competency

• OJT Orientation / Job-Hunting Skills and Preparation Seminar

• Thom WORKS: Seminar on Professionalism

Career Leadership

• Thom LEADS: Leadership in the Workplace

• Thom CONNECTS: Seminar on Networking and Interpersonal Relationships

• Orientation-Seminar on Post Graduate Careers

• Financial Literacy Seminar

ThomGUTS: Thomasian Gear Up Tools for

Success

> H a n d l e d b y t h e C a r e e r D e v e l o p m e n t a n d Tr a i n i n g

Career Seminars

Life and Career

Skil ls Development

Career Counsel ing

Career

Exploration

Programs

ThomGUTS: Thomasian Gear Up Tools for

Success

> H a n d l e d b y t h e C a r e e r D e v e l o p m e n t a n d Tr a i n i n g

Career Ambassador Program

Resume Clinic

Career Counseling

Thomasian Video Resume

Resume Clinic

Career Ambassadors Program

Program for Life and Career

Skills

Career Counseling and Coaching

Career Seminar

Series

MOST COMMONLY EMPLOYED CAREER THEORIES

Holland’s Personality Typology

Frank Parson’s Trait and Factor Theory

Super’s Theory of Career Development

Other theoretical orientations: CBT, Reality Therapy, Person-Centered, Solution Focused Brief Therapy

Students’ Career Placement and Industry

Partnerships

PURPOSE

A centre linking the academe and industry in providing career opportunities for the students of the university.

Major focus areas

Highlighted Program – Career Fair

CAREER PLACEMENT UNIT SERVICES

Mock interviews: A simulation of the actual job interview to help prepare the students for the “real interview”

On-campus recruitment: Provides employers with the opportunity to conduct actual interview to job applicants/OJTs during the job fair.

Employer Information Sessions: Provides information to students regarding a company’s culture, job qualifications and requirements, recruiting process and open positions

Career Fair

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Mock Interview

Career Fair Professional Networking Events

ThomCARE Thomasian

Career Readiness and Employment

Co mp any Info rmat ion Se ss ions . Co mp any Exh ib i tors , an d th e CCC wi th Co - p resenter - Un i lever an d th e

USAID St r id e Co n sultants

ENHANCING CAREER DEVELOPMENT OF UST GRADUATES

UST JOB FAIR 2015

99 Industries Participated Respondents 91 (with Thomasian Employees)

8 ( no Thomasian Employees)

(ONLY CONSIDERED THOSE WITH Thomasian employees)

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COLLEGE & CAREER READY

College and Career Ready means that an individual has the knowledge and skills necessary for success in postsecondary education and economically viable career pathways in a 21st century

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CURRENT UNDERTAKINGS

Development, validation and standardization of UST-21st Century Career and Life Skills Test. Factors include: Flexibility and Adaptability; Initiative and Self-Direction; Leadership and Responsibility; Productivity and Accountability; Social and Cross-Cultural Skills; Resiliency; and Communication Skills

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CHALLENGES FACED

Difficulty of the counselors in handling varied programs and services including CCM, CDT and SCP-IL as well as career technology.

Sustainability of Career Programs and Services in different colleges / faculties. Effective 2017-2018: Appointment of a Coordinator for Career Planning and Development in every

college/faculty/institute who will be working closely with CCC.

Avenue to implement the career services to all students. Integration of career programs in the curriculum such as: Career portfolio, Thomasian Resume, Video

Resume, Career Reflection for Internship Programs vis a vis 21st Century Competencies, etc.

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ThomCARE: Thomasian Career Readiness

and Employment

> H a n d l e d b y t h e I n d u s t r y L i n k a g e a n d P a r t n e r s h i p s

>Students’ Career Placement and Industry Par tnerships

>Career Fair

C o m p a n y I n f o r m a t i o n S e s s i o n s . C o m p a n y E x h i b i t o r s , a n d t h e C C C w i t h C o -

p r e s e n t e r- U n i l e v e r a n d t h e U S - A I D E S t r i d e C o n s u l t a n t s

ThomCARE: Thomasian Career Readiness

and Employment

> H a n d l e d b y t h e I n d u s t r y L i n k a g e a n d P a r t n e r s h i p s

Networking Night Mock In te rv iew and Col labora t ion

wi th In te rnsh ip Coord ina tors

CCC

AGENDA T h o m R I S E : T h o m a s i a n

R e s o u r c e s f o r

I n t e n s i f y i n g

S t u d e n t

E m p o w e r m e n t

T h o mGU T S : T h o m a s i a n G e a r U p

T o o l s f o r S u c c e s s

T h o mA C E : T h o m a s i a n A s s e s s m e n t

t o w a r d s C o m p e t e n c e

a n d E m p o w e r m e n t

T h o m C A R E : T h o m a s i a n

C a r e e r

R e a d i n e s s a n d

E m p l o y m e n t

C C C

Pro g r a ms

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A c t i v i t i e s

With Approved

Budget

Allocation

Employability Outcomes: QS Ranking

Employability Outcomes:

JobStreet’s Employer Survey for 2017

Source: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/603317/money/companies/jobstreet-report-phl-schools-that-produced-the-best-fresh-grad-hires