Career Compass 2026 Assessment-Based Guidance for Informed Student Choices 

Discover how an assessment-driven approach to career guidance can support smarter career decision-making, counseling, and student profiling.

  • August 7, 2026, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM ┃FREE and with e-certificate

  • August 7┃2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

  • Online via Zoom

  • FREE with e-certificate

About this Learning Session

Career guidance plays a vital role in helping students make informed educational and occupational decisions. Grounded in established career development theories such as Holland’s Theory of Vocational Personalities and Work Environments (1997) and Super’s Life-Span, Life-Space Theory (1990), effective career guidance emphasizes self-awareness, career exploration, and the alignment of personal attributes with academic and professional opportunities. This learning session introduces an assessment-driven approach to career guidance by demonstrating how psychological assessment data can support career counseling, student profiling, and academic planning.

Through discussions on career self-concept, personality, interests, strengths, and career readiness, participants will gain practical insights into integrating assessment results into guidance interventions and career development programs. The program aims to equip guidance and career practitioners with evidence-based strategies for assisting students in making informed course and career decisions, while strengthening institutional efforts in preparing learners for successful transitions to higher education and the workforce.

Program Flow

To help participants understand the career life journey by exploring how academic tracks, college courses, assessments, and professions are connected, enabling clearer and more informed career direction.  

Beyond awareness of job choices and career paths, this session emphasizes recognizing one’s strengths, talents, skills, abilities, knowledge, personality, preferences, and interests, supported by career counseling approaches such as decision-making, assessment result interpretation, and course/strand alignment.

A preparatory orientation for next stage of transitions focusing on preferred courses and target professions, including expectations, requirements, and concrete steps toward academic and professional readiness.

Meet Your Expert Facilitators

SENIOR ASSESSMENT SPECIALIST

Ms. Norkiah P. Magbuhos, RPm

PDI International Inc.

Ms. Magbuhos has been a licensed psychometrician and a member of the Psychological Association of the Philippines since 2016. She obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from New Era University, Diliman, Quezon City in the same year and is currently pursuing a Master of Arts degree in Psychology with a specialization in Clinical Psychology at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Sta. Mesa, Manila.

She is presently working as a Senior Assessment Specialist at PDI International Inc., where she has earned certifications in the DISC and GENOS Emotional Intelligence assessments. Her prior work experience includes exposure to both clinical and academic settings. In addition to her professional responsibilities, she actively volunteers in community service initiatives through psychological clinics, contributing to mental health and psychological support programs. Having a mindset of lifelong learning, she has completed certification programs in Marketing Psychology, Reading Intervention, Early Literacy and Numeracy Skills, and Level 1 Mental Health Trauma Practice.

TRAINING SERVICES MANAGER

Dr. Abraham Linco, RPsy, RPm, CSIOP, AFPM

People Dynamics Inc.

Dr. Abraham C. Linco, RPsy, RPm, CSIOP is the Training Services Manager of People Dynamics Inc. and a recognized expert in human performance and behavior change.

A registered Psychologist and Psychometrician, he brings a holistic approach that goes beyond theory by applying psychological principles to create real, lasting impact in the workplace. He holds a PhD in Human Resource Management (Cum Laude) from the University of Santo Tomas, a master’s degree in Industrial Psychology, and a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Our Lady of Fatima University. Dr. Linco is a Certified Specialist in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and a GENOS Emotional Intelligence practitioner, with published research on organizational politics, leadership, and coaching. He has a strong track record of designing and delivering training programs that improve employee competence, emotional well-being, and overall organizational effectiveness across various industries.