1. PROTOTYPES AND TESTING
Prepared by: RALEO BELANDRES, JR.

2. THE SITUATION
After 15 years of studying inThailand, the
stakeholder migrates to Australia to find her
luck and start her career there
She has no experience in anything yet
She left her family and her boyfriend inThailand

3. THE PROBLEM
While she currently has a job, the stakeholder
feels that the job is not for her.
However, she lacks confidence in applying for
new jobs because of her inexperience
While being alone in a foreign land is another
predicament, her main problem is really
finding the right fit for her.

4. SUMMARY OF SOLUTIONS
PROTOTYPEA:
KEEP the job
PROTOTYPE B:
LEAVE the job and concentrate on finding a
new one that is suitable for her

5. PROTOTYPE A: KEEP the job
The steps in this prototype are:
Keep the job so she gains
Experience that will
Empower her to
Pursue her rightful career path

6. PROTOTYPE A: KEEP the job
Suggestions on what she could do:
1. Get all the experience she can get
2. Look for mentors that can guide her and help her go
through the employment more smoothly
3. Look for inspiration that will help her love her work more
(make friends at work, read more about the line of work)
4. Continue searching for a possible career path/s in the future
and use her current work in finding ways to improve the
skills she needs for that career path

7. PROTOTYPE A TESTING
Keep the job
SubjectA:The stakeholder
Response:
- She did stay at her current job
- She said she is still in the adjustment phase but said
“it’s not as bad as before”
- She made new friends in the office.While most of them are older
than her, she gets really useful advice from them
- She recently had an interview with another job. She said she
prefers this new job but the offer is only for part-time so
she is still weighing her options.
- For now, she’s inclined to keeping the job and stay there a bit
longer
- Feedback: “The prototype was effective. It helped me in many ways”

8. PROTOTYPE A TESTING
Keep the job
Subject B: A role playing activity.
The scenario was explained to another person and the
prototype has been suggested. Here are his comments:
- It’s hard to find the job you really at the first try so he
agrees to stay on the current job
- He also agrees that the person should look for more
interviews so that she can have options
- He adds that the person in this situation should be
contented with what she has first. She should gain
the experience first. It would help her in the future
- Feedback: The prototype was generally sound. It can help
someone have a sense of direction. However, it maybe needs
more specific suggestions on how to approach things.

9. PROTOTYPE B: LEAVE the job
The steps in this prototype are:
Leave the job to
Enable herself to
Assess her dreams and determine her true
Value so she
Ends up with a rightful career path

10. PROTOTYPE B: LEAVE the job
Suggestions on what she could do:
1. Quit the job
2.Assess her strengths and weaknesses
3. Make a list of career paths she desires
4. Pick the career paths where she can use her strengths but
without disregarding the ones that she really desires and thinks
she is willing to learn and do well in.
5. In doing this, she knows the options where she is confident in
and she knows those where she needs more improvement.
6.A viable career path could be something that she really wants
and something that she is very effective in or that she‘s really
interested in learning.
7. She might not get what she wants but she should not stop
trying when she’s let down.

11. PROTOTYPE B TESTING
Leave the job
Subjects A and B: Group Discussion
The scenario was explained to two subjects and the
suggested prototype was presented. Here are their
comments:
- It is really important that you love your job and not work
only for the money
- Understanding one’s vocation would help him/her to find
the rightful career path
- Feedback: The prototype was helpful. Using the letters of LEAVE is
a creative presentation of the steps.The suggested action points
were appropriate for the scenario. However, some of the steps are
unclear.They need more refinement.