THE ROLE OF CAREER GUIDANCE IN BUILDING CAREER TRAJECTORIES FOR STUDENTS

The article examines the theoretical prerequisites for changing approaches to professional self-determination of high school students and college graduates. Difficulties in professional self-determination are associated with constant social, economic and political changes, which entails the need not only to adapt to the changes taking place, but sometimes even to radically change their profession several times during their lives. At the same time, in modern realities, students face great chances for professional development: new interesting professions, modern means and methods of teaching, the possibility of obtaining distance education or work appear. Modern approaches to vocational education take into account the desires and capabilities of the student and imply the formation of an individual professional trajectory. The relevance of this topic is also determined by the need to resolve the contradictions existing in pedagogical theory and educational practice between the high demands of the labor market for professional training of a specialist, his competitiveness, and the insufficient development of the system of organizational and pedagogical conditions for the development of professional self-determination of high school and college students...