Karjeros konsultantų profesijos problema

LTStraipsnyje aptariama karjeros projektavimo samprata ir tikslai bei karjeros konsultantų veiklos turinys. Remiantis taksonomine profesiją nusakančių kriterijų analize, diskutuojama apie karjeros konsultantų profesijos status quo pasauliniame kontekste. Pristatomi ekspertinio tyrimo rezultatai, atskleidžiantys karjeros konsultantų profesijos problemas Lietuvoje ir pagrindžiantys karjeros konsultanto, kaip atskiros, savarankiškos profesijos, pripažinimo svarbą. [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Karjeros konsultantas; Karjeros konsultantų profesinis tapatumas; Karjeros konsultantų rengimas; Karjeros projektavimas; Karjeros projektavimas (karjeros projektavimo paslaugos); Career counsellor; Career counsellor education; Career counselor education; Career designing; Career designing (career designing services); Professional identity of career counsellors; Professional identity of career counselors.

ENIn postmodern age characterized by globalization processes and technology development as well as rapid social, economic and cultural changes human resources are considered to be the keystone of the society progress. Citizens who are educated and able to actualize their potential and aptitudes are treated as one of the main factors influencing competitiveness, development and productivity of the state economy. Rational and purposive management and development of human resources is considered to be one of the main objectives of the education and labour market policy. Career designing is treated crucial for the implementation of these objectives. Career designing covers support for person who is in need to adopt career decision (Karjeros projektavimo vadovas, 2005). In many European and Lithuanian documents career designing is considered as one of the labour market balancing measure. The tasks posed for career designing are related to active citizenship, economy stability, employability and social inclusion. Implementation of these tasks requires a considerable attention to be paid to the career designing quality assurance (Resolution, 2004; Profesinio orientavimo strategija, 2003).Proper education and competence of career designing specialists are among the main determinants of career designing quality. This reflects the common consensus that career designing should be delivered by specially trained specialists. However, the results of the international studies (OECD, 2004a, 2004b; Cedefop 2005, 2008a, 2009a) indicate that personnel providing career designing is characterized by a great variety of education and qualifications. Thus, there arises a question - is and should career counselor be treated as a separate independent profession? To answer this question a mission of career designing as well as content of career counsellors' activities are analyzed, on the basis of taxonomy of criteria that determine a profession career counsellor's status quo is discussed. In the article also the results of a qualitative research are presented that reveal the main problems of career counselor profession in Lithuania and justify the importance of recognition of career counselor as a separate and autonomous profession. [text from author]