Модернізація системи професійної орієнтації: досвід країн Скандинавії та Балтії

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Baltijos šalys (Baltic states); Darbo rinka; Karjera; Profesinis apsisprendimas; Profesinė orientacija; Skandinavijos šalys (Scandinavian states); Baltic countries; Career; Career guidance; Labor market; Professional self-determination; Scandinavian countries.

ENToday's youth primarily link own's professional aspirations, successful career pursuing and gaining a desired social status to getting higher education. At the same time national labor market demonstrates rather high level of overeducated labor force which eventually increases. It means that the country possesses significant potential of workforce employed in lowQskilled jobs. Under such circumstances developing the efficient career guidance system is a strategic aim on the way of sustainable economic development security. The purpose of the article is to investigate a specific nature of career guidance system in Scandinavian and Baltic countries, as well as highlight innovation methods and social institution enable to upgrade the national career guidance system. The experience of career guidance system modernization in Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, Norway, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania was analyzed. It is defined that in majority of the countries career guidance system is an essential part of lifeQlong learning education. It has been found that career guidance system modernization in the states investigated took place considering the European Union quality norms and standards. The wide circle of occupational and educational stakeholders (representatives of ministries and agencies, heads of educational institutions, associations and communities of educationalists, employers, trade unions etc.) were engaged in discussing the prospective changes.The tools of career guidance policy formation and realization were investigated. It has been identified that the profound role of the state in formation career guidance policy and regulatory, organizational, financial, infrastructure and personnel support security concerning this policy realization is the common feature uniting Scandinavian and Baltic countries. Innovation approaches to provision of vocational guidance services like psychological diagnostics of person's professional skills, individual and family consultations of career advisers as well as a wide range of information and consulting online services providing by authorities and nonQgovernmental organization are highlighted. Taking into account the experience of Scandinavian and Baltic countries, the ways of increasing the efficiency of national career guidance system are defined. [From the publication]