The Readiness of Young People of the Russian Northern Region to the Profession Choice

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Abstract

An issue of professional identity as a prerequisite for the success and competitiveness in contemporary social and economic realities remains relevant in psychological research. This article examines the organization of training directions for students of various educational institutions of the city of Surgut, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District-Ugra focused on the choice of profession. Based on the analysis of scientific papers by leading career guidance and profession counseling experts, we distinguish factors determine the content of the basic units of professional identity issues analysis. We analyze the empirical study results on the readiness of young people in the northern region to make their profession choice. It is noted that many institutions provide professional guidance and engaged in a number of related activities, yet practice shows poor performance of this work. We analyze the reasons for this situation and the necessity of building a new model of career guidance.

General Information

Keywords: professional identity, criteria for profession choice, psychological and educational support, professional identification

Journal rubric: Developmental Psychology

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/psyedu.2016080108

For citation: Guzich M.E., Khokhlova N. The Readiness of Young People of the Russian Northern Region to the Profession Choice [Elektronnyi resurs]. Psikhologicheskaya nauka i obrazovanie psyedu.ru [Psychological Science and Education psyedu.ru], 2016. Vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 86–95. DOI: 10.17759/psyedu.2016080108. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Maya E. Guzich, PhD in Psychology, Associate Professor of Psychology of Development of the Institute of Humanities and Sports, Surgut state University of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Ugra, Surgut, Russia, e-mail: gyzich@mail.ru

Natalia Khokhlova, PhD in Psychology, Associate Professor of Psychology of Development of the Institute of Humanities and Sports, Surgut state University of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Ugra, Surgut, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8266-9629, e-mail: hohlova-ni@yandex.ru

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