EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE OF CAREER GUIDANCE FOR SECONDARY-­SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

In today’s conditions, the importance of professional orientation of students in the school education system is underestimated. School education per se is limited to teaching subjects, preparation of children for future life, communication in adult society, personal development, however, choice of their profession is not paid attention. But a person who is not personally developed, not communicative, not motivated in the professional field cannot be competitive, successful. Having a mass character, this trend has an impact on the general structure of the country, and especially the economic one.
Ukraine’s economy is not stable and more prone to decline than to take off. The labor market is an industry that primarily suffers from an ineffective system of vocational guidance for young people. The growing imbalance of supply and demand for vacancies, unemployment, professionally devalued workers – is the key to the economic crisis in the country.
In contrast to the school system of Ukraine, in European countries, vocational guidance of schoolchildren is given enough attention to form a successful personality and maintain economic indicators related to vocational guidance at a decent level. It is known that the standard of living in Europe in general is much higher than in Ukraine.
But are there professionals in the field of vocational education in Ukraine? No.
And in this matter we return to education, but to higher education. In the system of higher education in Ukraine there is no direction of training specialists in vocational guidance while vocational guidance is included in the curriculum of educators as an intermediate topic, but this is not enough to develop skills in the research area.
Іn order to achieve a developed society in Ukraine, to bring the economy to a high stable level, to raise the living standards of Ukrainians to a decent reform, it is necessary to start with school education. After all, schoolchildren are the future of the nation, and the future of the country depends on how they leave school. That is why the importance of career development is of global, national importance. On the positive side, more and more scholars in the field of education and economics are paying attention to the analysis, updating and development of concepts for the improvement of professional orientation of students and adults in Ukraine.