Professional orientation of schoolchildren: the concept and main components

If your child clearly knows what he wants to achieve in his adult life, what to do and who to work with - it's just wonderful. However, this ideal situation does not always evolve. Very much the graduates of schools are lost and do not know where to send their almost adult stops, at which university to choose.

At the same time, parents like to insist that a teenager give preference to a "monetary" profession, which will always be able to feed him. And not always the desires of the adult generation correspond to the child's ideas about what he wants, or his abilities in this or that field. Meanwhile, it is extremely important to engage in the very thing that you love and which you are interested in, all psychologists consider. And this is the only way for a person to have a chance to achieve success, to realize himself and not to experience constant discomfort from hating or boring his daily occupation. And while time has not yet been lost, it is necessary to act.

Professional orientation is a well-grounded set of activities that are aimed at preparing the young generation to choose one or another profession. At the same time, not only such objective factors as the social and economic situation in the labor market, but also the peculiarities of each student's personality, are taken into account.

Activities (psycho-pedagogical, socio-economic, medical-biological, industrial-technical), which are included in vocational guidance, are called upon to provide real help to adolescents in self-determination, as well as job placement for that profession. In this case, the profession will be one to which the young man "has a soul" and to which he has the ability. And the main motto, which follows the professional orientation of schoolchildren, can be revealed in this phrase: "Work as a vocation."

Now let us consider in more detail the main components from which career counseling evolves.

Professional orientation as professional education

Education (or profinformirovanie) is a set of measures that are aimed at familiarizing high school students and graduates with different types of activities, the characteristics of professions, the requirements for them and their relevance here and now, that is, in the modern world and directly in our country. Many young people today are also interested in the opportunities and conditions for qualifying and career growth in various workplaces. Ultimately, the profiling should form a motivated intentions for the adolescent, based on objective, not unfounded ("I just want to be ....") Justification of the attractiveness of a particular work activity.

Professional orientation as professional diagnostics

Experts are engaged in professional diagnostics, following a strictly individual approach. So, different methods are used for each student, which allows studying the characteristics of nervous activity, health, motives and interests, value orientations and attitudes that drive them when choosing a profession.

Professional orientation as a professional counseling

Professional consultations are to help students in labor self-determination. According to the results of diagnostic techniques, specialists give practical recommendations to the student about the most preferable type of work activity, which corresponds to his psychological, physiological and psychophysiological characteristics.

Professional orientation as psychological support

Psychological support uses a number of methods that are designed to reduce the psychological tension of adolescents, to create a positive attitude and to give confidence both in the future in general and in the future.