Models and career strategies for youth: Socio-psychological aspects

The socio-psychological aspects of modern scientific models and strategies of career formation of youth are highlighted and analyzed. The young person’s choice of professional self-determination and career development strategy is considered to be carried out consciously and reasonably. It is raised an important question for any young specialist who is interested in advisory assistance regarding the vision of possible options, alternatives of their promotion, the reflection of their capabilities for a conscious choice of the model and strategy of career development. There are described the basic approaches to understanding the career in a broad or narrow interpretation. In the psychological analysis of career formation in accordance with the system approach the emphasis is placed on its three-component structure, which combines the targeted, procedural and resulted components. There are identified the scientific approaches on the basis of the reflection of socio-psychological aspects of modern models and strategies of career formation of young people. These approaches should be used to provide professional assistance to young people regarding a conscious professional choice and future career path, building a holistic perception of the professional world, understanding the peculiarities of individual career promotion, which are acceptable career paths for self-determination and growth. The most productive and the most promising in terms of solving the practical tasks of professional and career development of young people is understanding of a career from the standpoint of psycho-acmeological approach. According to this approach the career advancement is considered not only as the transfer between post stages of the organizational hierarchy, but also as a realization process of personal opportunities in terms of professional activity, of achievement by a person of his/her own "acme"