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International Teacher Education Conference 2014
but not in the way of advice or guidance, and as samples for imitation: «Because my grandfather, mother, aunt,
the sister are teachers in three generations, and my grandmother was a doctor, graduated from Leningrad
Medical Academy, and I decided to go into her footsteps» (children's doctor-expert in resuscitation). Despite the
influence parents, older friends, family, the choice of the profession is carried out by them independently,
thoughtfully and conscientiously. The main and most valuable features of the respondents of this type are their
perception of the profession and the inability to imagine themselves outside of profession. Such evaluations their
profession like “it's mine”, “my destiny”, “my business” is typical for “Potential professionals”. They describe
their daily work very detailed, colorful and interested. They talk about their responsibilities and achievements in
detail. The career does not include in their basic value orientation: “Well, I guess I definitely can't answer do I
have a career or not doing. Rather, I am simply doing the thing I like, I try to work as much as possible, and a
career is done by itself” (economist).
For ‘mobile careerists’ are characterized by frequent change of the fields of professional activity, transitions
between organizations, change of job places. They find their “new” calling in the new activities, and achieve
essential successes in the new occupation. They are all happy with this “regime” career experience, they have
satisfaction from mobility opportunities. Unlike the previous group, it is more typical for the “mobile careerist”
of focusing on the “profession for himself” (what they can get from the profession for myself?), not the
“profession for other” (that I could give the people mastered the profession?). When choosing a university the
prestige and quality of education are very important for them: “Well, Ural State University is a very large school
of higher education in our region and in our city, a very good education there is given, and therefore chose”
(historian, works as a Manager of public relations). The «mobile careerists» have employment in student's years,
but this work is usually not associated with profession obtained at the University. It is significant as the
beginning of the working career for the respondents. In comparison with other types the respondents in this
group are looking for work more independently. The new area of work for them gradually becomes "their",
interesting and meaningful. The respondents try not to forget, but to use in his new career the first professional
experience obtained earlier and his professional education (as defined career capital). A distinctive feature of this
group is the aspiration of its participants to go upstairs to make a career, to develop. The professional plans of
“mobile careerists” sufficiently clear and certain associated ‘Constantly occupied’ found a job and continue to
work within the specialty from the University. During his professional career, they are consistently working on
the same place. In general, satisfied with their work, they consider it’s interesting, however, their desire to make
a career, to advance in their profession is poorly expressed. Their professional choice is adjective, it is made
under the influence or under the direct indication of the parents. The respondents of this type very often use blat,
social capital, personal communication: “my parents told me that I need to get higher education is no difference
in what Institute, the opportunity came to enter the Mining Institute, using blat. There and did” (mining
engineer). They use relatives not only to enter university, but also to get a job. Strategy of avoidance difficulties
is projected onto career, here is a typical description of their work: “... the work is not complicated and it is now
clear that we are here excess. There is lot of staff, but little a work” (state and municipal administration). The
participants of this group say little about the content of their work and find it difficult to tell about their
achievements. There is practically no professional growth, promotion, getting second education, courses in the
plans of the respondents of this type. One of their key words is «stability». They quite often say about money,
but money is for them, first of all, a stable income, not very big, but guaranteed.
“Undecided” are characterized by weak orientation on the profession obtained at the university, and lack of
desire to make a career, to succeed in the profession. Their professional trajectory is unstable, they have changed
a lot of job places and organizations. They don’t interest in the profession obtained at the University, they only
need a diploma. Current eemployment is not associated with a university specialty, and sometimes does not
require at all higher education. A large part of their career path is fixed in such position as “assistant”, “secretary
“, etc. No one sphere of activity is interested in seriously and permanently. The strategy of this type is
characteristic of a random motivation in the professional choice and university choice, some of them even find it
difficult to articulate their motives: “had to study somewhere, and therefore…” (mechanical engineer, works as a
guard). Attitude to his present work has the imprint of temporality, carelessness: “But I understand that this is a
temporary job, just a period. I'm not trying to work here seriously” (engineer, works as an administrator dance
studio). They usually expected serious and real job in the future, but does not take any real steps to obtain it.
Conclusion
Thus, part of examined strategies and above all the strategy of ‘constantly occupied’ complies with the old
linear career model. Among the new strategies connected to the formation of non-linear career model with often
and abrupt changes of professional trajectories direction, we mark strategies of ‘mobile careerists’ and
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