Keyword: «career»

It is well-known that studying at a university is the first step in the professional identity development. Unfortunately, not all applicants enter higher education institutions guided by their own beliefs, desires and hopes at the moment. Students are often guided by their parents’ advice or wishes in choosing a university and a future profession. As a result, we can see that students begin to experience difficulties with professional self-determination. They cannot independently work out their career plans and do not see prospects for the successful development of their future professional career. As a result, this situation can lead to voluntary expulsion of a student from a higher educational institution. The authors of the study tried to find out how to help students at a higher educational institution create a career path based on portfolio for their future work and give them an active role in this project. The authors of the paper developed a scenario for a professional portfolio and implemented it into practice in order to increase the future graduates’ chances for their successful professional career. We consider the portfolio as a process, product and tool that promotes reflexivity, personal assessment and self-presentation. It has the properties of self-assessment, self-focus and self-preparation, which are very useful within the curriculum. The portfolio contributes to building the professional identity during the studies and allows students to implement mechanisms that will operate later when graduates integrate into the labor market. The theoretical significance of the research is in consideration of the student's portfolio as a reflexive analysis of future professional activity. In practice, this study ensures career guidance, as reflexivity is involved in building professional identity. The scenario of the professional portfolio was developed and applied in practice in Samara State University of Economics in 2022-2023.

This text examines the importance of career guidance for schoolchildren, focusing on the importance of choosing the right profession and the potential consequences of mistakes in this process. According to surveys, many graduates of higher educational institutions do not work in their specialty, which leads to depression, burnout and dissatisfaction. Special attention is paid to the pilot's profession, which requires high qualifications and motivation, since the cost and com-plexity of training are very high. The text also emphasizes that career guidance should begin at an early age and include not only theoretical, but also practical training, for example, through pro-grams such as «Country Aviation» and «Youth Gliding School», which help students navigate the choice of an aviation-related profession and develop personal motivation. The main purpose of career guidance programs is to give students the opportunity to get acquainted with aviation professions, develop interest and skills for further professional self–realization. The text also highlights the effectiveness of such programs, based on the experience of the USSR and modern methods of training through flight training and practical exercises.