Keyword: «information technology career guidance»

The relevance of the study is determined by the necessity to ensure the technological sovereignty and digital independence of the Russian Federation, which is impossible without high-quality training of personnel for the IT industry. In the context of global digitalization, the effectiveness of students' career guidance becomes a critical component of the state personnel policy, allowing for a balance between labor market needs and the professional aspirations of youth. The acute demand for IT specialists necessitates a deep digital transformation of schools and the implementation of innovative career guidance tools. The key problem is the low efficiency of the traditional information-diagnostic approach based on passive informing and formal testing. The aim of the article is to scientifically substantiate the necessity of applying subject-oriented, activity-based, and integrative approaches to the development of digital educational resources that have the required didactic potential for supporting the professional self-determination of schoolchildren in the field of information technology. The methodological basis consists of the following approaches: the subjective approach, which views the student as an active subject in choosing a profession; the activity-oriented approach, implemented through the technology of professional trials and the execution of labor actions in a modeled environment; and the integrative approach, implemented within the framework of the social partnership concept in education. The article analyzes the didactic potential of digital educational resources developed within the "Data Lesson" project. These resources ensure the implementation of new types of student learning activities, changes in the interaction between participants in the educational process, individualization and personalization of support for students' professional self-determination, and expansion of educational content by including materials on advanced digital technologies. The theoretical significance lies in expanding the applicability of the functional approach to assessing the didactic potential of next-generation digital educational resources. The practical significance is confirmed by data from the large-scale implementation of the All-Russian career guidance project "Data Lesson," which has been successfully piloted in all regions of Russia.