Keyword: «professional involution»

The article describes the historical concepts of professional orientation of schoolchildren. A detailed description of the developing concept of career guidance through the personal development approach of professional development of the individual, developed by L. M. Mitina, is given. A comparative analysis of this approach and technologies used in the work of a school psychologist is carried out. Based on the analysis, a system was built in the work of a school psychologist for designing the professional trajectory of teenagers and high school students.