{"id":3461,"date":"2026-02-02T13:55:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T11:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euroguidance.nqa.gov.ua\/?p=3461"},"modified":"2026-03-03T14:34:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T12:34:33","slug":"%d0%b2%d1%96%d0%b4-%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%ba%d0%bb%d0%b8%d0%ba%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%bd%d1%8f-%d0%b4%d0%be-%d0%b6%d0%b8%d1%82%d1%82%d1%94%d0%b2%d0%be%d1%97-%d0%ba%d0%b0%d1%80%d1%94%d1%80%d0%b8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euroguidance.nqa.gov.ua\/en\/%d0%b2%d1%96%d0%b4-%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%ba%d0%bb%d0%b8%d0%ba%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%bd%d1%8f-%d0%b4%d0%be-%d0%b6%d0%b8%d1%82%d1%82%d1%94%d0%b2%d0%be%d1%97-%d0%ba%d0%b0%d1%80%d1%94%d1%80%d0%b8\/","title":{"rendered":"From \u2018a calling\u2019 to a lifelong career: how the logic of career decisions has changed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author:<\/strong> Alyona Fedko - Career counsellor, Euroguidance Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until recently, the term career was associated with a straight trajectory: gain an education, learn a profession, and move up the career ladder until retirement. But the modern world has changed everything: professions are disappearing, industries are transforming, and career paths are becoming flexible. People no longer look for a \u2018single calling\u2019 but build dynamic life made up of different roles and opportunities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The traditional understanding of the term career, formed in the 20th century, was based on Donald Super\u2019s theory (Super, 1957): \u2018A career is a sequence of roles that a person performs throughout their life.\u2019 This approach relied on a stable system: education \u2192 profession \u2192 career growth \u2192 retirement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, in the 21st century, two key concepts emerged that radically changed how careers are viewed: the boundaryless career and the protean career.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boundaryless career (Arthur and Russo, 1996) is a model \u2018without boundaries\u2019.\u00a0<br>In it, people are no longer tied to one company, position or even industry.\u00a0<br>Careers are becoming mobile, project-based and networked:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>specialists can move between organisations, countries, and sectors;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>professional identity is built not on a job title, but on competencies and reputation;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the key currency is social capital: connections, knowledge, and personal brand.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Such a career is built on relationships, flexibility, and the ability to learn rather than on stability or loyalty to an employer.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a counsellor, this means helping clients think beyond a \u2018position in a company\u2019 and see themselves within a wider professional ecosystem rather than a hierarchy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The protean career (Douglas Hall, 2004) is \u2018protean\u2019 \u2014 changeable and flexible, like the mythical Proteus who could shift his form.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is an internally driven career, where the guiding point is not external markers of success (position, money, status) but one\u2019s own values, meaning, and sense of growth.\u00a0<br>A person may radically change their professional path several times \u2014 and each time do so consciously, guided by the question: \u2018What matters to me right now?\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a protean career, a consultant does not help someone find \u2018one ideal profession\u2019 but teaches adaptability, self-awareness, and the ability to rethink success at different stages of life.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together these two models \u2014 boundaryless and protean \u2014 form a new paradigm of career development, centred not on stability but on flexibility, autonomy, and continuous learning.\u00a0<br>And it is in response to these realities that the role of the career counsellor is changing \u2014 from a specialist who \u2018gives answers\u2019 to someone who helps build an internal compass in a world without clear boundaries.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a Deloitte study (2023), the average time spent in one job worldwide has fallen to 3\u20134 years, and almost 60% of professionals change their job at least once in their lives. Therefore, a consultant no longer \u2018helps to find a calling\u2019 but helps a person recognise their own flexibility, competencies, and areas for growth.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, a career is not about searching for one truth but about being able to see opportunities, rethink yourself, and stay flexible in times of change. The role of a consultant is to support a person in forming an internal coordinate system in a world where boundaries no longer exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>English version at the link: &nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euroguidance.eu\/news-and-articles\/from-a-calling-to-a-lifelong-career-how-the-logic-of-career-decisions-has-changed\">https:\/\/euroguidance.eu\/news-and-articles\/from-a-calling-to-a-lifelong-career-how-the-logic-of-career-decisions-has-changed<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0410\u0432\u0442\u043e\u0440: \u041e\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0430 \u0424\u0435\u0434\u044c\u043a\u043e &#8211; \u043a\u0430\u0440&#8217;\u0454\u0440\u043d\u0430 \u043a\u043e\u043d\u0441\u0443\u043b\u044c\u0442\u0430\u043d\u0442\u043a\u0430, \u0435\u043a\u0441\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0442\u043a\u0430 \u0437 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0444\u043e\u0440\u0456\u0454\u043d\u0442\u0430\u0446\u0456\u0457. \u0429\u0435 \u043d\u0435\u0434\u0430\u0432\u043d\u043e \u043a\u0430\u0440\u2019\u0454\u0440\u0430 \u0430\u0441\u043e\u0446\u0456\u044e\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0430\u0441\u044f \u0437 \u043f\u0440\u044f\u043c\u043e\u044e \u043b\u0456\u043d\u0456\u0454\u044e: \u0437\u0434\u043e\u0431\u0443\u0432 \u043e\u0441\u0432\u0456\u0442\u0443, \u043e\u0442\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0430\u0432 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0444\u0435\u0441\u0456\u044e \u0439 \u0440\u0443\u0445\u0430\u0454\u0448\u0441\u044f \u0432\u0433\u043e\u0440\u0443 \u0434\u043e \u043f\u0435\u043d\u0441\u0456\u0457. \u0410\u043b\u0435 \u0441\u0443\u0447\u0430\u0441\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0441\u0432\u0456\u0442 \u0437\u043c\u0456\u043d\u0438\u0432 \u0443\u0441\u0435: \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0444\u0435\u0441\u0456\u0457 \u0437\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0430\u044e\u0442\u044c, \u0433\u0430\u043b\u0443\u0437\u0456 \u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0441\u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0443\u044e\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f, \u0430 \u043a\u0430\u0440\u2019\u0454\u0440\u043d\u0456 \u0448\u043b\u044f\u0445\u0438 \u0441\u0442\u0430\u044e\u0442\u044c \u0433\u043d\u0443\u0447\u043a\u0438\u043c\u0438. \u041b\u044e\u0434\u0438 \u0431\u0456\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0435 \u043d\u0435 \u0448\u0443\u043a\u0430\u044e\u0442\u044c \u00ab\u0454\u0434\u0438\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043f\u043e\u043a\u043b\u0438\u043a\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f\u00bb, \u0430 \u0431\u0443\u0434\u0443\u044e\u0442\u044c \u0434\u0438\u043d\u0430\u043c\u0456\u0447\u043d\u0435 \u0436\u0438\u0442\u0442\u044f, \u0449\u043e \u0441\u043a\u043b\u0430\u0434\u0430\u0454\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u0437 \u0440\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0439 \u0456 \u043c\u043e\u0436\u043b\u0438\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0439.&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"meta_keywords":"","ntd_social_links":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"class_list":["post-3461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euroguidance.nqa.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euroguidance.nqa.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euroguidance.nqa.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euroguidance.nqa.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euroguidance.nqa.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3461"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/euroguidance.nqa.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3552,"href":"https:\/\/euroguidance.nqa.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3461\/revisions\/3552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euroguidance.nqa.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euroguidance.nqa.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euroguidance.nqa.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}