Współczesne przeobrażenia w podejściu do kariery zawodowej jako konsekwencja zmian zaistniałych w globalnej gospodarce

Alicja Smolbik-Jęczmień

Abstract

Great disability of habitat as well as organizations and also accompanying changes which could be observed on the labor market and in the employment area result in emerging new challenges concerning an approach to work and professional career. Constant improvement of the abilities which we already have and acquiring the new ones which will correspond with the requirements of the labor market, creating own professional identity and the ability of real measuring own professional chances on the dynamically changing markets become the requirement of time. The aim of the article is to present the problematic aspects of current changes in approach to professional career as a consequence of changes in global economy, in particular: changes in traditional employment contract on relationship type, new types of current careers and the necessity of building own capital career, own professional identity, employability and changes identification, which in the aproach to the professional career distinguish two generations X and Y. External labor market, unlike in traditional approach mainly internal market, becomes the area for shaping current professional careers. New dimensions of career go beyond organizational space of one employer – have an impact on the frequent changes of organization, shortterm employment contracts, accompanied also by changes in psychological relationship between employee and employer from dependency to subjectivity. It succeeded also in relocating the responsibility for shaping and career development from the organization to the employee, who at the same time becomes the “owner of career capital”, or has knowledge resources and professional abilities. The paper is based on literature studies, survey research and direct interviews