Competence-based conditions for career self-determination of young people in the digital environment

Abstract

This article presents the results of an expert survey aimed at identifying competencies that are significant for the career self-determination of young people in the digital environment as a psycho-reflexive activity aimed at finding their own way of building a career and creating its image. Teachers and students of Pskov State University (n = 120) acted as experts. The expert survey was conducted in two stages. At the first stage, each respondent had to make a list of 5 indicators that are significant for career self-determination in the digital environment. As a result, a general list was formed, including 23 items. At the second stage of the expert survey, the respondents were asked to evaluate the significance of each indicator for career self-determination. As a result of the survey and factorization of the data obtained, six complex competencies were identified: special IT competencies, general user IT competencies, general career-relevant personal competencies, special career-relevant competencies, competencies in the field of internal analysis, competencies in the field of external analysis. At the same time, in the ranking of these competencies, personal indicators come first, and competencies in the field of IT technologies are in the closing position. It was also found that the key indicators for career self-determination of young people in the digital environment are a sense of humor, strong-willed qualities (persistence, purposefulness, initiative), the ability to quickly search for information, communicative competence and creativity. At the same time, students, unlike teachers, emphasize the great importance of acting abilities, a sense of humor and the level of general erudition for career self-determination in the digital environment.