Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify and analyze the psychological structure of career goal-setting (goal-setting) as a type of metaprofessional activity of the subject of career development and professionalization in general. The psychological analysis of the structure of goal formation is carried out from the standpoint of the basic principles of the systemic genetic approach developed in the works of V. D. Shadrikov. The article provides a psychological definition of the concept of «professional career» from the standpoint of the activity approach. It is shown that a career as a type of meta-professional activity includes the design (orientation) stage and the implementation (execution) stage. Within the framework of the first stage, the motives, goal and plan of a professional career are designed and determined, the implementation of which is carried out at the second stage. The author gives a detailed definition of the concept of a professional's career. It has been established that in the course of career design, the leading role is assigned to the formation of a career goal, which unfolds in the form of goal-setting (goal-setting). The article defines the concept of career goal-setting, highlights its structural components, discloses their psychological content and structural – functional connections. Based on the classification of A. I. Prigogine, the author reveals the specifics of career goal-setting motivation, the analysis of which makes it possible to determine the reasons prompting a professional to design specific goals and sub-goals of his own career. The article defines the concept of the information basis of career goal-setting. It is considered as a systemic complex of information about objective and subjective factors that must be taken into account in the process of career goal-setting. they affect his success. The article concretizes the concepts of goal and career goal-setting plan, clarifies the specifics of such a component of this type of activity as «decision-making». Theconcept of career important qualities of a professional is defined as a subsystem of career goal-setting, prospects for its psychological analysis are outlined.

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