The changing relationship between people and their job – the validity of career information

ABSTRACT

An overview of the evolution of career information in light of the changing nature of the world of work is presented. Owing to the constant fundamental changes in the labour market, the distribution of paid work has been also constantly changing. In this article, a more dynamic and – often temporary – interplay between citizens and their professional context is proposed. The case of Hungary has been used to describe the changing nature between people and their jobs. The historical overview helps explain the development of career information from pre-modernity to post-modernity and justifies the need for a more dynamic model of work adjustment and individual career development.

KEYWORDS:

• Career information
• job placement
• career construction
• occupational taxonomy
• skills taxonomy

Acknowledgements

I wish to thank Professor Tristram Hooley for reviewing the draft.

Disclosure Statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.

Notes on contributor

Tibor Bors Borbély-Pecze, Dr habil., is a Senior Labour Market and Career Guidance Policy Consultant in Budapest, Hungary; an Associate Professor (habilitated University Docent) at the John Wesley Theological College, Budapest; also, honorary Associate Professor of Andragogy at the Milton Friedman University, Budapest, Hungary, and Department of Labour and Social Law, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary. He is the Vice-President of the Hungarian Pedagogical Society, Chair of the Career Education Division, board member of the International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance (IAEVG) and the International Centre for Career Development and Public Policy (ICCDPP), and International Fellow of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling (NICEC) in the United Kingdom. His research interests are in career guidance policy development and evaluation at the global level, with a special focus on Europe and the so-called transition countries (former Communist countries).