The Life Goals and Professional Preferences of Older Adolescents

Abstract

ABSTRACT The article analyzes the goals and life choices goals made by adolescents over a twenty-year period; presents the results of the author’s research with older urban adolescents (14–17 years of age) in the Republic of Bashkortostan; identifies the dynamics of specific life goals and professional orientations, as well as how gender affects professional preferences; describes the reproduction and dominance of traditional values; indicates the disparity between the intentions of adolescents and the demands of the labor market; and concludes by drawing attention to the importance of career guidance.