1. LIFE-DESIGNING WHY DO WE NEED A NEW PARADIGM ?
SAVICKAS Mark NEOUCOM (USA)
NOTA Laura, University of Padova (I)
ROSSIER Jérôme University of Lausanne (CH)
DAUWALDER Jean-Pierre University of Lausanne (CH)
DUARTE Maria Eduarda University of Lisbon (P)
GUICHARD Jean CNAM-INETOP (F)
SORESI Salvatore University of Padova (I)
VAN ESBROECK Raoul Vrije Universiteit of Brussels (B)
VAN VIANEN Annelies University of Amsterdam (NL)

2. CO - EVOLUTION ECONOMICAL CONTEXT VOCATIONAL COUNSELING METHODS
AND TOOLS
UNLIMITED
GROWTH
PERSON –
ENVIRONMENT FIT
TESTING AND
INFORMATION
SERVICES AND
IT-TECHNOLOGIES
EDUCATION AND
GUIDANCE
PROBLEM SOLVING
AND CHOICE
DOWNSIZING AND
UNEMPLOYMENT
CAREER
DEVELOPMENT
EMPLOYABILITY
AND SKILLS
GLOBALIZATION
AND PERMANENT
CHANGE
LIFE-LONG AND
LIFE-WIDE
LEARNING
INTRAPRENEURSHIP
AND COACHING

3. SOME MYTHS TO OVERCOME …
STABILITY NEITHER PEOPLE, NOR PROFESSIONS …
CAREER PERMANENT SELF-CONSTRUCTION
( i.e. work-life balance / identity )
CLIENT’S CHOICE TRANSITIONS AND COMPLEX DYNAMICS
( i.e. globalization / eco-systems)
INSTRUMENTS MULTIPLE REALITIES / NORMATIVE TRUTH
EFFICACY LIMITED PREDICTIONS /INFERRED CAUSALITIES
… BY A DIFFERENT PARADIGM

4. PEOPLE IN CONTEXT LIFE-LONG PROCESS NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS
… AND SOME PARADOXES TO AVOID
FIND PERSON-ENVIRONMENT-FIT,
WHILE ELIMINATING CONTEXTUAL
INFORMATION
PRESCRIBE CAREERS,
WHILE CLIENTS CHANGE JOBS
PEOPLE IN CONTEXT
LIFE-LONG PROCESS
BELIEVE IN LINEAR CAUSALITIES,
WHICH DAILY EXPERIENCE DOES
NOT VALIDATE
TRY TO UNDERSTAND CLIENTS,
USING TERMS THAT DO NOT
BELONG TO CLIENT’S VOCABULARY
NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS
NARRATIVE REALITIES
DESIGNING INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS,
USING STATISTICS
MODELIZATION
… BY A DIFFERENT APPROACH

5. LIFE - DESIGNING
( GUICHARD, 2008 )

6. OUTLOOK
ANTICIPATE EVOLUTION
ELIMINATE OLD MYTHS
ADD THE PERSPECTIVE OF ‘LIFE-DESIGN’
DEVELOP NEW COUNSELING SKILLS
CREATE COLLABORATIVE ATMOSPHERE

7. Savickas, M. et al. (2009). Life designing: A paradigm for career construction in the 21st century, Journal of Vocational Behavior.
doi: /j.jvb