Career vs Professionalism: Technology of Advancement as Opposed to Professionalization

Abstract

The approaches to understanding the concepts of "career" and "professionalization" in the context of new social, economic, information technology and organizational changes are reinterpreted in the article; the differences between professionalization and career are found out. The defining idea of the article is stress on the need to focus both on achieving the optimal level of professional competencies, knowledge and skills, and mastery of career advancement strategies in a competitive environment of specialists.