Career Journey

Abstract

In this chapter, career and life design concepts were examined through the lens of Savickas' theory and related studies in related literature. In this respect, how career conceptions have gone into transformation and turned into a life design approach were analyzed by using different perspectives in related literature. How these issues were perceived was revealed through analyzing the opinions of young participants between the ages 24-28, whose awareness of career was raised as a result of the seminars and projects they had participated in. A qualitative phenomenological design was used in this study. According to the results of the study, participants required career trainings to explore themselves. The more participants were optimistic about themselves, the more they were motivated in career development. Despite of the problems regarding familial backgrounds and education system, participants could make their own ways by the help of their entrepreneurship skills and social environment.