Importance of Goal-Setting Tasks in Career Counselling

The paper deals with the research results on the importance of goal-setting tasks in career counselling. The problem is urgent - setting high goals by youth influences their achievements in studies and their success in their lives. The research aim is to analyse the results of completing goal-setting tasks by vocational school students in career counselling classes. A review of theory and an analysis of the tasks completed by the vocational school students were performed to achieve the aim. The study involved 74 vocational school students aged 17-29. The study revealed that the respondents most often set the following goals: starting a family, starting up a business and becoming a good specialist in the chosen profession. The present research will contribute to the understanding of importance of goal-setting tasks in career counselling and give insight into youth's goals in their lives. Clients develop their abilities to think, plan and analyse and define their life goals owing to goal-setting tasks. The present research findings are useful for career and personnel selection specialists in the career counselling.