Abstract:
The pressure on students and prospective students to make a good and safe decision when choosing a course of study and career is high. The article discusses three orientation strategies. Degree orientation focuses on finding a specific career as a goal. Program orientation offers an all-inclusive package, like dual studies. Connection orientation focuses on the person and their interests, abilities, and opportunities, which can change over time. This strategy offers more flexibility and allows people to revise their decisions and explore new paths. Accordingly, a phase model is proposed that begins with personality development, goes beyond the decision-making process, and includes the next possible decision point. Orientation competence is defined as the ability to understand oneself and one’s environment in a dynamic and complex context and to navigate through the lifelong orientation process. It includes the ability to compare one’s own interests and abilities with current educational and employment opportunities through self-reflection and information literacy, while recognizing and flexibly exploiting coincidences and opportunities.
Über die Autor*innen:
- Oliver Claves,
Dipl.-Päd.; Studienberater an der Universität Kassel und bis November 2025 stellvertretender Vorsitzender der Gesellschaft für Information, Beratung und Therapie an Hochschulen e.V. (GIBeT),
