This work aims to present the emerging challenge of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for career development in vocational guidance and career counseling. Based on the new paradigm for the 21st century, Life Designing Counseling, the use of ICT is suggested as favoring flexible and dynamic career construction processes. Various instruments for career counseling online are presented, the theme of accessibility is discussed in terms of cost/effectiveness of career service to prevent the risk of unintentional social injustice and to favor a greater correspondence between career services and the needs of individuals. This work permits an in depth study of the complexity of ICT, with the aims of understanding its opportunities and limits, offering new perspectives in research and intervention.
Il presente lavoro intende presentare la sfida emergente delle Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) per il career development nell’orientamento e nel career counseling. Sulla base del nuovo paradigma per il 21° secolo, il Life Designing Counseling, viene proposto l’uso delle ICT per favorire processi flessibili e dinamici di career construction. Vengono presentati vari strumenti per il career counseling online, viene discusso il tema dell’accessibilità in termini di rapporto costi/efficacia dei career services online per prevenire il rischio dell’unintentional social injustice e favorire una maggiore corrispondenza tra i career services e i bisogni degli individui. Questo lavoro consente di approfondire la complessità insita nelle ICT, al fine di meglio comprenderne potenzialità e limiti, offrendo nuove prospettive di ricerca e di intervento.
Keywords: ICT, career development, orientamento, career counseling.