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Augustiniene Aldona Kaunas University of Technology ?iau?iuk?nien? Liuda Kaunas University of Technology Searching for the educational model to develop pupils’ skills of career decision-making Paper presented at the European Conference on Educational Research Post Graduate and New Researcher Pre-Conference, University of Crete, 20-21 September 2004 Abstract Transformations in the way of life choice situation calls for a new paradigm to help students make informed career choices and gain the necessary employability and self-management skills. The new career management paradigm recognizes that career development is a life-long process of skill acquisition and building through a continuum of learning, development and mastery. Career management’s aim is to help people to become self-reliant, allowing them to provide for themselves and their families, and to contribute positively to changing workforce. The analysis of scientific works, related to the problems of making career decisions shows, that some authors (Kregzd?, 1988; Jovaisa, 1999; Beresnevicien?, 1990) are interested in the process of choosing a career (factors, influencing it, formations of professional interests and others), while other educators (Nathan, Hill, 1992; Hodkinson, 1996; Gati, 2001) go deeper into the process of taking a career decision. This points out, that the peculiarities of career decision are to be analyzed in two aspects: preparation for career decision (long lasting process) and decision making (a stage of process). Career decision is a very complex social, psychological, educational and philosophical phenomenon. How to describe career decision making as an educational objective? How can the career decision making skills be developed in harmony of individual and society values? Therefore, the following research questions are issued: what are the career decision making skills as the educational object? How can the career decision making skills be developed? Thus, the aim of this article